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skprasad
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How to get GPS location?

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Greeting,

How can I save GPS location when I press Add/Submit in entity.

Purpose; I would like to save device location for security purposes whenever a record is added.
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Re: How to get GPS location?

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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by antevasin »

You could try the following;
Create a field of the type Map and note the ID of the field.
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Add the following code to your entities Form Configuration >> Add Javascript >> Javascript in form.

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let lat = '37.422176';
let long = '-122.084721';
let text = 'Google Maps Headquarters';

if (navigator.geolocation) {
  navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(updateMap);
} else { 
	console.log( "Geolocation is not supported by this browser.");
}
function updateMap( position ) {
  lat = position.coords.latitude;
  long = position.coords.longitude;
  text = 'I woz here';
  //replace 1963 with the ID of your own map field
  $('#fields_1963').val('[map]' + lat + ',' + long + '(' + text + ')[/map]');
}
You will probably be prompted to allow the location and once that is done it should show the location on the map every time the form is edited.
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by skprasad »

Thank you buddy, this code is working, thank you again.
1. How can get the Lat/Long value in text box.
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by antevasin »

Change the field to be an input field instead of a map and then lose the map markup tags.
So you could replace

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$('#fields_1963').val('[map]' + lat + ',' + long + '(' + text + ')[/map]');
with

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$('#fields_1963').val(lat + ',' + long);
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by pepe »

I really like this ... great information !
Using the location coordinates we could make much more use of this. Here are my thoughts:
In an earlier post, I have asked about the possibility to get weather information from third party providers, i.e., Openweathermap. There are a number of free/paid services. I am interested in API
http://history.openweathermap.org/data/ ... ty?q={city ID},{country code}&type=hour&start={start}&end={end}&appid={API key}
You can look this up on there homepage. A key needs to be generated and you need to implement it somehow into your app.
There are other apps available from Openweathermap (like forecast weather, ...).
I would like to use the history to retrieve temperature, rain, snow, cloudy, and other conditions for use in daily construction records. Site managers need to generate such a report every day. Next to a number of other pieces of information they have to take notes of weather conditions. This could be automated when that information taken from Openweathermap to Rukovotel. The API is key-based. In Javascript in forms one could invoke the weather API, get all the required information, and generate the necessary information. I just don't about detailed go-abouts.
I would truly appreciate information on this!
Thank you in advance for your input!
Best regards, Pepe
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by skprasad »

Awesome Code, Thank you buddy. It's working.
antevasin wrote: 22 Oct 2020, 23:53 Change the field to be an input field instead of a map and then lose the map markup tags.
So you could replace

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$('#fields_1963').val('[map]' + lat + ',' + long + '(' + text + ')[/map]');
with

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$('#fields_1963').val(lat + ',' + long);
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by rubinhc »

Thank you for your post, it helped. :D
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by LPARO »

Hello!
I thought the solution was excellent.
I would like to know if there is a possibility to register the GPS position, but instead of registering when adding a new register, register when clicking on the "signing" button.
Thanks!
skprasad wrote: 24 Oct 2020, 00:30 Awesome Code, Thank you buddy. It's working.
antevasin wrote: 22 Oct 2020, 23:53 Change the field to be an input field instead of a map and then lose the map markup tags.
So you could replace

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$('#fields_1963').val('[map]' + lat + ',' + long + '(' + text + ')[/map]');
with

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$('#fields_1963').val(lat + ',' + long);
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Re: How to get GPS location?

Post by Schelle »

antevasin wrote: 22 Oct 2020, 23:53 Change the field to be an input field instead of a map and then lose the map markup tags.
So you could replace

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$('#fields_1963').val('[map]' + lat + ',' + long + '(' + text + ')[/map]');
with

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$('#fields_1963').val(lat + ',' + long);
WOW, thank you so much for sharing this, it works perfectly :-)
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