I am using getCurrentPosition to get local latitude and longitude. I know this function is asynchronous, just wondering how to return latitude and longitude value that can be accessed by other functions?

    function getGeo() {
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(getCurrentLoc)
    }

    function getCurrentLoc(data) {
        var lat,lon;
        lat=data.coords.latitude;
        lon=data.coords.longitude;
        getLocalWeather(lat,lon)
        initMap(lat,lon)
    }

I am using getCurrentPosition to get local latitude and longitude. I know this function is asynchronous, just wondering how to return latitude and longitude value that can be accessed by other functions?

    function getGeo() {
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(getCurrentLoc)
    }

    function getCurrentLoc(data) {
        var lat,lon;
        lat=data.coords.latitude;
        lon=data.coords.longitude;
        getLocalWeather(lat,lon)
        initMap(lat,lon)
    }

• javascript
• asynchronous
• geolocation

1 Answer 1

I would suggest you wrapping it in a promise:

function getPosition() {
    // Simple wrapper
    return new Promise((res, rej) => {
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(res, rej);
    });
}

async function main() {
    var position = await getPosition();  // wait for getPosition to plete
    console.log(position);
}

main();

https://jsfiddle/DerekL/zr8L57sL/

ES6 version:

function getPosition() {
    // Simple wrapper
    return new Promise((res, rej) => {
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(res, rej);
    });
}

function main() {
    getPosition().then(console.log); // wait for getPosition to plete
}

main();

https://jsfiddle/DerekL/90129LoL/