Websites using the HTML5 geo api on Firefox 76 from Ubuntu 18.04 get errors::
GeolocationPositionError
​code: 2 (POSITION_UNAVAILABLE)
message: "Unknown error acquiring position"
The browser tools help (Burger menu -> web developers -> browser tools -> network tab) and show::
{
"error": {
"code": 429,
"message": "Quota exceeded for quota group 'default' and limit 'Requests per day' of service 'geolocation.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:424119844901'.",
"errors": [
{
"message": "Quota exceeded for quota group 'default' and limit 'Requests per day' of service 'geolocation.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:424119844901'.",
"domain": "global",
"reason": "rateLimitExceeded"
}
],
"status": "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"
}
}
The configuration is in ``about:config``, ``geo.provider.network.url``.
Default::
https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=%GOOGLE_LOCATION_SERVICE_API_KEY%
New one that works::
https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=test
See also:
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/51534563/282601