CHAPTER 6: Where am I: Using Geolocation, the Google Maps API, and PHP

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C H A P T E R 6

Where am I: Using Geolocation, the Google Maps API, and PHP

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

How to use geolocation to determine the location of your users/customers/clients
About reverse geocoding in the Google Maps API to find the address of a given latitude/longitude
About the asynchronous nature of certain operations in the Google Maps API
How to send e-mail by using a server-side function

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