Bug 1226821

Summary: no more geolocation
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE Tumbleweed Reporter: Episteme PROMENEUR <epistemepromeneur>
Component: OtherAssignee: Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: krosylight
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Description Episteme PROMENEUR 2024-06-23 12:03:06 UTC
With Firefox with OpenStreetMap or G Maps
  we can't get the home localization
  With G maps we get an error message saying getting the localization fails.

With Chrome with OpenStreetMap or G Maps
  same problem
Comment 1 Episteme PROMENEUR 2024-06-24 18:50:07 UTC
I made an error.

With Chrome, no problem.
Comment 2 Episteme PROMENEUR 2024-06-24 18:50:37 UTC
Firefox team assume this is an openSUSE problem. ""API key not valid."

see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1904291
Comment 3 Episteme PROMENEUR 2024-06-28 21:35:32 UTC
Firefox uses geoclue for geolocation.

So, it is strange that we get a Google geolocation api error.
Comment 4 Episteme PROMENEUR 2024-07-02 08:05:11 UTC
Hello

here are the details of geo keys in about:support :

Clé du service de localisation de Google Manquante (not found)
Clé de Google Safebrowsing Présente (found)
Clé du service de localisation de Mozilla Présente (found)

For some years Firefox by default used geoclue.

If I understand well, geoclue uses MLS for geo ip location.
And MLS has definitively closed since 2024/06/12.

See
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/mozilla-location-services-axed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39724505
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/2959

Mozilla Location Service shutting down June 12
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues/186#top

We need a Google geolocation api key or a new geolocation service for Linux
Comment 5 Episteme PROMENEUR 2024-07-05 05:49:26 UTC
Geoclue project does not evolve for many years. There is a lack of developers. You can't rely on this project. Is there any other project ?