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Retrieves the information about the last known location of the device.
Example
pos is geoPosition
pos = GPSLastPosition()
IF ErrorOccurred = False THEN
Info(" Latitude: " + pos.Latitude)  
Info(" Longitude: " + pos.Longitude)  
END
Syntax
<Result> = GPSLastPosition()
<Result>: geoPosition variable
Name of the geoPosition variable. This variable contains the information about the last known device position. To find out whether the position failed to be retrieved, use the ErrorOccurred variable.
Remarks

Special cases

  • To determine if a value was assigned to the Speed, Accuracy, Direction or Altitude properties of a geoPosition variable when the location was retrieved, use the SpeedValid, AccuracyValid, DirectionValid and AltitudeValid properties.
  • Universal Windows 10 App To reinitialize a geoPosition variable, use VariableReset.
  • The positioning information that was retrieved corresponds to the last known device location: therefore, they may not correspond to the current device location if the device was moved while the GPS signal was not valid for example.
    Universal Windows 10 App You can use the MeasurementDate property of the geoPosition variable to determine the date and time at which the position was calculated.
Universal Windows 10 App

Required application feature

When this function is used, an application feature is declared in the application generation wizard.
Required feature: Geolocation
This feature allows the applications to access the geolocation features found on the device or on the computer.
Component: wd290java.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 15
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Last update: 05/26/2022

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