I’m no Javascript expert, so I can’t answer the question about the error, but my best guess is that code needs to be run within a browser.
However, considering that you need to be connected to the internet to access your geolocation on desktop, if you sign up for a free API with https://ipgeolocation.io (for unto 30K non commercial Requests Per Month), then it’s pretty easy to parse the Lat/Long from the returned data with a couple of lines of of simple code, e.g. put url(https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=<myAPIkey>) into tResult -- Replace <myAPIkey> with your unique key put item 12 of tResult && item 13 of tResult into tGeoLocation The result = "latitude":"50.12345" "longitude":"-125.67890” It’s not quite as accurate as GPS, but it’s close, plus you have the advantage of lots more data returned should you need it and no messing with Javascript. Paul > On 1Mar, 2021, at 10:34 AM, kee nethery via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > How do I get latitude & longitude within a macOS LiveCode script? > > ——— > > I know iOS has a way to tell you latitude & longitude. It appears that > capability is not available on macOS. > > I know that macOS browsers, with WiFi on and connected, can determine > lat/long with a javascript command. At this URL: > https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_geolocation.asp > I found this example: > > <script> > var x = document.getElementById("demo"); > function getLocation() { > if (navigator.geolocation) { > navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition); > } else { > x.innerHTML = "Geolocation is not supported by this browser."; > } > } > > function showPosition(position) { > x.innerHTML = "Latitude: " + position.coords.latitude + > "<br>Longitude: " + position.coords.longitude; > } > </script> > > > I know that macOS can: > do <script> as “javascript” > where <script> is the actual script shown above, not “<script>" > > “javascript” is in alternateLanguages() will return true on macOS > > Any ideas why the result is "compiler error”? > > I am not a javascript person so perhaps I’m screwing up the javascript or not > initializing something correctly. And more importantly, how do I get the > geolocation of a mac that is on WiFi? > > Thanks, > Kee > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
