Simple server geo location in Java
Presenting information visually via a map is often a compelling paradigm for representing data. In these circumstances Google maps is a worthy choice. Google Maps is supported by a simple and easy to use Javascript API. This means you can integrate it into your web application relatively easily. My approach to web development tends to favour a server based approach. I tend to lean on the server more to do the HTML and JavaScript generation. This works for me in many ways and I end up with less JavaScript code in the client. I realise there is a tendency these days to shuffle a lot to the browser, but I tend to think this isn't a great option in many circumstances. This approach does mean I need to manipulate geographic locations on the server. I then generate Javascript and HTML which is fed back to the client for rendering. I love simple libraries and constructs and hand coding geographic locations is difficult work. This means I need a library which is simple to use, but ...