cyanglee · January 3, 2014 12:15 · Jan 3, 2014
diff --git a/browser_location.js b/browser_location.js
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+function render_result(queryText) {
+
+  // Test if the broswer supports geolocation
+  if (navigator.geolocation) {
+
+    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
+      // Get geolocation from the browser's location
+      latitude = position.coords.latitude;
+      longitude = position.coords.longitude;
+
+      var url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=" + latitude + "," + longitude + "&sensor=false";
+      var result = null;
+      var country_code = null;
+
+      // clear out the old data before appending the new one
+      $("#result").empty();
+
+      $.getJSON(url)
+          // Get the geolocation from google maps api and
+          // pass the result to the next function after the request is done.
+      .done(function(data) {
+        // Extract the country from the google maps api.
+        result = data.results[data.results.length-1].address_components[0].short_name;
+        // Handle the situation when the country code is null.
+        country_code = result === undefined ? default_country_code : result;
+        // $.when(query_and_parse_api(queryText, country_code), fetch_google_map_html(queryText, country_code)).done(function(a1,  a2){
+        // });
+        $.when(query_and_parse_api(queryText, country_code)).done(function(a1){
+        });
+        // $.when(fetch_google_map_html(queryText, country_code)).done(function(a1){
+        // });
+      });
+
+    }), function(error) {
+      var errorMessage;
+
+      switch(error.code) {
+      case 0:
+        errorMessage = "unknown error";
+        break;
+      case 1:
+        errorMessage = "permission denied";
+        break;
+      case 2:
+        errorMessage = "position unavailable (error response from locaton provider)";
+        break;
+      case 3:
+        errorMessage = "timed out";
+        break;
+      }
+      console.log('Error occurred. Error code: ' + errorMessage);
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.log('Geolocation is not supported for this Browser/OS version yet.');
+  }
+}