HTML DOM Navigator geolocation Property

Last Updated : 14 Jun, 2023

The Navigator geolocation property is used to return a geolocation object by the browser which can be used to locate a user’s position.
It is a read-only property and is only available on the approval of the user since it can compromise the user’s privacy.

Syntax:

navigator.geolocation

Below program illustrates the Navigator geolocation Property :
Checking the user’s geolocation.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title>Navigator geolocation Property in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Navigator geolocation Property</h2> 
      
<p>For checking your coordinates,  
      double click the "Get Coordinates" button : </p> 
  
    <button ondblclick="getCoordinates()">Get Coordinates</button> 
    <p id="loc"></p> 
  
    <script> 
        var x = document.getElementById("loc"); 
  
        function getCoordinates() { 
            if (navigator.geolocation) { 
                navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showcoordinates); 
            } else { 
                x.innerHTML = "The browser doesn't support Geolocation."; 
            } 
        } 
  
        function showcoordinates(myposition) { 
            x.innerHTML = "Your Latitude is: " + myposition.coords.latitude + 
                "<br>Your Longitude is: " + myposition.coords.longitude; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>