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How to Use HTML Geolocation

The getCurrentPosition() method is used to return the user's position.

The example below returns the latitude and longitude of the user's position:


Example of using HTML GEO LOCATION

Try following Example
index.html
Example: HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>HTML Geolocation</h1>
<p>Click the button to get your coordinates.</p>

<button onclick="getLocation()">Try It</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
const x = document.getElementById("demo");

function getLocation() {
  if (navigator.geolocation) {
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition);
  } else { 
    x.innerHTML = "Geolocation is not supported by this browser.";
  }
}

function showPosition(position) {
  x.innerHTML = "Latitude: " + position.coords.latitude + 
  "<br>Longitude: " + position.coords.longitude;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

Output should be:

Example of using HTML GEO LOCATION

Example explained:

The example above is a very basic Geolocation script, with no error handling.






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