Hi Ruth,
I think the correct solution here is to allow for a GPS prompt timeout
that is customizable in the form. For example:
<h:body>
geopoint widget
</h:body>
When the timeout is specified, the GPS pop up dialog will wait up to
the timeout before the dialog can be closed. If the timeout is reached
without GPS lock, the dialog will return null GPS values (e.g.,
999,999,999,999) that allow the required GPS prompt to be bypassed.
My team at Nafundi has done something similar for a few our clients,
and we'd be glad to share that code with your developers to get it
merged into trunk.
Thanks,
Yaw
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-- Need ODK consultants? Nafundi provides form design, server setup, in-field training, and software development for ODK. Go to https://nafundi.com to get started.On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Ruth Little ruthl@kestrel-tech.com wrote:
All
I'm now searching for what Graham asked in 2012.
Any update?We find that users stumble on the location portion -- we train to wait for
the lock, but we still get too many reports with no geocoords.
I toyed with making it a required field, but there are real conditions where
a gps lock just isn't going to happen and we don't want that to prevent the
send. We just want to minimize the accidental no-gps situations.Messing now with using an acknowledgement screen if the GPS value is null.
How are others handling this?Ruth
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 10:41:25 AM UTC-5, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
Graham,
It's not possible to do location automatically in ODK.
Your options:
Code it yourself: Look in the PropertyManager class. GeoPointActivity
will also help.
File a feature request: https://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/list
Hire a developer: http://opendatakit.org/help/help-for-hireThings to consider:
What happens if you have a one short one prompt form, you won't have
enough time to get GPS lock?
What happens if you are indoors and can't get lock (independent of
accuracy)?
Do you want to block saving/closing to get location?
How will auto location impact your battery life?Yaw
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Graham jetw...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it possible to use JR:Preload to record the co ordinates of the
enumerator with out them having to activate the GPS. At the moment I can
automatically record start date and time and end date and time and would
like to do the same for location.this is what I have at the moment
what parameters would I need to make this work automatically?
I would have to include "accuracythreshold="??">
to stop it searching foreverany help greatfully received.
Graham
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