An AngularJS service for finding a user's current location and street address (Using navigator.geolocation and OSM)

example_controller.js.coffee

ExampleController = ($scope, LocationService) ->
  LocationService.locate().then (position) ->
    $scope.position = position


ExampleController.$inject = ["$scope", "LocationService"]

YourAngularApp.controller("ExampleController", ExampleController)

location.html

<div ng-controller="ExampleController">
  <div class="well" ng-show="position">
    <h1>{{position.address}}</h1>
    <span>Within {{position.coords.accuracy}}m</span>
  </div>

  <div ng-hide="position">
    <h1>Finding your position...</h1>
  </div>
</div>

location_service.js.coffee

LocationService = ($q, $rootScope, ReverseGeolocationService) ->

  locate = ->
    defer = $q.defer()
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
      (position) ->
        ReverseGeolocationService.findAddress(
          position.coords.latitude,
          position.coords.longitude
        ).then (address) ->
          position = {coords: position.coords}
          position.address = address
          defer.resolve(position)
      ,
      (error) ->
        defer.reject(error)
    )

    defer.promise

  {locate: locate}

LocationService.$inject = ["$q", "$rootScope", "ReverseGeolocationService"]
YourAngularApp.factory("LocationService", LocationService)

reverse_geolocation_service.js.coffee

ReverseGeolocationService = ($q, $rootScope, $http) ->

  url = (latitude, longitude) ->
    "http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=json&lat=#{latitude}&lon=#{longitude}&zoom=18&addressdetails=0"

  findAddress = (latitude, longitude) ->
    defer = $q.defer()
    $http(method: 'GET', url: url(latitude, longitude))
      .success (data) ->
        defer.resolve(data.display_name)
      .error (status) ->
        defer.rejct(status)

    defer.promise

  {findAddress: findAddress}

ReverseGeolocationService.$inject = ["$q", "$rootScope", "$http"]
YourAngularApp.factory "ReverseGeolocationService", ReverseGeolocationService