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HTML DOM Geolocation coords.speed Property

Last Updated : 01 Jun, 2022
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In this article, we will discuss the Geolocation speed property. Geolocation in HTML is used to get the geographical position of a user.

The coords.speed property is used to return the speed in the location in meters per second (mps).

Syntax:

coords.speed

Example: The following HTML code will return the speed.

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" 
          content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
</head>

<body>
    <h2 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeks</h2>
    
<p><b> Displaying Speed in MPS</b></p>


    <button onclick="getlocation()"> Click Me </button>
    <p id="paraID"></p>


  
    <script>
      var variable1 = document.getElementById("paraID");

      function getlocation() {
          navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showLoc);
      }

      function showLoc(pos) {
          variable1.innerHTML = "Speed: " 
            + pos.coords.speed;
      }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: 

  • Google Chrome 5 and above
  • Edge 12 and above
  • Internet Explorer 9.0 and above
  • Firefox 3.5 and above 
  • Opera 16.0 and above
  • Safari 5 and above

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