---
title: "How to enable Geolocation on a map"
description: "Add Geolocation to a map so viewers can show their device location. A tap places a marker and zooms to it. It has no settings."
sidebar:
  label: "Geolocation"
---

Geolocation shows viewers their device location on the map. A tap places a marker and zooms to it. Add it from the map's Extensions page. Accuracy depends on the device. Phones with GPS can locate within metres; desktops may use Wi-Fi and be less precise.

## Before you start

- You need edit access to the map.
- Geolocation has no settings — there's nothing to configure.
- Viewers are asked once for permission; if they decline, the button stops working for that browser until they reset the permission. Decisions are per-browser, not per-map.

## Open the Extensions page

From the map's admin sidebar, click `Extensions`. The Geolocation card is below Mouse highlight.

## Enable Geolocation

Click the `Add` button on the Geolocation card. The card now shows a `Remove` button.

<img src="/_assets/map-extensions/enable-geolocation--card.png" alt="Extensions page with the Geolocation row showing its Remove button, between Mouse highlight and Street view" width="1600" height="960" />

## Verify the result

Open the map while you are signed in to your account, and click the `My Location` button above the zoom buttons:

- The browser asks for location permission (first time only).
- Allow → the map moves to your device's current location and shows a blue dot there.
- The button stays highlighted while the map follows your location. Click it again to stop.

<img src="/_assets/map-extensions/enable-geolocation--located.png" alt="Map viewer centred on a blue location dot at Marina Bay, Singapore, with the My Location button highlighted above the zoom buttons" width="1600" height="960" />

At the moment, the button works only for people signed in to your account. A visitor who is not signed in sees the message `Location control is unavailable`.

If clicking the button does nothing, check the browser's location permission setting for the site. Many browsers also block geolocation in private / incognito windows.

## Removing Geolocation

To turn it off, click `Remove` on the Geolocation card. The button is removed from the map for viewers.

## What this doesn't cover

- **Tracking** (live-following a viewer's location as they move) — basic continuous-tracking is available once the viewer activates the button; there's no separate "tracking only" mode.
- **Showing other viewers' locations** — Geolocation is per-viewer for their own browser. There's no live multi-viewer location sharing.
- **Coordinate readout** — Geolocation zooms to the location but doesn't display the coordinates. For a continuous coordinate readout, also enable [Mouse position](/docs/map-extensions/enable-mouse-position).
- **Privacy** — viewers' locations are not sent to MangoMap; viewers' locations are not sent to MangoMap.