WebOffice 10.9 R4 offers to get the positioning information from the W3C Geolocation API and save it via editing to the data. The following chapters are about the assignment of the attributes picked from the GPS information from the W3C Geolocation API from the browser.

 

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•The function for saving the GPS attributes is only available in the WebOffice flex client and the WebOffice mobile client.

•Be aware that the geolocation is only available if WebOffice 10.9 R4 is called via HTTPS. Positioning is denied for HTTPS connections.

 

The following information can be assigned to the attribute fields:

•GPS Latitude

•GPS Longitude

•GPS Accuracy

•GPS Altitude

•GPS Altitude Accuracy

•GPS Timestamp

•GPS Pole Measuring

oPole Height

oGPS Height without pole

oGPS Altitude Accuracy without pole

 

The attributes have to be assigned via configuration of edit fields.

 

Configuration of GPS attributes

Configuration of GPS attributes

 

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•The assignment of the attributes is optional, that means not all of the elements have to be configured. The client only shows successfully assigned attributes.

•Please consider that GPS coordinates consist of many decimals and check the field values (data type, number of decimals) to guarantee, that the values can be correctly saved.

•By default GPS coordinates will be transferred to the Geolocation API in WGS84. Currently only WGS84 is supported by WebOffice 10.9 R4.

•The Geolocation API calls the information directly from the NMEA messages provided by the GPS device. In this case the attribute GPS Accuracy gets the value from the HDOP (relative accuracy of the position), that has not to be mixed up with the accuracy in meters (must be provided by the software of the GPS device). Please find more details about the W3C Geolocation API in https://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html.

•For calling the GPS information from an external antenna, an additional software needs to be installed to transfer the information to the COM interface. The browser does not have any direct access to the hardware.

 

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Please find more details about the GPS attributes in the WebOffice mobile client in chapter Location.