Hello, Is there any way to show on the map the current location of the user as a (for example) blue dot, so that the user knows how far he is from the markers? I have not found anything on the forum so far. Thanks a lot

I don’t believe we have the blue dot like we did in Classic Apps although I wish we did. The only way I could figure out how to do it: Add an extra row in your table and filter the screen so it’s attached to that row specifically. Then add a user specific column to hold the user’s current locatio…

Thank you Jeff, And do you know if you can somehow customize this pin then? Can you customize the pins at all somehow visually?

No, not at this time. Maybe with CSS if you have a Business or Enterprise plan, but not natively.

I believe this is a must have feature for a map component. Having to invent work arounds to get it forces me to use the Classic Apps instead.

I’m quite sure there is a tutorial somewhere in this community that explains how to create colored pins on the map (if you have access to custom css in your plan) I did this a while ago following those instructions [Screen Shot 2023-11-08 at 12.58.51 PM]

That thread was mine, but it was on Classic Apps. [image] CSS: Custom color for map pins Ask for Help We have a little bit of a color show going on here wink As promised in my last thread about showing a journey view in your app, here’s the thread for custom color map pi…

I did exactly the method @Jeff_Hager outlined above and it works. My implementation requires the user to click the Location component to update the field in the User table. Is there a version of this that can eliminate that step? It seems like it should be possible, as the Distance column type can c…

[image] Jeff_Hager: The location component seems to continuously update with the user’s current coordinates while it’s turned on. Can you check if this is correct (and your app is continuously on the screen). If this is the case, you only need them to turn the switch on once.

[image] prolost: Is there a version of this that can eliminate that step? It seems like it should be possible, as the Distance column type can calculate the distance from the user’s current location live, If you have 3 known locations, and you know the users distance from each location in rea…

[image] Darren_Murphy: trilateration I’ve done it…it worked for the most part…but it was quite a complicated and ugly setup. I’ve done it by starting with three points on earth (0,0), (0,1), and (1,0) or something to that effect…and effectively I had to run through the same cycle about 5 or …

Current location of the user as a separate point on map

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That thread was mine, but it was on Classic Apps.

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Current location of the user as a separate point on map

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