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GPS Locator for a WebMap on Mobile Phone

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11-30-2012 07:40 AM
ChandraMiller
Emerging Contributor
I have also noticed that the GPS function when you open up a Web Map on a mobile phone is not consistently reliable.  GPS is enabled on my iPhone4s.  When I press the lower left button (see screenshot) sometimes is gps locates me and zooms down and sometimes I press it and nothing happens.  Any ideas/suggestions on what is going on there?  I have tested this on and iPhone4, iPhone4s, and two android phones.

When the gps locator does work, I have also noticed that once you move around in the map and go to gps locate yourself again the map wont re-find you.  It will relocate you when you are looking at a map through the ArcGIS ESRI App though.  Is this a limitation on viewing the map through a web browser on a phone?

Here is my FCDMC ALERT Locator Map http://bit.ly/SzsZWU
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MikeMinami
Esri Notable Contributor
This seems like a bug. Interestingly, I can reproduce the problem while connected via WiFi on our internal network. However, if I switch to pure cellular, it works every time. So, perhaps you can try switching off the WiFi?? Maybe this won't be a problem in the field?

thanks,

Mike
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KevinEarl1
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What about gps on mobile that access the web application on their cell. They have the GPS locator button, but I get an error everytime. The map I created was made for the public using the mobile template application. Any ideas why it doesn't work?
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