Real-time Google Maps Geolocation Tracking with JavaScript
Blog post from PubNub
The text discusses a tutorial focused on building a geolocation-based application using HTML5, Google Maps API, and PubNub for real-time data streaming, specifically aimed at enhancing ride-sharing services by addressing the technological aspects rather than business implications. It provides a step-by-step guide on setting up the application, which includes displaying geolocation data on a map, establishing a default location using HTML5 geolocation features, and integrating real-time functionalities through PubNub by subscribing to a channel to receive and display coordinate information. The tutorial also covers how to make the map interactive by centering it on received coordinates and drawing flight paths to track movement history, highlighting the potential of combining geolocation and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The tutorial emphasizes the ease of transforming web applications into mobile applications and offers downloadable source code, while also noting that the tutorial's code has been deprecated with an updated version available.