Safari 5.0 (6533.16, r60820) on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 1. visit <http://maps.google.com/> 2. click the small circle above the zoom slider 3. geolocation may work first time 4. reload the page 5. click the small circle above the zoom slider = Bug = Geolocation seems to fail silently. = Notes = Comparable behaviour is noted when testing against <http://status.leuksman.com/geodemo/>; in some situations geolocation will work first time, AFAICT in all situations geolocation will not work on second and subsequent attempts. Misbehaviour was first noted whilst working through <http://status.net/trac/ticket/2347#comment:8>, testing Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard in multiple locations. Bug 40148 catches my eye, > Client-based Geolocation does not handle multiple simultaneous requests — might that be relevant?
> Bug 40148 catches my eye, > > > Client-based Geolocation does not handle multiple simultaneous requests > > — might that be relevant? No, I don't think so. That bug was for the case of the same Geolocation object making multiple requests to the Geolocation service. In the problem you describe, the page refresh will cause a new Geolocation object to be created.