Calculate distance covered

[Sdhn]

Currently i am able to get distance covered with user clicks start and end. It gets the current location at both points and get distance.

How can i calculate distance if start and end points are same? If driver starts and returns to the same point? Like distance of route? 

[JayMagness]

Hi,

You would need to add weigh points so the system knows you have traveled.

You could either set up a timer and capture Lat/Long as often as you feel is needed when running.

Or have the users press a button to log there travels from time to time.

This way the system knows you have traveld.

[Sdhn]

@JayMagness But if user logs travel from time to time either using a button or time, the lat and long will change and wont give proper distance covered.

Maybe i am wrong? Could you pls provide an example.

[WarrenBelz]

@Sdhn ,

Just adding to @JayMagness 's comments, Power Apps has not been built with this in mind - You can also use Acceleration X Y and Z and I suspect there may  be a highly complex (and probably copyrighted) schema of changes in these movements in direction (as well as changes to Latitude and Longitude) to work out if you where walking/running or answering the phone/ putting it down.

[v-bofeng-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sdhn :

As far as @JayMagness said,you can use a timer control to record the user's location at regular intervals.Then use BingMaps.GetRoute to get the distance between each checkpoint, and finally add them up.

I've made a test for your reference:

1\Add a button and set

OnSelect

Set(start,!start) /*start is my variable*/

Text

If(start,"Stop","Start")

2\Add a timer control and set

Duration

10000 /*loop in 10s*/

OnTimerEnd

Collect(
  StepPoint,
  {
     thepoing:Location.Latitude&","&Location.Longitude
  }
);/*StepPoint is my custom collection for saving checkpoints*/
If(
  CountRows(StepPoint)>1,
  Collect(
     TheDistance, /*TheDistance is my custom collection for Calculation distance*/
     {
      Value:BingMaps.GetRoute(
                    First(LastN(StepPoint,2)).thepoing,
                    Last(StepPoint).thepoing
                    ).travelDistance
      }
   )
)

Repeat

true

Start

start /*start is my custom variable*/

Visible

false /*make this control unvisible*/

3\Add a button(Reset)

OnSelect

Clear(StepPoint);Clear(TheDistance)

Text

"Reset"

4\Add a label control to display the distense

Text

Sum(TheDistance,Value)

When the user clicks on start, the app records the current user's position every 10 seconds and calculates the distance between the user's current position and the previous position and saves it to the set TheDistance.
Using sum to calculate the sum of Value in TheDistance can only know how much distance the user has moved after clicking start.

In addition,I think this link will help you a lot:

Bing Maps (Preview) 

Best Regards,

Bof

[Sdhn]

@v-bofeng-msft This is so helpful and exactly what I was lookin for! 

Thank you so much! 🙂