840732 - [Inari] [BeetleLite] [GP] Here Maps cannot find your "Current location" when you are indoors

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Geolocation, defect)

Description

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

inari, while running

Gecko 
Gaia   eec503b364ecb17200cf87487be9f0d96b6fcbe8
BuildID 20130208144804
Version 18.0

Location: Inside the Mountain View office

STR:
1. Load Here Maps app and Allow geolocation
2. Wait for map to load
3. Observe the button on the bottom left
4. Try to map and route
5. "Finding your current location" shows on the phone but it never finds my current location

Go outside on Castro Street
Wait several minutes - the button finally becomes active
Walk back into 650 Castro - loses lock

This has been seen by other testers as well and happens across all devices. Android and iPhone devices are able to lock onto the location with no issues.

Comment 1

[John Hammink]

On BeetleLite Device I am being sent to a different random location, with the following build:

Gecko  http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-b2g18/rev/b8d06a2cdca0
Gaia   7d9e1af0cbfd1782b6a052d7caf55344a87a1367
BuildID 20130212121701
Version 18.0

If I restart the phone and launch here maps (with wifi enabled); Here maps zooms in on a different location each time, none of which are my current one:

1.  Mongolia;
2. Yamalo-Nenets autonomous republic (Northern Siberia).

Not sure how it is picking these locations.

Comment 2

[Tony Chung [:tchung]]

(In reply to John Hammink from comment #1)
> On BeetleLite Device I am being sent to a different random location, with
> the following build:
> 
> Gecko  http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-b2g18/rev/b8d06a2cdca0
> Gaia   7d9e1af0cbfd1782b6a052d7caf55344a87a1367
> BuildID 20130212121701
> Version 18.0
> 
> If I restart the phone and launch here maps (with wifi enabled); Here maps
> zooms in on a different location each time, none of which are my current one:
> 
> 1.  Mongolia;
> 2. Yamalo-Nenets autonomous republic (Northern Siberia).
> 
> Not sure how it is picking these locations.

any workaround for this?  I was told to try enabling a-gps, and point to nokia servers.    noming this as a mwc blocker, since demo'ing Map apps is a key component.

Comment 3

[John Hammink]

On the Geekphone, I'm seeing slightly different manifestation of the same problem.

Gaia   21cedfd1787f4aff26721fc0f160e771db5cd67d
BuildID 20130211030117
Gecko 18.0

If I restart the phone and launch here maps (with data enabled); Here maps shows california but does not pinpoint my specific location.

Comment 4

[mbarone]

[:marcia] Do you have wifi or 3g activated on your Android/Iphone device?

Comment 5

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Invalid per other discussions - we don't support getting geolocation indoors. Only outdoors support is granted at this time.