Hi, I’m having a problem setting the default map view on a geopoint question. In the survey tab of my XLSForm I have used a default column to set the default by including 4 space-separated values: latitude, longitude, altitude, accuracy. This works fine as long as both latitude and longitude are …

Hello @BecSCS , It seems a problem/bug of KoBoToolbox. ( @Kal_lam , @Josh ). The geopoint field even is shown as a simple text variable (see widget). Maybe the default is not parsed correctly, if it includes any “-” sign (either for latitude or for longitude!). The form will open in preview, but deploy…

Seems you have a blank after the - ? Remove it, please.

@BecSCS , this post discussed previously should help you solve your issue: [image] How to prefill type "geopoint" fields of enketo forms through URL Form Building Hi @ashish1807 , Back with your query. You could use the default column as outlined in the image shown below b…

Hi Wroos, I removed the space, same error unfortunately.

Thanks Kal - this was the post that got me to where I am now. As noted above, this works fine as long as both latitude and longitude are positive values, e.g. the hypotheticals you gave. If I use a negative latitude I get the error. I followed the discussions from that post and searched the forums…

Hello @BecSCS , Could you share an extract (or screenshot) of the related part of your form, please?

geopoint_default_test.xlsx (12.5 KB) Hi again @wroos , I’ve attached an extract with the same question twice, only difference being the negative latitude… screenshot shows the survey preview. Many thanks for your help! [Screen Shot 2022-11-07 at 1.05.03 pm]

Wonderful, thanks @wroos for the workaround, as we’ll need to run offline. Whilst we’re here… do you happen to know whether it’s possible to specify satellite as the default map view?

Offline with Collect (preferable ODK)? Probably even the default works with Collect. Would you mind to test it and give feedback here, please? In Collect app you can configure the map style in the settings, e.g. google satellite or hybrid. In Enketo, there is also an appearance option satellite for…

We’re still in the process of designing surveys, haven’t yet bought tablets or decided which app / collection method we’re going to use. Good to know that this should work with the Collect app. Will need to be offline as there is no phone signal at field survey locations. Thanks heaps for your help…

I just found another restriction which might be interesting [image] Geopoint and map in PC (not mobile devices) The satellit layer (Esri) disappears when one zoom in.

Default geopoint in Southern Hemisphere?

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Kal_Lam November 6, 2022, 3:38pm 3

@BecSCS, this post discussed previously should help you solve your issue: