Identifying geolocation of user by other than HTML5 Geolocation API

Question

I am writing an web application in Jsp that requires to identify the geolocation of the user. I have tried the code of w3schools using HTML5 geolocation api. But it is not executing on Tomcat. I have posted that problem here but got no solution. So I think it cannot be done.

So now I am looking for alternative ways to do the same. I am asking is there any other way by which I can identify the current location of the user? Actually I am new to web technologies. So if anyone give any idea regarding this I will be really grateful. Thank you.

Is it possible to use to identify the location of an user? 是否可以使用来识别用户的位置？

Answer 1

You can get Geo location in HTML5 Application use corodva JS http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.5.0/cordova_geolocation_geolocation.md.html

var onSuccess = function(position) {
alert('Latitude: '          + position.coords.latitude          + '\n' +
      'Longitude: '         + position.coords.longitude         + '\n' +
      'Altitude: '          + position.coords.altitude          + '\n' +
      'Accuracy: '          + position.coords.accuracy          + '\n' +
      'Altitude Accuracy: ' + position.coords.altitudeAccuracy  + '\n' +
      'Heading: '           + position.coords.heading           + '\n' +
      'Speed: '             + position.coords.speed             + '\n' +
      'Timestamp: '         + position.timestamp                + '\n');
};

// onError Callback receives a PositionError object

function onError(error) {
alert('code: '    + error.code    + '\n' +
      'message: ' + error.message + '\n');
}
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(onSuccess, onError);