HTML5 Geolocation not working even after all options are set

Question

var x=document.getElementById("demo");
function getLocation()
{
  if (navigator.geolocation)
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition,showError);
  else
    x.innerHTML="Geolocation is not supported by this browser.";    
}

function showPosition(position)
{
  x.innerHTML="Latitude: " + position.coords.latitude + 
  "<br>Longitude: " + position.coords.longitude;    
}

function showError(error)
{
  switch(error.code) 
  {
    case error.PERMISSION_DENIED:
      alert("User denied the request for Geolocation.");
      break;
    case error.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE:
      alert("Location information is unavailable.");
      break;
    case error.TIMEOUT:
      alert("The request to get user location timed out.");
      break;
    case error.UNKNOWN_ERROR:
      alert("An unknown error occurred.");
      break;
  }
}

I have activated Google map Geolocation service, and also checked the "Allow sites to access the physical location" option in the browser. But still "PERMISSION_DENIED" error code is thrown.

A code snippet would help. Also, have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10066274/permission-denied-when-trying-to-fetch-location in case it answers it. — José M. Pérez, Sep 09 '13 at 17:24
@robertc Thank you. I will try it with the help of a http server. — Deepu S A, Sep 11 '13 at 14:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:31

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It works fine with the help of a http server. There are some security restriction issues in Chrome for using geolocation from a 'file:/// URI'. Chrome also has problem with reading an external file like XML with 'file:///' uri.

answered Sep 11 '13 at 14:31

Deepu S A

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