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So I would like to use a URL to retrieve and display ONLY the users CURRENT LOCATION.
For example: A user with a smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc) opens a link [http://maps.google.com/CURRENTLOCATION] on their phone, and it shows their current location on the user’s device in either Google Maps app or browser, as reported by their GPS/wireless location. The actual link itself should should remain static, and display the location wherever they are.
Is this possible?
Thanks in advance!
This is discussed front and center in the Google Maps geolocation API: Detecting the User’s Location
According to the documentation, the user will need using an HTML5 equipped browser for this to work. You will need to write the Javascript which looks pretty vanilla.
Edit: This only works if you are using your own domain and have implemented the Maps API (which is really simple), not Google’s own maps.google.com