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11 years 10 months ago #95003 by marcic
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Hi there,

I was wondering if Limesurvey can save GPS coordinates obtained after clicking a link with a Javascript? I can get the coordinates to show in a Text display type of question but could not manage to get the two lines to be saved.

Maybe some of you are aware of a workaround available.

attached see lss file with one group and question with the script

Best,

Marcis
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11 years 10 months ago #95008 by orvil
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Hi,

use an equation type question to read the text field (with EM). The result of the equation will be stored.
And: may be it is possible to poke your data directly to an equation type question.
Best regards/Beste Grüße,
O. Villani
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11 years 10 months ago #95019 by marcic
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Thanks for your reply but apparently my skills with javascript are too weak and I cannot implement your propsed solution.
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11 years 10 months ago #95025 by tpartner
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Please attach your sample survey.
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11 years 10 months ago - 11 years 10 months ago #95026 by marcic
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Sorry, apparently the lss file was not attached. Here it is again.



What I was trying to do was to implement one of these solutions:

macmost.com/iphone-gps-location-with-javascript.html

merged.ca/iphone/html5-geolocation
Last edit: 11 years 10 months ago by marcic. Reason: no file attached
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11 years 10 months ago #95031 by tpartner
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Still no file attached but here's an example using your first link in a short-text question.

Add this to the question source (I used a button element to fire the geolocation function):
Code:
<button class="gpsLink" type="button">Get GPS Data</button>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).ready(function(){
 
    // Identify this question
    var q1ID = '{QID}';
    var q1 = $('#question'+q1ID);
 
    // Click event for the button
    $('.gpsLink').click(function(){
      getGPS();
    });
 
    function getGPS() {
      if (navigator.geolocation) {  
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showGPS, gpsError);
      } else {  
        $('input.text', q1).val('No GPS Functionality');  
      }
    }
 
    function gpsError(error) {
      alert('GPS Error: '+error.code+', '+error.message);
    }
 
    function showGPS(position) {
      $('input.text', q1).val(position.coords.latitude+', '+position.coords.longitude);
    }
 
  });
</script>

Here's a test survey:

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...tion.lss
File Size:12 KB
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11 years 10 months ago #95052 by marcic
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Excellent! works as I imagined how it should work. Perhaps this could be added to workarounds?

Thanks,

Marcis
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11 years 10 months ago #95053 by tpartner
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Sure, we could add it but I'm hesitant given that it won't work in IE 7-8.
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9 years 11 months ago #118147 by dgtano
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Hello. Thank you very much for your contribution.
I would automatically save the GPS coordinates, without the button. Is it possible?
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9 years 11 months ago #118196 by tpartner
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This will fire the getGPS() function when the page is loaded.

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).ready(function(){
 
    // Identify this question
    var q1ID = '{QID}';
    var q1 = $('#question'+q1ID);
 
    function getGPS() {
      if (navigator.geolocation) {  
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showGPS, gpsError);
      } else {  
        $('input.text', q1).val('No GPS Functionality');  
      }
    }
 
    function gpsError(error) {
      alert('GPS Error: '+error.code+', '+error.message);
    }
 
    function showGPS(position) {
      $('input.text', q1).val(position.coords.latitude+', '+position.coords.longitude);
    }
 
    getGPS();
 
  });
</script>
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9 years 11 months ago #118197 by dgtano
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Fantastic. Tks a lot
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9 years 11 months ago - 9 years 11 months ago #118541 by shawnchan
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Hello,

Thank you very much for your effort, it looks like everybody else can work it out with your sample survey. I also tried to do it with your sample survey [limesurvey_survey_geolocation.lss ], but nothing shows in the text box after clicking the button, although a pop-up window shows up and asking for permission to get the location. Do you have any idea on this? I can get the location in Google map so I guess it's not the signal problem.

I also tried it on both android device and IPAD but it's still not working.

Thanks a lot.

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Last edit: 9 years 11 months ago by shawnchan.
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