JavaScript - clearWatch() not triggering on setTimeout()

Question

I'm encountering some issues with JavaScript's watchPosition and clearWatch functions that I don't quite understand, would appreciate it if someone could help out.

First off, the function in question...

function location(x){
    var getLocation;

    var lat_input = $(x).find(".latitude");
    var lon_input = $(x).find(".longitude");
    var acc_input = $(x).find(".accuracy");

    function showPosition(position) {
        latitude = position.coords.latitude;
        longitude = position.coords.longitude;
        accuracy = position.coords.accuracy;

        $(lat_input).val(latitude);
        $(lon_input).val(longitude);
        $(acc_input).val(accuracy);

        setTimeout(function(){
            navigator.geolocation.clearWatch(getLocation);
            alert('done');
        }, 10000);  
    };

    getLocation = navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(showPosition, null, {maximumAge: 0, timeout: Infinity, enableHighAccuracy: true});
};

In particular, my problem is with the code in the setTimeout section.

When I run this function on my laptop, everything starts out ok - the .longitude, .latitude, and .accuracy fields are populated accordingly. After 10 seconds, setTimeout is triggered - I can't say if clearWatch runs successfully (since the computer is pretty limited in its ability to find itself), but the odd behavior that I note here is that alert('done') is triggered twice.

When I run this function on my phone (the intended platform), everything gets off to a similarly good start, but after 10 seconds, alert('done') starts triggering endlessly, sometimes in immediate succession, sometimes with a few seconds in between. Most distressing, however, is that clearWatch doesn't appear to run at all - that lat, long, and accuracy fields continuously update after the 10 second mark.

If anyone can see what I am doing wrong here, your guidance would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I hit a similar issue. I found the following code did not stop the watch:

navigator.geolocation.clearWatch(locationID);

STEP 1: Create a variable and assign it to navigator.geolocation

var geoLoc = navigator.geolocation;

var geoWatchID = geoLoc.watchPosition(
                onGPSSuccess, onGPSError,
            { maximumAge: 300, timeout: 1500, enableHighAccuracy: true });

STEP 2: Stop Watch use the var geoloc not navigator.geolocation.clearWatch()

geoLoc.clearWatch(geoWatchID);

geoWatchID = null;

See http://www.tutorialspoint.com/html5/geolocation_clearwatch.htm