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8 years 11 months ago #118564 by holch
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@tpartner: And it is not even 1.92, it is 1.91, even older...

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8 years 11 months ago #118589 by shawnchan
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Oh..I guess I have to upgrade Limesurvey before asking for help again.

Thanks again for your advise.
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8 years 11 months ago #118976 by shawnchan
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I used your scripts on demo version of limesurvey and I can get the GPS coordinates now. The GPS coordinates is automatically shown the text box when I open the survey. Thanks tpartner for that.

What I'm trying to do now is to use the GPS function as a measure of quality control, making sure that they have done the interviews at the correct location.

Is there any way we can "secretly" store the GPS coordinates without noticing the users? because now GPS coordinates is shown on screen and even can be edited by users. I tried to do it by hiding the questions but I can't get the GPS coordinates when the question is hidden.
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8 years 11 months ago #118981 by tpartner
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You cannot manipulate a question that is hidden with the advanced question settings.

Try hiding the question with JavaScript.

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
  $(document).ready(function(){
 
    // Identify this question
    var q1ID = '{QID}';
    var q1 = $('#question'+q1ID);
 
    // Hide this question
    q1.hide();
 
    function getGPS() {
      if (navigator.geolocation) {  
        navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showGPS, gpsError);
      } else {  
        $('input.text', q1).val('No GPS Functionality');  
      }
    }
 
    function gpsError(error) {
      //alert('GPS Error: '+error.code+', '+error.message);
    }
 
    function showGPS(position) {
      $('input.text', q1).val(position.coords.latitude+', '+position.coords.longitude);
    }
 
    getGPS();
 
  });
</script>

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Tony Partner

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8 years 11 months ago #119032 by shawnchan
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It's works perfectly now!!! Thanks a lot!
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8 years 1 month ago #131079 by rasheed
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Hello,

I wonder if there is a similar script for getting the device system info such as OS, Navigator,..

Thank you !
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8 years 1 month ago #131081 by holch
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Yes there is and you can find an example here in the forum. It might be a little older, but I gave an example where you save a lot of data about the browser and the screen etc. via Javascript into a hidden question. I am not sure if OS is included, but should be possible to include.

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8 years 1 month ago #131082 by holch
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Here the post that I mention. You just need to find out how to reference the OS via Javascript, but you should find some examples out there for this.

www.limesurvey.org/forum/can-i-do-this-w...g-screen-size#127805

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7 years 11 months ago #134398 by Mazi
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shawnchan wrote: What I'm trying to do now is to use the GPS function as a measure of quality control, making sure that they have done the interviews at the correct location.

One purpose of our recently released " OfflineSurveys " Limesurvey Android app is doing data collection on location. Since several users told us that it would be nice to store the current location's GPS coordinates, we have added an additional Android multimedia question type to get the current location from the device's GPS and store that at a Limesurvey question.
You can simply make such a question mandatory and that way force the user to always store the current location together with all other response details.

Best regards/Beste Grüße,
Dr. Marcel Minke
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7 years 11 months ago #134489 by first
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I guess most of you already know but just for who don't..

Location from web browser:
#Gives the coordinates of the nearest Internet server respondent is connected to when survey start.
#Respondent will get a prompt in his browser which he has to confirm only then location will get captured.
#This approach will work even if device do not have GPS like laptop / desktop etc.

Location GPS(eg In Mazi offline application ):
#Capture coordinate using mobile GPS system.
#Highly precise
#No internet connectivity required.

It is very frequent requirement CAPI survys to capture GPS location the moment Interview starts. Clients wants it to confirm that interviewers and doing genuine interview.

Survey Designer and Programmer
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7 years 6 months ago #140862 by mounabelaid
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Hello
Would you tell where should I put exactly this script in LimeSurvey?
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7 years 6 months ago #141009 by Mazi
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mounabelaid wrote: Hello
Would you tell where should I put exactly this script in LimeSurvey?


If you are talking about the OfflineSurveys GPS location tracking feature, that is pretty simple to set up:
  1. Go to www.offlinesurveys.com/add-android-multimedia-question
  2. Download the "GPS location tracking" question/LSQ file from there.
  3. Import the LSQ file at your survey (this can be done when creating a new question)
  4. Activate the survey and cache the survey for offline usage
That survey should now include the GPS location tracking feature.

Best regards/Beste Grüße,
Dr. Marcel Minke
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Contact: marcel.minke(at)survey-consulting.com
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