HTML DOM Geolocation coords.longitude Property

Last Updated : 15 Nov, 2021

In this article, we will discuss the Geolocation longitude property.

Geolocation in HTML is used to get the geographical position of a user. The getCurrentPosition() method in this geolocation returns an object on success.

coords.longitude: This property will return the longitude as a decimal number

Syntax:

coords.longitude

Example: The following HTML program returns the longitude.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<body> 
    <h2 style="color:green"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h2> 
  
    <p><b> Displaying location using longitude</b></p> 
  
    <button onclick="getlocation()"> 
        Click Me 
    </button> 
  
    <p id="paraID"></p> 
  
    <script> 
        var variable1 = document.getElementById("paraID"); 
          
        function getlocation() { 
            navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showLoc); 
        } 
        function showLoc(pos) { 
            variable1.innerHTML = 
                "Longitude: " + pos.coords.longitude; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 