Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-21 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
I was working on a Mobile app to allow a user to set the location of a named address within a UK Postcode. For various reasons, I'm not able to spend much time on it - and I discovered that although the process of starting to develop an Android app looks reasonable, there are many details you

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-12 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Thanks Paul. I'm struggling to find time to get my Android environment setup working (restrictions on my time, more than actual problems), so it may take me a few days to even try it out, but it would be good to know that I have a stack that *should* work, so please do send me directly a copy o

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-12 Thread Paul Hibbert via use-livecode
Alex, I used this lesson [ http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/30379-how-do-i-get-the-location-and-use-the-digital-compass ] as the basis for a GPS location in one of my iOS apps, if it helps I could save the relevant card to a new stack and send you a copy, I’m pretty sure it would work on An

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-12 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 11/04/2017 01:40, jonathandly...@gmail.com wrote: Rather than travel physically, could you just move in the map, and program it to record your click locations in a map? Indeed. Earlier I talked about a 'desktop app' and a 'mobile app'. The 'desktop app' is exactly what you describe - it

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-10 Thread Alan via use-livecode
Hi Alex It's pretty straightforward to record current location on mobile - using mobileStartTrackingSensor, mobileSensorReading (when you want to grab current location) and so on. Just make sure you start tracking when the user starts your app to give the GPS system time to get going and you m

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-10 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Rather than travel physically, could you just move in the map, and program it to record your click locations in a map? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:41 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks - lots of useful info there. > > The big issue in this approach is (as y

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-10 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Thanks - lots of useful info there. The big issue in this approach is (as you say) I would think it would be relatively simple to define a procedure (less simple to have the kids actually follow it) where the kids send you an email In my case, I have a large number of addresses to define (say,

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-10 Thread Kay C Lan via use-livecode
On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: > I'm looking for any help or suggestions for existing apps that can do > (something like) what I want to do - could even be a clever way to use a > feature I've not found in Google maps, or pple maps, or ... > Hi Alex, I'm not

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-09 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
And in addition the UK has the advantage of the openstreetmap and openpostcode project, so that goes a long way to providing the data to get me started :-) I'll post a fuller description and put the desktop app up on wherever stacks got these days ... soon. -- Alex. On 09/04/2017 09:3

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-09 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Thanks Jacque, that's a very generous offer. It sounds like I should try again for Android (I did try Android once before, with some success; but the only Android device I had was a Kindle Fire, which adds its own complexities, so that mini project just kind of withered :-) I'll investigate it

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-09 Thread JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode
This sound interesting, I'd be interested in learning more too. Thank you John Patten SUSD Sent from my iPad > On Apr 9, 2017, at 1:34 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’d love it if this topic could stay on the list for a bit, as I’m just > getting involved in reconstructing

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-09 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
I’d love it if this topic could stay on the list for a bit, as I’m just getting involved in reconstructing an existing desktop Geographical Information System which has been very successfully sold to UK schoolchildren, who use it to understand maps and map symbols based on their own locality; bu

Re: OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-08 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
If you go for Android it is trivial to build and distribute. There are no restrictions, you can email the app or supply a web download link, or put it on a public server. Apple is more restrictive, so you'd need to get the UUIDs of everyone who will use the device, or else pay for an Enterprise

OT (?): Bookmarking GPS coords

2017-04-08 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
I'm looking for any help or suggestions for existing apps that can do (something like) what I want to do - could even be a clever way to use a feature I've not found in Google maps, or pple maps, or ... I have a reasonable number (i.e. 10 - 200 !!) - not a small number where I would be willin