Tag: Location

Laravel

How to get current city name using google maps API (Laravel)

First of all we need to get a google maps API, go through this documentation to get an API of your own.https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key Place this script in your blade file if your are using Laravel or in your HTML inside body tags. Make sure to put your API key in the place of YOUR_API_KEY in provided script above Next thing you need to do after initializing the map is to create a method in jQuery for the call-back method initMap ,

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AWS

AWS Introduces Location Service in Preview

Source:-https://www.infoq.com In one of the latest announcements of re:Invent 2020, AWS introduced the preview of Amazon Location, a new mapping service for developers to add location-based features like geofencing and built-in tracking to web-based and mobile applications. The new product offers currently four different types of resources – maps, place indexes, trackers and geofence collections – and an API for routing is expected to be added during the preview. While the place indexes API allow searching for addresses, businesses, and

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