Technical review: Add documentation for the geolocation element

[chrisdavidmills]

Description

Chrome 144 adds support for the <geolocation> element; see https://chromestatus.com/feature/5125006551416832.

This PR documents the new element and it's DOM API interface, HTMLGeolocationElement

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Preview URLs (19 pages)

• /en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API/Using_the_Geolocation_API
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/HTMLGeolocationElement
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/autolocate
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/error
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/initialPermissionStatus
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/invalidReason
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/isValid
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/location_event
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/permissionStatus
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/position
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/promptaction_event
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/promptdismiss_event
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/validationstatuschange_event
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/watch
• /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement
• /en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories
• /en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/geolocation
• /en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements

External URLs (18)

URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement

• https://developer.chrome.com/blog/geolocation-html-element (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://leafletjs.com/ (2 times) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/basic-example/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/basic-watch-example/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/embedded-map/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/initialPermissionStatus
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: initialPermissionStatus property

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/initial-permission-status/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/invalidReason
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: invalidReason property

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/exploring-invalid-reasons/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/location_event
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: location event

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/embedded-map/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/permissionStatus
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: permissionStatus property

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/embedded-map/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/promptaction_event
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: promptaction event

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/embedded-map/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/promptdismiss_event
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: promptdismiss event

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/embedded-map/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/validationstatuschange_event
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: validationstatuschange event

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/exploring-invalid-reasons/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLGeolocationElement/watch
Title: HTMLGeolocationElement: watch property

• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/basic-watch-example/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

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URL: /en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/geolocation
Title: <geolocation>: The geolocation element

• https://developer.chrome.com/blog/geolocation-html-element (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/basic-example/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/geolocation-element/basic-watch-example/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
• https://w3c.github.io/html-aria/ (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

(comment last updated: 2026-02-06 01:05:43)

[hamishwillee]

Nicely done. See last couple of comments.

[hamishwillee]

Thanks very much @chrisdavidmills !