Position

Contains Position coordinates and timestamp, created by the geolocation API.

Properties

  • coords: A set of geographic coordinates. (Coordinates)

  • timestamp: Creation timestamp for coords. (Date)

Description

The Position object is created and populated by Cordova, and returned to the user through a callback function.

Supported Platforms

  • Amazon Fire OS
  • Android
  • BlackBerry WebWorks 5.0+
  • iOS
  • Tizen
  • Windows Phone 7 and 8
  • Windows 8

Quick Example

// onSuccess Callback
//
var onSuccess = function(position) {
    alert('Latitude: '          + position.coords.latitude          + '\n' +
          'Longitude: '         + position.coords.longitude         + '\n' +
          'Altitude: '          + position.coords.altitude          + '\n' +
          'Accuracy: '          + position.coords.accuracy          + '\n' +
          'Altitude Accuracy: ' + position.coords.altitudeAccuracy  + '\n' +
          'Heading: '           + position.coords.heading           + '\n' +
          'Speed: '             + position.coords.speed             + '\n' +
          'Timestamp: '         + position.timestamp                + '\n');
};

// onError Callback receives a PositionError object
//
function onError(error) {
    alert('code: '    + error.code    + '\n' +
          'message: ' + error.message + '\n');
}

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(onSuccess, onError);

Full Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Device Properties Example</title>

    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

    // Wait for device API libraries to load
    //
    document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);

    // device APIs are available
    //
    function onDeviceReady() {
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(onSuccess, onError);
    }

    // onSuccess Geolocation
    //
    function onSuccess(position) {
        var element = document.getElementById('geolocation');
        element.innerHTML = 'Latitude: '          + position.coords.latitude         + '<br />' +
                            'Longitude: '         + position.coords.longitude        + '<br />' +
                            'Altitude: '          + position.coords.altitude         + '<br />' +
                            'Accuracy: '          + position.coords.accuracy         + '<br />' +
                            'Altitude Accuracy: ' + position.coords.altitudeAccuracy + '<br />' +
                            'Heading: '           + position.coords.heading          + '<br />' +
                            'Speed: '             + position.coords.speed            + '<br />' +
                            'Timestamp: '         + position.timestamp               + '<br />';
    }

        // onError Callback receives a PositionError object
        //
        function onError(error) {
            alert('code: '    + error.code    + '\n' +
                  'message: ' + error.message + '\n');
        }

    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p id="geolocation">Finding geolocation...</p>
  </body>
</html>