Is there a way to make HTML5’s Geolocation only work, if it is using a GPS device to get the location?
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Is there a way to make HTML5’s Geolocation only work, if it is using a GPS device to get the location?
I don’t believe it’s possible, the best you can do is pass
truefor enableHighAccuracy and use a heuristic based on the accuracy value.–Edit
I saw a presentation by Remy Sharp last month and he had a useful suggestion: if you use
watchPositioninstead ofgetCurrentPositionthen you can wait until the location information becomes accurate enough; GPS often takes some time to lock on to satellites so usuallygetCurrentPositionwill just return something from one of the less accurate but more responsive methods.