[Mapbender-users] GPS Position on Chrome > 50 only with https

[Axel Schaefer]

Dear all.

Since Chrome version 50, it seems to be that the Geolocation API is only 
available if the application is hosted on HTTPS. See this document for 
details.

https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/04/geolocation-on-secure-contexts-only

Therefore the Mapbender GPS button will only work if Mapbender is hosted 
on a https-Server.

If you host Mapbender on https and access http based WMS-services you 
will notice you will notice some Firebug/Developer-Tools entries talking 
about "insecure content" if the services are accessed directly.

It is interesting to see how the www-pages emerge to more https.

Comments welcome.
Axel



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