The 'sensor' parameter in api script url parameters is a non-technical parameter for statistics. It does not make the api to read any external hardware.
Browsers cannot read external hardware of standard computers at all, but there is a standardized navigator.geolocation object that some modern browsers support. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/basics.html#Geolocation Location is based in a database of WiFi carriers. iPhone and Android phones use their internal GPS instead. If your GPS has a software that writes its data in a file, you can try to read that file by JavaScript. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
