The browser does not start the location service at all. The Here apps timeout period is just too short, Google Maps default timeout value while waiting for a location update is significantly larger. With that, you are seeing a timing artifact here.
** Changed in: location-service (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1437459 Title: location service appears not to start occasionally To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service/+bug/1437459/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs