[OpenLayers-Dev] Re: HTML 5 Geolocation API control

[rldhont]

Hi devs,

Cédric I Think the timeout need to be longer for not mobile browser. The 
Google Service is slow on Firefox. You can test it here : 
http://3liz.org/geolocation/

Le 26/01/2011 07:57, Ingo Weinzierl a écrit :
> Hi devs,
>
> the example is not working with Firefox-4.0b10pre as well. Even with
> the suggested Google geolocation service Add-on installed...

The Add-on gives you the ability to store geolocation to use with the 
API. The default geolocation is given by the Google Service. You have to 
create eolocation in geolocater if you want to test API without Google 
Service.

René-Luc

> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:59:59PM +0100, rldhont wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Firefox uses Google geolocation service for the HTML5 Geolocation API,
>> but I don't really know why, the service doesn't work as well as for
>> Chrome.
>>
>> If you really want to test the Geolocation API with Firefox you can use
>> Geolocater Add-on,
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/geolocater/ .
>> This add-on gives you the hability to manage you're geolocation on the
>> Web, position and precision.
>>
>> You can test the Geolocation Control with it if you want.
>>
>> René-Luc D'Hont
>> 3Liz
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> Best regards, Ingo