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Rocky
Rocky

Reputation: 91

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition return differently between firefox and chrome?

I have a snippet 

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) { 
        // do somehthing
});

but the result returned is different between chrome and firefox. the position in chrome have no adress property.

anyone can help?

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1913

Answers (1)

Bryan Weaver
Bryan Weaver

Reputation: 4473

It looks like Firefox is a bit ahead of the curve with the position interface. The standard does not currently support an address property.

Geolocation API specifications:

The Position interface is the container for the geolocation information returned by this API. This version of the specification allows one attribute of type Coordinates and a timestamp. Future versions of the API may allow additional attributes that provide other information about this position (e.g. street addresses).

The position object that is returned by the getCurrentPosition() Method contains a coordinate property with the latitude and longitude. 

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) { 
    var lat = position.coords.latitude;
    var lng = position.coords.longitude;        

    // do something with lat and lng
});

If you need the street address you are going to have to use a geocoding service (like Google Maps Geocoder, which is what Firefox is using to find the address) to look up the address.

Upvotes: 3

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