Bill, thanks for all this. I will study it today (it’s breakfast time in France as I write this).
I did some internet searching to look at the underlying Apple Map system - which is used for the LC version of the Map widget for iOS - and its API. It’s rich and complex, so the widget just scratches the surface of the available functionality, This saddened my a bit, but then I reflected on the enormous simplification that LC represents for a developer compared with what you’d have to learn and apply before getting anywhere at all coding a mobile app ‘outside’ LC. It really is quite alarming. I was a geek once, and learned and applied some very obscure languages within very primitive and obscure systems, but I have zero taste for that sort of thing now. As a further example, take a quick look at what Apple say to attract you to their Swift language. They want to tell you it’s easy and fun - I think one can have a contrary opinion, especially if one has never coded in Objective-C or anything like it. [That was a pro-LiveCode rant, in case you didn’t notice.] Graham > On 30 May 2020, at 00:44, prothero--- via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Graham: > If that doesn’t have everything, I have a zip file at: > http://earthlearningsolutions.org/google-static-maps-demo/ > <http://earthlearningsolutions.org/google-static-maps-demo/> > William A. Prothero > Santa Barbara, CA. 93105 > http://earthlearningsolutions.org/ > >> On May 29, 2020, at 3:42 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Graham: >> Here is a link to an example that I, with lots of help from Hermann created. >> Maybe it will be useful. All done in livecode, so it should work. Haven’t >> tried it since 2017, tho. >> Bill >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/kg5l80bi82u1sap/google-maps-demo.livecode?dl=0 >> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/kg5l80bi82u1sap/google-maps-demo.livecode?dl=0> >> >> William A. Prothero >> https://earthlearningsolutions.org >> >>> On May 25, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Back to my problems with inadequate documentation on widgets. The Map >>> widget is probably very powerful, but the Dictionary entry simple tells you >>> the names of the parameters. I can’t work out anything about the format of >>> the data you can feed in, or what it looks like when it comes out. There >>> isn’t even enough info to start a meaningful experiment, IMHO. >>> >>> Does anyone know of a source of helpful documentation on this? I am as ever >>> interested in the iOS version. >>> >>> Thanks for any info. >>> >>> Graham >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
