Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. The book will take a how-to approach, focusing on recipes that demonstrate geolocation in HTML5.This book is for web developers who want to incorporate geolocation technology into their applications. Previous knowledge about geolocation software or standards is not required. However, this book assumes a general understanding of web technologies, and both Javascript and jQuery in particular.

HTML and CSS are the most essential and fundamental web languages, which provide the foundation for the vast majority of web sites and web applications. HTML5 is on track to become the future of the web, offering simple plug-in free Rich Internet Application capabilities, easier development, and enhanced user experience. This book is an essential technical dictionary for professional web designers and developers, conveniently summarizing over 3000 pages of (X)HTML5 and CSS3 specifications and covering the most common and fundamental concepts and specs, including tags, attributes, values, objects, properties, methods, events, and APIs. TOC at glance: Intro to HTML5 Overview9 About this book9 What is HTML?10 Major HTML versions10 HTML5 10 XHTML511 CSS311 Why use HTML5 11 HTML5 advantages11 Who this book is for12 HTML5 Branding12 The logo13 The technology class icons13 2. HTML Syntax HTML document15 Basics15 Elements and Tags. Tag nesting15 Void Elements. Attributes. Boolean attribute16 XHTML5. Polyglot HTML document17 Document Type and Structure. MIME Type18 Common MIME Types19 Document Object Model (DOM)20 Semantic Elements20 Syntax Summary. General Syntax Rules21 (X)HTML5 void tag syntax22 HTML5 elements with optional tags23 Elements by Type25 Browser Compatibility Scripting. Modernizr26 HTML5 enabling scripts - Polyfills27 3. HTML5 Elements General Definitions29 Chapter Legend & Conventions29 Summary of HTML5 Elements29 HTML5 Elements29 HTML5 Browser Compatibility 65 4. Form Elements & Globals HTML5 Forms aka Web Forms 2.067 Input and Output elements67 HTML5 types and attributes67 HTML5 element70 Input Type/Attribute Matrix71 Global Attributes72 Summary72 Global Events74 HTML Event Handler Attributes74 Window74 Form75 Keyboard76 Mouse76 Media77 5. CSS3 CSS Basics. Anatomy of a CSS Rule79 Typical CSS property locations80 About CSS Properties80 CSS Cascading Priority81 CSS Properties82 CSS Box Model83 Background & Borders83 Box Model92 Font96 Marquee97 Text Formatting98 Color108 Multi-column layout108 Grid Positioning110 Flexible Box Layout112 Speech113 Table. Auto Numbering and Lists117 Animation and Transitions *118 Outline120 2D and 3D Transforms121 CSS3 'Transform' property functions 122 Generated Content for Paged Media123 Paged Media126 Image Values & Replaced Content128 Line129 Rubi134 Hyperlink Presentation136 Basic User Interface137 CSS Selector Types140 CSS3 Selectors141 HTML5 Selectors API Level 1and 2 146 CSS3 Browser Compatibility Summary 147 6. HTML5 APIs What is API149 HTML5 and Related Technologies149 Semantic Web 150 Microdata150 HTML5 + RDFa152 MathML154 WAI-ARIA155 Offline & Storage156 Web Storage156 HTTP Caching and Serving158 Indexed Database API159 Web SQL database162 Device Access163 Contacts API163 Drag and Drop165 Geolocation168 Media Capture172 File API 174 Touch Events176 Real-Time Connectivity177 Web Sockets177 Web Messaging179 Web Workers181 Multimedia and Graphics183 Audio and Video183 Canvas185 Scalable Vector Graphic190 Performance & Integration193 XMLHttpRequest193 Navigation Timing194 Browser Compatibility195

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Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks .Written with developers in mind this guide will show you how to make use of RESS using easy to follow examples and step by step solutions.Using PHP, HTML5, JavaScript and CSS this book will give you a solid foundation in RESS. You will need to have a good grasp of these languages as the techniques used are advanced.

Truly revolutionary: now you can write geolocation applications directly in the browser, rather than develop native apps for particular devices. This concise book demonstrates the W3C Geolocation API in action, with code and examples to help you build HTML5 apps using the "write once, deploy everywhere" model. Along the way, you get a crash course in geolocation, browser support, and ways to integrate the API with common geo tools like Google Maps. Ideal for experienced JavaScript developers. Learn how geo information is gathered from different sources, depending on the device Discover how coordinate systems work, including geodetic systems and datums Use the API to collect location information from a user’s browser with JavaScript code Place geo information on a map using the Google Maps or ArcGIS JavaScript APIs Save geo data with databases, the Keyhole Markup Language, or the shapefile format Be familiar with several practical uses for geo data, such as geomarketing, geosocial, geotagging, and geo-applications

HTML5 Unleashed is the authoritative guide that covers the key web components driving the future of the Web. Students will learn to harness the power of HTML5 to create web apps and solutions that deliver state-of-the-art media content and interactivity with new Audio, Video, and Canvas elements. Comprehensive and up-to-date, HTML5 Unleashed is organized as an accessible guide of tutorials and practical references. Because HTML5 covers a far-reaching set of standards, each chapter in HTML5 Unleashed is written to stand on its own. Whether you choose to skip around or teach it cover to cover, full-color syntax and figures in HTML5 Unleashed ensure that students do not need to be next to a computer to learn the most important concepts of the modern Web.

Add location tracking to a web application using a combination of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5.