Question

$.getJSON('http://api.wipmania.com/jsonp?callback=?', function (data) {
  $("#hello").html('Latitude: ' + data.latitude +
        '<br /> Longitude: ' + data.longitude +
        '<br /> Country: ' + data.address.country);
});​

I’m often used above code to get the latitude,longitude,country. But a lot of times it’s not working properly

Latitude: 0
Longitude: 0
Country: Unknown

Is there any better API to get those results?

Answer 1

I’ve always used smart-ip as a fallback for HTML5’s geolocation API, and never really had any problems with it?

$.getJSON('http://smart-ip.net/geoip-json/?callback=?', function (data) {
    $("#hello").html('Latitude: ' + data.latitude +
        '<br /> Longitude: ' + data.longitude +
        '<br /> Country: ' + data.countryName);
});​

FIDDLE

Google would also be a good alternative, but the TOS for Google Maps clearly states:

You must not use or display the Content (from the Maps API) without a
corresponding Google map, unless you are explicitly permitted to do so
in the Maps APIs Documentation, or through written permission from
Google.