Latitude API

1 post · Jun 2007 – Aug 2011

What this trail covers

The Latitude API provides developers with tools to access and utilize user location data, enabling the creation of location-aware applications and services. This API allows for the retrieval of a user's current location, historical location data, and location sharing preferences, subject to user consent and privacy controls. It facilitates features such as location-based recommendations, friend finders, and personalized content delivery. This post introduces the Gears Geolocation API, which leverages client-side JavaScript to provide location data to web applications, enabling offline capabilities and improved user experiences.

All Google trails

Aug 2011Latitude API helps your users find themselves- Google Developers BlogThis post introduces the Latitude API, a new developer tool that allows users to find themselves and share their location. It highlights the API's ability to provide location data to applications, enabling features like location-based services and friend finding. The post emphasizes user consent and privacy controls as fundamental aspects of the API's design.
May 2010With the New Google Latitude API, Build Latitude and Location Into Your App- Google Developers BlogThis post announces the release of the new Google Latitude API, enabling developers to integrate Latitude and location-based features into their applications. It highlights the API's ability to retrieve user location data, including current location and historical data, with user consent. The API supports features like location-based recommendations and personalized content delivery, and provides guidance on how to build these capabilities into apps.
Oct 2008Introducing the Gears Geolocation API for all laptop WiFi users- Google Developers BlogIntroduces the Gears Geolocation API, which allows web applications to determine user location using laptop WiFi signals. This expands upon existing location services by providing a method for users without GPS to still enable location-aware features. It highlights the potential for location-based services on a wider range of devices.
Aug 2008Two new ways to location-enable your web apps- Google Developers BlogThis post introduces the Gears Geolocation API, a new capability that allows web applications to access user location data. This builds upon existing efforts to enable location-aware web applications and provides a programmatic interface for retrieving user location, which can be used for features like location-based recommendations and personalized content.
Aug 2007Weekly Google Code Roundup: New Gears, GWT out of beta, and YouTube meets GData- Google Developers BlogThis post announces the release of Google Gears, a browser plugin that enables web applications to run offline and access local data. It specifically highlights the Gears Geolocation API, which provides web applications with access to the user's location, similar to the Latitude API. This marks an advancement in enabling location-aware web applications that can function offline.
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Jun 2007Base diving with Google Gears- Google Developers BlogThis post introduces Google Gears, a technology that enables web applications to run offline and access client-side data, including location information. It details how the Gears Geolocation API can be used to obtain a user's location, which can then be utilized for location-aware features within web applications, even when offline. This represents an early step towards enabling more sophisticated client-side capabilities for web development.