jhall wrote:

As Jon pointed out to me, Chrome has an "Override Geolocation" under Settings/Overrides. So we just need to figure out how to get WebDriver tests to implement the same sort of override, and then we can set values for which we know matching content exists in our test environments.

jhall wrote:

Looks like there is a Chrome method for overriding geolocation:

https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/protocol/tot/page#command-setGeolocationOverride

jhall wrote:

Format for using a JSON response to override Firefox's geo.wifi.uri setting:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/business/geolocation/#responses

jhall wrote:

Info on settings up a user prefs file for the Firefox app to consume when it launches:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file

Change 103512 had a related patch set uploaded by Jhall:
[QA] WIP Spoof physical geolocation for browser tests

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/103512

jhall wrote:

Changing bug status since task in still WIP.

Change 103512 abandoned by Jhall:
[QA] WIP Spoof physical geolocation for browser tests

Reason:
Needs to be re-worked.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/103512

The same as bug 57333?

Interesting blog post with code examples in C#

Faking Geolocation in Selenium WebDriver with Firefox

http://watirmelon.com/2014/09/18/faking-geolocation-in-selenium-webdriver-with-firefox/