[PraveenVKumar]

Hai Friends,

Happy New Year.

Pls help I am not able to run Chapter 5 Geolocation myLoc.html

When I try in GChrome, Permission denied message comes,

When I try in IE 7, Oops, No Geolocation support alert box comes,

When I try in moziila FF, Request timeout problem occur.

friends, pls tell me what are the steps to take for the smooth running of myLoc.html file.

[Beth Robson]

Go to Chrome > Preferences, and type "location" into the search area at the top right. Click on "Content Settings", and scroll down to the "Location" section. Make sure that "Do not allow..." is NOT checked. Make sure that "Ask me when a site..." IS checked.

Hope that helps!

IE 7 doesn't support geolocation. If you're getting a time out with FF, then you may also get a time out with Chrome, which may mean that the browser is simply unable to get any data about your location. You can try setting the timeout to a longer time (later in the chapter, we explain how to do this). Also, on page 177, you can see how to implement an error handler which might help diagnose the problem better.

good luck!

[mackerrow]

Beth Robson, on 28 December 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

Go to Chrome > Preferences, and type "location" into the search area at the top right. Click on "Content Settings", and scroll down to the "Location" section. Make sure that "Do not allow..." is NOT checked. Make sure that "Ask me when a site..." IS checked.

Hope that helps!

IE 7 doesn't support geolocation. If you're getting a time out with FF, then you may also get a time out with Chrome, which may mean that the browser is simply unable to get any data about your location. You can try setting the timeout to a longer time (later in the chapter, we explain how to do this). Also, on page 177, you can see how to implement an error handler which might help diagnose the problem better.

good luck!

Happy New Year...

I am also unable to get the Chapter 5 Geolocation to work. I downloaded the code from the books website and have tried it in Chrome (with the extensions and privacy settings as you describe above), tried it in Firefox, and Safari. On Mac OS 10.7, where I have my "enable location services" set to on in my Mac system preferences. The result I get from opening all the myLoc.html files (from the code examples on the book's website) is "PERMISSION DENIED". Any help is appreciated since I was really getting into the HF HTML5 book, then sort of lost motivation once things did not work in Chapter 5. Please note that when I run the examples on the WikedlySmart server, they work and they show me my exact location... This puzzles me. What is the difference ?

Thanks
Ed

[PraveenVKumar]

Beth Robson, on 28 December 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

Go to Chrome > Preferences, and type "location" into the search area at the top right. Click on "Content Settings", and scroll down to the "Location" section. Make sure that "Do not allow..." is NOT checked. Make sure that "Ask me when a site..." IS checked.

Hope that helps!

IE 7 doesn't support geolocation. If you're getting a time out with FF, then you may also get a time out with Chrome, which may mean that the browser is simply unable to get any data about your location. You can try setting the timeout to a longer time (later in the chapter, we explain how to do this). Also, on page 177, you can see how to implement an error handler which might help diagnose the problem better.

good luck!

Thankyou sir. Thanku very much.

[nickppbd]

First of all, Sorry for my poor English.

I tried it through Chrome, Firefox on Ubuntu 12.10LTS , but It failed.

I uploaded these files on free web hosting server, and tried it again.( of course, I typed http:// servername / filename )

It worked!

This link will help you guys.

http://www.w3schools...geolocation.asp

This post has been edited by nickppbd: 24 January 2013 - 10:24 PM

[Beth Robson]

Yes, you need to run it from a web server (not file://). We do say that in the book (p179).