Before using and implementing Geolocation API to get the geographical location information of the current user on your websites or mobile applications, you should need to know which browsers and mobile devices Support Geolocation API.
Web Browsers Support Geolocation API
- Firefox 3.5 +
- Google Chrome
- Opera 10.6 +
- Internet Explorer 9.0 +
- Safari 5.0 +
Mobile Devices (Platforms) Support Geolocation API
- Android (firmware 2.0 +)
- iOS
- Windows Phone
- Meamo
- Opera Mobile 10.1
HTML Check If Browser Support Geolocation API
A bonus part that determine if the user’s current browser supports Geolocation API:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Check The Browser Supports Geo Location API</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> if (navigator.geolocation) { alert("Geo Location API works well on your current browser!"); } else { alert("Geo Location API is not supported on your current browser!"); } </script> </body> </html> |
