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gnome-maps is a lightweight viewer for maps with vector and satellite layers, navigation and search function. Suitable for low performance systems.

gnome-maps is a lightweight viewer for maps with vector and satellite layers, navigation and search function. Suitable for low performance systems.

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Location services enabled but not working

I have location services enabled, however, when I use an app that requires location access such as gnome-maps or Firefox (with allowed permissions for google maps) it doesn't work. Google maps shows that there was an error while determining location…
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Gnome Maps search function

I installed gnome maps (apt install gnome-maps) on Xubuntu 16.04. It is a great tool and running fine. The only problem is that I do not understand how to use the search function. When I enter a place in the search bar, I get a suggestion list with…
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How do I disable the location in gnome-maps

How do I disable the location bubble in gnome-maps? I'm using i3 and don't have most of the gnome-settings packages installed, but it seems like even if you disable location services in gnome, the blue bubble still appears. I've tried sudo sed -i…
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Ubuntu 20.04 geolocation not working on some web browsers

I use Ubuntu 20.04 and I am working on a web app that requires geolocation, so I need to get my current location from the web browser. I noticed that I could not get my position in Firefox using the JS geolocation api. Location services in the…
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Ubuntu program to access offline Windows Maps

Is there some Ubuntu program to access or display offline Windows Maps????
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