Geolocation

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

Secure context: This feature is available only insecure contexts (HTTPS), in some or allsupporting browsers.

TheGeolocation interface represents an object able to obtain the position of the device programmatically. It gives Web content access to the location of the device. This allows a website or app to offer customized results based on the user's location.

An object with this interface is obtained using thenavigator.geolocation property implemented by theNavigator object.

Note:For security reasons, when a web page tries to access location information, the user is notified and asked to grant permission. Be aware that each browser has its own policies and methods for requesting this permission.

Instance properties

TheGeolocation interface neither implements, nor inherits any property.

Instance methods

TheGeolocation interface doesn't inherit any method.

Geolocation.getCurrentPosition(): Determines the device's current location and gives back aGeolocationPosition object with the data.
Geolocation.watchPosition(): Returns along value representing the newly established callback function to be invoked whenever the device location changes.
Geolocation.clearWatch(): Removes the particular handler previously installed usingwatchPosition().