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You can collect location information by turning on ' Geo location feature and use it conjunction with rules to show longitude, latitude, accuracy and/or errors in your form. will always know it's current location and will submit that information when the form is completed. All browsers will always ask the user's permission to use their location. Here is an example of the request in Internet Explorer 9:
You can also get information associated with your location. For example, a section of a Police Incident Report, shown in the image, collects the form position plus the address information associated with it. All browsers will always ask the user's permission to use their location. Here is an example of
Latitude and Longitude display the coordinates of the user location. Accuracy represents the accuracy of the location in meters - a low Accuracy value means the position is more precise. You can display a position error code and the text description of error message in your form if desired. Error message codes can be 1, 2 or 3:
- 1 - Permission Denied - You will get this error code if the user says no to the access question.
- 2 - Position Unavailable - This error code means the device running the browser cannot get the GPS satellite signal (tunnel, underground).
- Timeout - The device running the browser times out trying to get the location information.
This feature works on a desktop or mobile devices. You may see slight differences in the behavior based on the browser you are using.
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