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Hi, I was wondering if Chronoforms has anything built in to receive location data (Longtitude and Latitude) as part of a form. I could not find any answers in the forums. If you have any ideas of how this can be done I would be most appreciative. Users will be mostly doing this on their mobile phone.
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Thanks.

Hi spytech,
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There is nothing 'built-in' but if the browser has access to the phone's location then you can use it. See here for some examples.
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Bob

Hi Bob, great, thanks for that I'll give it a try.

The example link does not work.

Hi edebeer,
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It works OK for me. https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_geolocation.asp
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Bob

Thanks.
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How would I get the Latitude and Longitude in to a hidden field in Chronoforms. In a regular form I would do something like this: <input type="hidden" name="longitude" id="longitude" />. How do I get the id into the "Value" field of the hidden field? I want to save Latitude and Longitude to the database.

Hi edebeer,
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If you include empty hidden inputs in the form then you can use the Standard JavaScript value methods to add the data you find.
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Bob

How do you use Standard JavaScript value methods to add the data you find?

Hi edebeer,
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See this StackOverFlow answer for example https://stackoverflow.com/a/5700542
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Bob