Geolocation is so slow! what I'm doing wrong?

Question

this is my simple code I'm using in a test page: but it takes ages to find the address...how come? am i doing something wrong?

<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=it&amp;file=api&amp;v=2&amp;sensor=true&amp;key=*xxxxxx*" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">     var map;     var geocoder;      function addAddressToMap(response)      {       if (!response || response.Status.code != 200)        {         alert("Sorry, we were unable to geocode that address");       }        else        {         place = response.Placemark[0];         point = new GLatLng(place.Point.coordinates[1], place.Point.coordinates[0]);          document.getElementById('address').innerHTML = place.address;       }     }       function searchGeolocation()      {         if (navigator.geolocation)          {             navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position)              {                   geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();                 document.getElementById('latitude').innerHTML = position.coords.latitude;                 document.getElementById('longitude').innerHTML = position.coords.longitude;                 coordinates = position.coords.latitude+","+position.coords.longitude;                 geocoder.getLocations(coordinates, addAddressToMap);              });          }else         {             document.getElementById('latitude').innerHTML = "Unknown";             document.getElementById('longitude').innerHTML = "Unknown";             document.getElementById('address').innerHTML = "Unknown";             alert("I'm sorry, but geolocation services are not supported by your browser.");             }     }    </script>   <br/> latitude = <div id="latitude">loading...</div> <br/> longitude = <div id="longitude">loading...</div> <br/> address = <div id="address">loading...</div> <br/>   <script type="text/javascript">      searchGeolocation();  </script> 

Answer 1

Well - it's actually doing geolocation!

To speed it up, consider providing the extra parameters for utilising cached results, and a timeout.