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<p>Websites using the HTML5 geo api on Firefox 76 from Ubuntu 18.04 get errors:</p>
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GeolocationPositionError
​code: 2 (POSITION_UNAVAILABLE)
message: "Unknown error acquiring position"
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<p>The browser tools help (Burger menu -> web developers -> browser tools -> network tab) and show:</p>
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{
"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"
}
}
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<p>The configuration is in <tt class="docutils literal">about:config</tt>, <tt class="docutils literal">geo.provider.network.url</tt>.
Default:</p>
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https://www.googleapis.com/geolocation/v1/geolocate?key=%GOOGLE_LOCATION_SERVICE_API_KEY%
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<p>New one that works:</p>
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https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=test
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<p>See also:
- <a class="reference external" href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/51534563/282601">https://stackoverflow.com/a/51534563/282601</a></p>
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