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Geolocation is not working in firefox. When I try to share location it does not work with the map but works well in other browsers.

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Hi there,

I figured out that google has made map api to work in SSL sites, on https:// sites. Geolocation is working fine in other browsers for https:// sites, but it is not working in firefox. I'm trying google developer map page in firefox https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation. This is not working in firefox. it gives me the error saying 'Error: The Geolocation service failed.'.

please have a look in to this issue.

Thanks.

Hi there, I figured out that google has made map api to work in SSL sites, on https:// sites. Geolocation is working fine in other browsers for https:// sites, but it is not working in firefox. I'm trying google developer map page in firefox https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation. This is not working in firefox. it gives me the error saying 'Error: The Geolocation service failed.'. please have a look in to this issue. Thanks.

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I tested in Firefox 48 on Windows 7 and it worked normally. Left side of screenshot is the permission prompt -- do you get the prompt? -- and right side is the detection several seconds later.

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Thank you for the support. I've been using the older version of firefox. May be this is the reason goelocation not working.

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Yes, it is working now. I figured out this. It was browser version. And working fine now.

Thank you