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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 862
Note To avoid excessive battery consumption and repeat fetches, specify a smaller number for
timeout.
Examples
Location ( 100; 40 ) takes up to 40 seconds to return the latitude and longitude with an
accuracy of 100 meters.
+110.230000, -131.340000, +65.000000
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LocationValues
LocationValues
Purpose
Returns the current latitude, longitude, and altitude on an iOS device running FileMaker Go. Returns
the horizontal and vertical accuracy of the values returned and the number of minutes since the
values were returned. The location is obtained via GPS, cellular network, or Wi-Fi.
Format
LocationValues (accuracy {; timeout})
Parameters
accuracy - any numeric expression or field containing a number that represents a distance in
meters.
timeout - any numeric expression or field containing a number that represents the most time it will
take to fetch the location. Measured in seconds, the default value is 60.
Parameters in curly braces { } are optional.
Data type returned
Text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 12.0
Description
Returns and caches the current location of a device in the format:
latitude¶longitude¶altitude¶horizontal accuracy (+/- accuracy in meters)¶
vertical accuracy (+/- accuracy in meters)¶age of value in minutes (0.2
would represent 0.2 minutes or 12 seconds ago)
You can use the GetValue function to retrieve any of the six carriage return-delimited values above.