🆚 Geolocation API vs. XMLHttpRequest

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Type

Browser API
Browser API

About

The Geolocation API allows web applications to retrieve the user's location, including latitude and longitude. For privacy reasons, the user is asked for permission to report location information.

XMLHttpRequest (XHR) is a JavaScript API to create HTTP requests.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

Browser APIs › Rank #10
Browser APIs › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The XMLHttpRequest browser API is 35 times more popular than Geolocation API.
Total websites

Market share

Browser APIs

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

XMLHttpRequest is more popular than Geolocation API in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Russia
Canada
Australia
India
France
Japan
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

XMLHttpRequest is more popular than Geolocation API in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Rank
p**nhub.com
#26
#39
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