HOW TO – GPS + Google Maps in 42 lines of code

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HOW TO – GPS + Google Maps in 42 lines of code

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Bjoern writes – “Here is a quick and dirty hack to perform mobile GPS-referenced Google Map searches on your laptop (e.g., where’s the next coffee shop around here?). 42 lines, about half of them comments. I put this small demo together for last weekend’s Silicon Valley Code Camp to show how easy it is to get up and running with GPS for your own projects. “Link.

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GPS projects, hacks, mods and articles @ MAKE – Link.

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