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Websites using the HTML5 geo api on Firefox 76 from Ubuntu 18.04 get errors:<\/p>\n

\nGeolocationPositionError\n\u200bcode: 2 (POSITION_UNAVAILABLE)\nmessage: "Unknown error acquiring position"\n<\/pre>\n
The browser tools help (Burger menu -> web developers -> browser tools -> network tab) and show:<\/p>\n
\n{\n  "error": {\n    "code": 429,\n    "message": "Quota exceeded for quota group 'default' and limit 'Requests per day' of service 'geolocation.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:424119844901'.",\n    "errors": [\n      {\n        "message": "Quota exceeded for quota group 'default' and limit 'Requests per day' of service 'geolocation.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:424119844901'.",\n        "domain": "global",\n        "reason": "rateLimitExceeded"\n      }\n    ],\n    "status": "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"\n  }\n}\n<\/pre>\n
The configuration is in about:config<\/tt>, geo.provider.network.url<\/tt>.\nDefault:<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.googleapis.com\/geolocation\/v1\/geolocate?key=%GOOGLE_LOCATION_SERVICE_API_KEY%\n<\/pre>\n
New one that works:<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/location.services.mozilla.com\/v1\/geolocate?key=test\n<\/pre>\n
See also:\n- https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/a\/51534563\/282601<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n 
\n  view raw source<\/a>\n  README.rst<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n"}