ks_1
May 22, 2022, 9:46am
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Is there any way to log the GPS location in the background, without adding an audit
question?
I mean something like ODK’s auto-location
feature described here:
A long, long time ago, an ODK XForms specification for Auto-gps implementation on ODK Collect was approved at Spec addition proposal: location preload : The odk:setlocation action sets the current location's geopoint value in the instance data node...
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@ks_1 , this is already supported with KoboToolbox. You should be able to find it here:
Welcome to the community, @nejad ! Please be informed that this metadata question type is supported with KoboToolbox. FYI, you could test this sample XLSForm:
start-geopoint.xlsx (9.6 KB)
However, please be informed that you will need to activate your GPS while collecting data. Else the metadata question type may not work as expected.
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