Question

http://rickgutierrez.bol.ucla.edu/map_mobile6.htm

The map is set up to load centered on the users current location. If the user denies the geolocation request, the map is not opening. How do I get the map to open on

center: new google.maps.LatLng( 34.05221496568917, -118.24334979057312 ),

if the user denies the geolocator access to their location? Right now I have an error function that opens a prompt with an error message when the geolocation is denied or fails. I am guessing that I should replace that function with a function that has the above coordinates but how do I feed those to the function that creates the map and centers it on those coordinates?

Thank You

Answer 1

Create a custom position-object from the desired coordinates:

{coords:{latitude:34.05221496568917,longitude: -118.24334979057312}}

You now may call displayLocation with that object as argument, e.g:

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(  
      displayLocation, 
      function(){displayLocation({coords:{latitude:34.05221496568917,
                                          longitude: -118.24334979057312}})
      }
);

You should also take a look at this: How to detect negative user response for geolocation