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GeolocationMarker Doesnt Work on IE 7 / ( #269

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
the Geomarker Library works perfect on safari, chrome or firefox on Mac, I see 
my current location very exactly. 

The problem is when I open the link/map on IE or Chrome on PC, on PC I see the 
geolocation point on the center on the city, not in my current location!

I attach 2 screen captures, fisrt with wrong current location on IE 8, and 
second with my currento location on chrome for mac working perfect.

Any tip for the library works on PC IE?

Thanks, best regards.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ven...@micrositek.mx on 10 Aug 2013 at 2:00

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
From the documentation: This library will only function in browsers supporting 
the W3C Geolocation API. This excludes Internet Explorer versions 8 and older.

For desktop browsers, the location is usually given based on IP address ranges 
and so the accuracy reported by the browser is city-wide. This is almost 
universally true when the computer is using a hard-wired network jack. For 
computers having wireless connections, the browser MAY use IP ranges combined 
with surrounding access point names to give a better location - but this is 
purely conjecture on my part.

In any case, the library can only give locations based on what the browser 
reports by using the geolocation api.

Original comment by chadkill...@missouristate.edu on 12 Aug 2013 at 1:05