Navigator Geolocation Test
See what the browser Geolocation API reports for your device: support, permission status and, once you allow it, the coordinates with accuracy, altitude, heading, speed and timestamp.
- Runs in your browser
- Free to use
About this tool
The Geolocation API lets websites ask the browser for the device position; what comes back depends on the hardware, the permission the user grants and whether the page is secure. The Navigator Geolocation Test exercises navigator.geolocation and the Permissions API and shows every field the browser returns, with the point on a map, which is useful for developers checking a site, for privacy checks and for understanding why a web app cannot locate you.
Compare with the network-based estimate from IP Geolocation.
How to use it — quick steps
- 01
Allow the request
When the page loads the browser asks whether this site may read your location; choose Allow.
- 02
Read the table
Support, permission state, position, accuracy, altitude, heading and speed are listed in the table.
- 03
Reload for a new fix
Reload the page after moving, switching Wi-Fi or changing the permission to get a fresh reading.
Key features of this tool
Every field of the API
Coordinates, accuracy radius, altitude and its accuracy, heading, speed and timestamp, exactly as navigator.geolocation returns them.
Permission insight
Shows the Permissions API state (prompt, granted, denied) and why a reading failed, including the HTTPS requirement.
Private
The position stays in your browser: it is displayed on the page and never sent to IPVoid.
Frequently asked questions
Why does it say permission denied?
You blocked the prompt, the site is not served over HTTPS (browsers refuse geolocation on insecure pages), or location services are off at the operating-system level.
How accurate is it?
GPS on a phone gives a few metres; laptops use Wi-Fi and IP databases and can be hundreds of metres or more off. The accuracy field is the browser's own estimate in metres.
Altitude, heading and speed are empty
They are only provided by devices with the right sensors, typically phones with GPS while moving.
Is this the same as IP geolocation?
No. This uses the device sensors and the browser API; IP Geolocation looks up the network your address belongs to.