geolocation

What could be the best way to get location for a given zipcode. Would it work for countries outside US/Canada .Thanks Stefan Steiger Use the Google geolocating API (try it out on google.com/maps): Input for a Swiss ZIP code for example: CH-9014 or a french one: FR-34000 or german: de-12101 or US: us-90210 or canada: ca-J5Z 1A1 or china: cn-100000 for example : yields { "status": "OK", "results": [ { "types": [ "postal_code" ], "formatted_address": "9014 St Gallen, Switzerland", "address_components": [ { "long_name": "9014", "short_name": "9014", "types": [ "postal_code" ] }, { "long_name": "St

I want to realize an App that continuously send device's position to a web service. Looking in the documentation, I've found Geolocation class and some articles where position-tracking is discussed: How to continuously track the phone's location for Windows Phone 8 How to run location-tracking apps in the background for Windows Phone 8 Implementing both example projects discussed in these articles, I've noticed that the geolocator_PositionChanged() event is not fired at every position update. There is a delay (about 10/15 minutes) between 2 execution of the event. The strange thing is that

Once I refused a website to get my geolocation info, but right now I would like it to do this. How can I allow this? I tried to find it in webbrowser settings, but with no success. Basically I need this for Chrome, but I would be nice (for other users) to see a solution for other browsers. Chrome Version 23.0.1271.64 should show you a location denied icon to the right of the address bar, which when clicked will show you clear options. Alternatively you can find the setting under settings->advanced->content settings->location->manage exceptions Just use this cool instructions. I hope it will be

I am developing an app which is more of a time-shift racing between your friends. I need to calculate speed of a moving vehicle, and I don't want to use Location.getSpeed() method. (Explained in detail in the bottom why I don't want to use it) I am trying to calculate speed with the help of Latitude and Longitude available to me, and this is where I need help. The help needed: I would want to know is: If the algorithm is correct Should I calculate in Centimeters instead of meters And if there's any code/library already available which does it. I am using the following code: This gives me

I am looking for a good City, Country State database It does not have to be crazy detailed, something that has a good coverage of Cities and their corresponding State,Countries in the world will do it for me. Appreciate if you can point me some links. Thanks Yahoo! provides a Creative Commons license to its geodata, including unique identifiers (Where-On-Earth IDs) and hierarchical information for millions of places on earth, including cities, metropolitan areas, states, countries and other types of divisions. Much of this data is downloadable and they also have an easy-to-use API . http://www