Secure context
This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The GeolocationCoordinates.heading
read-only property is a double
representing the direction in which the device is traveling. This value, specified in degrees, indicates how far off from heading due north the device is. Zero degrees represents true true north, and the direction is determined clockwise (which means that east is 90
degrees and west is 270
degrees). If GeolocationCoordinates.speed
is 0
, heading
is NaN
. If the device is not able to provide heading information, this value is null
.
Syntax
let heading = geolocationCoordinatesInstance.heading
Value
A double
representing the direction in which the device is traveling.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Geolocation API The definition of 'GeolocationCoordinates.heading' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial specification. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
heading | Chrome Full support 5 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 3.5 | IE Full support 9 | Opera
Full support
16
| Safari Full support 5 | WebView Android Full support 37 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android
Full support
16
| Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown