Locality based search refers to a search that returns results to the user based on their location. Locality based searches are becoming a popular way to return the viewer more relevant searches based on their location at the time. It is native to mobiles and modern browsers all support the HTML5 Geolocation API that allows the user to opt-in to share their location with a website that requests it.
Browser support :
- Internet Explorer v9.0 and later
- Firefox v3.5 and later
- Chrome v5.0 and later
- Safari v5.0 and later
- Opera v10.60 and later
