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I need to determine if the unit has returned to its original position to calculate the elapsed time.
This has to be done with a certain generosity as it is completely impossible to return to exactly the same position as the starting point.

Therefore, I need to set up something similar to a geo fence and then see if the unit is within this barrier, then I am back to my starting position

I would appreciate if anyone could give an example of how this could be done.


///Peter

Currently I am porting a great deal of geoLib ( https://github.com/manuelbieh/geolib ) to LiveCode.
Will publish it in "Sample Stacks"/livecodeshare until Sep 12 in the evening.

Why don't you start by trying something rather basic out?

Make a stack and put a graphic object that is 1x1 pixels anywhere on the stack
(frankly that is daft as the point will not be visible: make it 4x4), via the Preferences
palette write down its location on a bit of paper (retro tech).

Do the same for a second graphic object . . .

I called my first graphic "gPOINT1" and my second, "gPOINT2".

Now my "gPOINT1" is located at 407,359,

"gPOINT2" is located at 890,137.
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Then we do a spot of Pythagoras . . .

Oh, and let's pretend we don't know what negative numbers are.

890-407 = 483
359-137 = 222

483 squared = 233289
222 squared = 49284

233289 + 49284 = 282573

square root 282572 = 531.576

so the linear distance (i.e. what you call the 'radius') from
"gPOINT1" to "gPOINT2" is about 532 pixels.

Of course, if you want you can do all "that" in a button in LiveCode.

Now it shouldn't be particularly difficult to move from that sort of stuff
to GPS points and metres.

Well, I had a spot of fun . . .
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Even if I cannot spell "Calculate."

I'm sure some Freudian psychologist will come up with something
there: "caculate", "cack", enough of that one!

What do you expect to get when you type cmd-C or ctrl-C?
I'm not a Freudian

What do you expect to get when you type cmd-C or ctrl-C?

Well certainly not Cack.

Find the basicGeoLib (LiveCode only, no javascript) on "SampleStacks" or here
http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/949/basicGeoLib