---
title: showsUserLocation
framework: mapkitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkitjs/map/showsuserlocation
---

# showsUserLocation

A Boolean value that determines whether to show the user’s location on the map.

## Declaration

```data
get showsUserLocation(): boolean;
set showsUserLocation(value: boolean);
```

## Discussion

Discussion Set this property to true to determine the user’s location and make it visible on the map as a pulsing blue dot annotation. Set this property to false to remove the user location annotation and to stop monitoring the user’s location. note: This property affects the annotation’s visibility, but it doesn’t update the visible region of the map to put the user’s location in the view.

## See Also

### Displaying the user’s location

- [tracksUserLocation](mapkitjs/map/tracksuserlocation.md)
- [userLocationAnnotation](mapkitjs/map/userlocationannotation.md)