Maps new feature announced: user's location and API availability?

[Fred Janon]

In a blog post today, a new feature for the Maps for the Maps users have been announced:

http://google-latlong.blogspot.fr/2012/07/a-more-accurate-starting-point-in.html 

"Maps users have told us that when they embark on a journey, they often want to start from their current location. That’s why today we’re making Google Maps more useful by automatically zooming into your city as the starting point for your search. Now you can dive right in and discover the local businesses, restaurants and attractions near you, without having to manually enter your location. Much easier and faster.
We show the details of your starting point in the left panel. And if for some reason your starting point isn’t correct you can easily add your street address, zip code, city and state, or country by clicking on the Correct it link."

1) Will this feature be available soon through the API to specify that the map displayed should be centered on the user's location?

2) Will be the user's location be available through the API to find features around it?

Thanks

Fred

[Rossko]

> 1) Will this feature be available soon through the API to specify that the
> map displayed should be centered on the user's location?
> 2) Will be the user's location be available through the API to find
> features around it?

Have you seen this example in the documentation?
https://google-developers.appspot.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation
I would imagine that developers using the API would continue to be
expected to write their own simple code, or use the geolocation
service of their choice, to do this.