{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":5247,"path":"conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/va-geolocation-utility.md","title":"Geolocation utility","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Geolocation utility\n\nUse the Geolocation utility to gather map coordinates from a user, to personalize topics to a user's location, provide data for navigation or on-site tasks, and other services.\n\n## Geolocation utility properties\n\nSpecify the flow action properties for the node that you want to create.\n\n<table id=\"action-utility-properties-sheet-table\"><thead><tr><th>\n\nProperty\n\n</th><th>\n\nDescription\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\nNode name\n\n</td><td>\n\nName of the Geolocation node.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td class=\"sub-head\" colspan=\"2\">\n\nInput mapping\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nPermission prompt\n\n</td><td>\n\nString for the custom prompt requesting geolocation from a user.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td class=\"sub-head\" colspan=\"2\">\n\nOutput mapping\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nLatitude\n\n</td><td>\n\nUser's latitude returned after the Permission prompt. **Note:** All Output Mappings are customizable. Select **Enable** to activate each one, and input a custom variable name to store the value under if desired.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nLongitude\n\n</td><td>\n\nUser's longitude returned after the Permission prompt.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nError message\n\n</td><td>\n\nMessage returned if the geolocation attempt encounters an error.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nError type\n\n</td><td>\n\nType of error returned based on the error message.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nStatus\n\n</td><td>\n\nStatus of the geolocation data.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td class=\"sub-head\" colspan=\"2\">\n\nAdvanced\n\n</td></tr><tr><td class=\"sub-head\" colspan=\"2\">\n\nHide this node\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nConditionally show this node if\n\n</td><td>\n\nNo-code condition statement or low-code script that specifies a condition for presenting this node in the conversation. The condition must evaluate to true.\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>## Example Geolocation utility\n\n\\[Omitted image \"flow-designer-geolocation-properties.png\"\\] Alt text: Geolocation utility properties.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Assistant Designer utilities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/va-utilities.md)\n\n"}}