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An app I wrote called FoursquareX (http://codebutler.github.com/foursquarex/ http://codebutler.github.com/foursquarex/) uses the OSX CoreLocation API (Skyhook)
by EricButler 16y ago
An app I wrote called FoursquareX (http://codebutler.github.com/foursquarex/ http://codebutler.github.com/foursquarex/) uses the OSX CoreLocation API (Skyhook) for geolocation. Here in Seattle it's amazingly (and somewhat horrifyingly) accurate.
As far as I know, Safari uses the same API, and always seems to work when I try it. The reliability really depends on the density of wireless networks nearby.
- jolan 16y agoNeat, thank you! I suppose my problem may be that there's only a handful of wireless networks around me. It'd be great if I could use my iPhone's location data on my desktop, hrm...