On the google maps site it’s possible to search on an address just called My Location that does a geocoding lookup on your IP address.
Is this function available in the google API?
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On the google maps site it’s possible to search on an address just called My Location that does a geocoding lookup on your IP address.
Is this function available in the google API?
That functionality isn’t provided by Google. However, modern browsers support HTML5 Geolocation which gives you that functionality in JavaScript:
https://developers.google.com/maps/articles/geolocation
Currently Google doesn’t not provide that capability directly.