topic Re: auto updating location widget in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

auto updating location widget

Dan_Hennessy — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:45:10 GMT

I was wondering if anyone knew of a custom built auto updating location widget? I'm envisioning it being used on smartphones that automatically updates the user's location every few seconds.

Re: auto updating location widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:00:17 GMT

Dan,

The MyLocation widget allows for this type of GPS interaction. See this thread where I explain how to enable tracking:

Geolocate

Re: auto updating location widget

Dan_Hennessy — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:10:53 GMT

Thanks for the help. It worked well. Is there and easy way to change the code so the location updates faster?

Re: auto updating location widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:23:21 GMT

Dan,

I am not finding anything that says that the interval that the browser collects the location can be changed.

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Re: auto updating location widget

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:01:57 GMT

Dan,

I have not tested this, but does changing the parameter "timeout": 15000 in the config file to a smaller number make any difference? Just a thought.

-Stan

Re: auto updating location widget

Dan_Hennessy — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:37:34 GMT

Stan,

I tried changing the timeout from 15000 down to 1000, then again down to 300. It seems to increase the refresh rate quite a bit. It still takes several seconds to refresh but it is better than before ( waiting about 15- 20 seconds to refresh). Changing the Timeout to 300 has put the refresh rate down to about every 5-10 seconds.

Dan