Http sites does not detect the location in Chrome - issue

Question

We did notice today an issue in automatic detection of zip code based on the user s location. it worked well in other browsers(edge, IE, Firefox) We had to configure the si

Answer 1

The new Security rule introduced in Chrome 50 does not send Location Information to Sites without Transfer Encryption.

Here are the alternatives which are apt for the Mapping API problems.

Reverting to Prior versions of the Chrome(50) is also a solution, but in Web development, it is quite difficult to do so.

But the fact is that, currently only Chrome has such issues with Mapping API and other Browsers still supports them(Which gives me a short term peace of mind).

But sooner or later, this may be practiced by other browsers too, which may be a big problem for the existing users unlike me. Since it is a long term process(in my case), it is better to start developing and migrating to https sites rather than being in http, how ever there are pros and cons in handling them.