getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition() are deprecated on insecure origins

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Because switching to HTTPS can be painful or impossible depending on your architecture,
I found a workaround solution: you can use the Google Maps Geolocation API. Although it has usage limits, it does the job. You will need an browser API key, so don’t forget to limit it’s usage to your page hostname.

I use it as a fallback method to the getCurrentPosition() method if it fails. It allows me to make it work until I switch to HTTPS.

Here’s the JSFiddles:

  • HTTP: getCurrentPosition() will fail and fall back to the API
  • HTTPS: getCurrentPosition() will succeed

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