HTMLGeolocationElement: error property

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The error read-only property of the HTMLGeolocationElement interface returns a GeolocationPositionError object representing error information, in the event of a failure to retrieve location data.

If location data retrieval is successful, the data is available in the HTMLGeolocationElement.position property.

Value

A GeolocationPositionError object, or null if location data was successfully retrieved.

Examples

Basic usage

html

<geolocation autolocate></geolocation>

const geo = document.querySelector("geolocation");
geo.addEventListener("location", () => {
 if (geo.position) {
 console.log(
 `(${geo.position.coords.latitude},${geo.position.coords.longitude})`,
 );
 } else if (geo.error) {
 console.log(geo.error.message);
 }
});

See our Embedded map example walkthrough for a real-world example that includes error.