Location function not working properly

[Ninijca]

Hi,

I am using Location.Latitude and Location.Longitude to get the user's location but I'm always getting incorrect location. Is this always like this or are there other options how to get the long-lat of the user?

Thank you everyone. 

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Ninijca ,

This must be device issue - we use it on dozens of iPads daily finding power poles and it is always very accurate.

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[timl]

Hi @Ninijca 

Can you clarify what you mean when you say that you're getting incorrect locations?
If by this you mean you're getting 0 values, the most likely cause is that the mobile device has disabled the location signal for battery saving purposes. You can re-enable it like so:

 https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Get-GPS-coordinates-on-ANDROID-TABLET-and-SM...

Enable(Location)

If you're using an Android device and your long/lat readings are inaccurate, you can fix this though the settings of the device by changing the location setting to "high accuracy".

https://support.google.com/maps/answer/2839911?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

[Ninijca]

@timl Thank you for your reply.

I've been using a list Power Apps form and I'm opening it using a SharePoint app and it can't get my location. Using my laptop, it does not give the correct location. Using my phone's browser seems okay. Is there any way I can get the correct location using a SharePoint app and my computer?

Thanks again.

[timl · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ninijca 

In general, it is not possible to get accurate location on a desktop computer because in general, desktop computers do not include the GPS hardware that usually exists in phones. The location value will usually be derived from network IDs, and it will be potentially inaccurate, especially if you were connected through a corporate/work proxy server, or connected through a VPN with a different regional endpoint.

[Ninijca]

@timl 

Thank you. How about the SharePoint App in mobile phones? Is it possible to get the location? When opening the form, I get an error that it can't get the location. 

[timl · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ninijca 

Unforunately, I don't think it's possible to retrieve the location through the SharePoint app.

On the Android version at least, we can see through the permissions that are published in the Play store, that the SharePoint app doesn’t request the location permission. This would prevent the SharePoint app from being able to retrieve a location value from the device.

In comparison, we can see that the permissions list for the Power Apps app does include location.

[Ninijca]

@timl 

Thank you for helping.