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HTML DOM Geolocation coords.longitude Property

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In this article, we will discuss the Geolocation longitude property.

Geolocation in HTML  is used to get the geographical position of a user. The getCurrentPosition() method in this geolocation returns an object on success. 

coords.longitude: This property will return the longitude as a decimal number

 

Syntax:

coords.longitude

Example: The following HTML program returns the longitude.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<body>
    <h2 style="color:green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h2>
  
    <p><b> Displaying location using longitude</b></p>
  
    <button onclick="getlocation()">
        Click Me
    </button>
  
    <p id="paraID"></p>
  
    <script>
        var variable1 = document.getElementById("paraID");
          
        function getlocation() {
            navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showLoc);
        }
        function showLoc(pos) {
            variable1.innerHTML =
                "Longitude: " + pos.coords.longitude;
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:


Last Updated : 15 Nov, 2021
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