Get Location

<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Get User Location</title>
    
    <link
      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@500&display=swap"
      rel="stylesheet"
    />
    
    <style>
    
    * {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}
body {
  height: 100vh;
  background: linear-gradient(45deg, #0076ec, #42a1ff);
}
.container {
  width: 80vw;
  max-width: 37.5em;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 3em 1.8em;
  position: absolute;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  border-radius: 0.6em;
  box-shadow: 0 0.6em 2.5em rgba(0, 7, 70, 0.2);
}
.container img {
  width: 6.25em;
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
}
#location-details {
  font-size: 1.75em;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 1em 0 1.7em 0;
  color: #021d38;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.container button {
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
  background-color: #42a1ff;
  color: #ffffff;
  border: none;
  font-size: 1.25em;
  padding: 1em 2.5em;
  border-radius: 0.25em;
  cursor: pointer;
}
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="container">
      <img src="location.svg" />
      <div id="location-details">Click on the 'Get Location' Button</div>
      <button id="get-location">Get Location</button>
    </div>
    
    <script>

let locationButton = document.getElementById("get-location");
let locationDiv = document.getElementById("location-details");

locationButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  //Geolocation APU is used to get geographical position of a user and is available inside the navigator object
  if (navigator.geolocation) {
    //returns position(latitude and longitude) or error
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showLocation, checkError);
  } else {
    //For old browser i.e IE
    locationDiv.innerText = "The browser does not support geolocation";
  }
});

//Error Checks
const checkError = (error) => {
  switch (error.code) {
    case error.PERMISSION_DENIED:
      locationDiv.innerText = "Please allow access to location";
      break;
    case error.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE:
      //usually fired for firefox
      locationDiv.innerText = "Location Information unavailable";
      break;
    case error.TIMEOUT:
      locationDiv.innerText = "The request to get user location timed out";
  }
};

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