how do I get geoLocation on a Mac?

[Paul Hibbert]

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 at 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
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