Hello guys, i just wanted to know if its only me that has noticed this, HTML5 GeoLocation always tells me i'm in Lagos, but its a lie Does anyone know the reason??
Please is there an alternative?

1) Where's the code?
2) Where's your ISP?

Honestly, i don't think its from the code because i have also tried it on other websites like w3schools and it still tells me am in lagos, My Internet service is from MTN and i dont know where they are...lol...

1) Where's the code?
2) Where are you, in relation to Lagos?

<script>
var x=document.getElementById("demo";
function getLocation()
{
if (navigator.geolocation)
{
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition);
}
else{x.innerHTML="Geolocation is not supported by this browser.";}
}
function showPosition(position)
{
x.innerHTML="Latitude: " + position.coords.latitude +
"<br />Longitude: " + position.coords.longitude;
}
</script>

i am no where near Lagos...in fact I'm in PH.

Thanks for sharing the code, which happens not to be the problem.

So this reminds me of a friends smartphone at work (in the US). Whenever he is at home, the weather app gives him the right zip, city and weather but when at work (20 miles away) and within the office's network (I work for a telecom and his phone service is the same as the telecom's), his weather app on the phone says he is in a city 2500 miles away

After some ground work, he narrowed it down to the fact that while at work and with his wifi turned on, he was actually using bandwidth from work that was actually getting "its signal" from a server at another location, hence the false reading.

Maybe this is what is happening here. Either way, very weird behavior.

^ Thanks for the explanation...like i asked earlier is there an alternative to HTML5??

There is an alternative to everything. The problem is finding it, abi?

I remember a long time ago, buying a book that uses google API to do something similar. Perhaps you should try that. All you would need, I believe, is a google API key. The process is the same - using coordinates/entered data, your position on the globe is determined.

Good luck!

^ Thanks alot...