I'm working on a webapp that can use geolocation to do cool things, and right now I'm just lost because navigator.geolocation is giving me wrong results.

My debug code :

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
    function(p) {console.log(p.coords)},
    function(p) {console.log('bug')},
    {enableHighAccuracy: true}
)

the result :

Coordinates {speed: null, heading: null, altitudeAccuracy: null, accuracy:  140843, altitude: null…}
    accuracy: 140843
    altitude: null
    altitudeAccuracy: null
    heading: null
    latitude: 46.1902742
    longitude: 6.1464840999999995
    ...

The problem is : The coordinates are plain wrong. I'm not in Geneva at all. I'm in another part of Switzerland.

And this problem happens on my puter, on my friend puter, on linux puters, on windows puters, on mac puters.

What is the problem ? Is navigator.geolocation obselet ? not working in switzerland ? I'm just missing something ?

I'm working on a webapp that can use geolocation to do cool things, and right now I'm just lost because navigator.geolocation is giving me wrong results.

My debug code :

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
    function(p) {console.log(p.coords)},
    function(p) {console.log('bug')},
    {enableHighAccuracy: true}
)

the result :

Coordinates {speed: null, heading: null, altitudeAccuracy: null, accuracy:  140843, altitude: null…}
    accuracy: 140843
    altitude: null
    altitudeAccuracy: null
    heading: null
    latitude: 46.1902742
    longitude: 6.1464840999999995
    ...

The problem is : The coordinates are plain wrong. I'm not in Geneva at all. I'm in another part of Switzerland.

And this problem happens on my puter, on my friend puter, on linux puters, on windows puters, on mac puters.

What is the problem ? Is navigator.geolocation obselet ? not working in switzerland ? I'm just missing something ?

• javascript
• geolocation

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• are you using same internet connection always? Is a VPN? Lan/VPN connections can be redirected through other physical places. – Jordi Castilla Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 8:47
• it is a lan connection, same corporate network. But I've set no VPN up (and I'm managing that network). – Spoutnik16 Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 8:53
• 140km is a really high value for accuracy... Have you tried enabling enableHighAccuracy in the options? .getCurrentPosition(successCallback, errorCallback, options), PositionOptions – Andreas Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 9:04
• yeah, same results (edited the main to add it) – Spoutnik16 Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 9:09
• What if you try another site that tells you your location? I mean, same network, other website? Such as html5demos./geo – Jonas Grumann Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 9:12

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Do you have GPS-dongle connected to PC ? Or geolocation source is any wrong IP-geo tool or Wifi/Cell. You can't get your exact physical coordinates by IP-address. If you use WiFi network accuracy can be 5-50 meters, but you are using LAN. Geolocation by IP is very very inaccurate, it's normaly to get wrong city or country.