Geolocation position Property

Example

Get the latitude and longitude of the user's position:

var 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;
}
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Description

The position property returns the position and altitude of the device on Earth.

Coordinates Properties

Property Description
position.coords Returns a Coordinates object that defines the current location
position.timestamp Returns a DOMTimeStamp representing the time at which the location was retrieved

Browser Support

Property
position 5.0 9.0 3.5 5.0 16.0


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