Chrome: User Denied the Request for Geolocation

[gsh2000]

Eyal hello:

GeoMyWP Core stopped working for me. All had been fine.

from Chrome: User Denied the Request for Geolocation

from Chrome Console

gmw.min.js ver=2.6.4
getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition() are deprecated on insecure origins. To use this feature, you should consider switching your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. See https://goo.gl/rStTGz for more details.

util.js:220 Google Maps API warning: NoApiKeys https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#no-api-keys
util.js:220 Google Maps API warning: InvalidKey https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#invalid-key

…the API key warnings had always been there, I realize that not critical.

have tried different browsers, clients, WP hosts — any suggestions?

thanks – GARRY, Los Angeles CA

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[Eyal Fitoussi]

Hi Garry,

What exactly the issue is with GEO my WP?

from Chrome: User Denied the Request for Geolocation

If that’s what you are referring to, than this is not a bug. That just means that the user did not give a permission for the browser to retrieve his location.

Also, All the warnings that you see in the console should not effect the performance of the plugin and will be removed in the future.

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[gsh2000]

Eyal sorry to bug you again on this… geomywp still not being able to obtain my current position.

Had been all working nice in the past.

This is the new warning I see in Chrome, that I had not seen in the past. Is related?

getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition() are deprecated on insecure origins. To use this feature, you should consider switching your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. See https://goo.gl/rStTGz for more details.

have attached my chrome console screen image, also URL to my site in private post. Any debugging method suggestions?

— thanks – GARRY

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[Eyal Fitoussi]

Hello Garry,

Eyal sorry to bug you again on this… geomywp still not being able to obtain my current position.

Had been all working nice in the past.

As I already mentioned above – the message “User Denied the Request for Geolocation” will show when the user denies the permission for the browser to get his current location. If the message shows immediately after pressing the locator button, without the permission alert, it means that your browser is set to block a specific site from getting your location either for the day or permanently. You need to check the “Location” settings of your browser regarding that. When I visit your site the permission alert message show and the plugin retrieve my current location successfully.

This is the new warning I see in Chrome, that I had not seen in the past. Is related?

getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition() are deprecated on insecure origins. To use this feature, you should consider switching your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. See https://goo.gl/rStTGz for more details.

These warnings are not related to the issue above. The warning means that Google have deprecated some features on unsecured site but have not removed the features yet. The feature will most likely be removed in the future ( again, from unsecured sites only ) but we don’t know yet if there will be a replacement.
Anyway, for the moment the features should still work find and you can ignore the warnings.

I hope that helps.

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[gsh2000]

Eyal hi, thanks for this info.

Still cannot obtain current location address from Chrome. (Safari, Explorer OK)

I still suspect related to this Google update:
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/04/geolocation-on-secure-contexts-only?hl=en
This change is effective as of Chrome version 50 (12PM PST April 20 2016).

Will try adding an SSL certificate to my site to solve.

GARRY

[Eyal Fitoussi]

Hi Garry,
I already replied to this topic but a crush of the server required me to restore my site to an earlier time and now my reply is gone.

Anyway, Thank you for brining the above to my attention. I was not aware that Google already removed the geolocation feature for unsecured pages. I will need to send an email regarding this “issue”.

Unfortunately, as you already know, there is not much to do about that at the moment but to install SSL on your site.

[gsh2000]

Eyal hi – thanks – OK to close topic – will install SSL – annoying, but at least we know the cause of the problem. Explorer and Safari working OK. GARRY

[Eyal Fitoussi]

You are welcome Garry.

I really hope that the other browsers will not do the same thing in the future.

[gbob]

Hi,

Am experiencing same problem too, have tried in mozilla and chrome, and mozilla asks for permission, but still not working.

The address autocomplete works, but the rest (manual entering, and autolocate) doesnt work, keeps returning these messages:

Geocoder failed due to: REQUEST_DENIED

Thanks alot

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