20 Ways To Use Geolocation API
allows a user to provide their location to web applications. Geolocation APIs are necessary for Location Based Services and Location Based Apps. If it is a web service or a phone app that either tells you your location or gives you the location of things in proximity to you, tracks activity happening in other locations, lets you discover place names, longitude, latitude coordinates, generates a route on a map or travel itinerary, it is most likely powered by a Geolocation API (GEO API for short). Covid Contact Tracing A great example of the use of Geolocation APIs benefiting society is Google and Apple providing developers with an Exposure Notifications API, which tracks the location of user mobiles and notifies them of possible exposure to confirmed COVID-19 cases. Fitness step counter Many people are comfortable sharing their location information to sport tracker apps so they can see distances they have covered and compare performance with other users. These apps are usef...