This sound interesting, I'd be interested in learning more too. Thank you John Patten SUSD
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 9, 2017, at 1:34 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I’d love it if this topic could stay on the list for a bit, as I’m just > getting involved in reconstructing an existing desktop Geographical > Information System which has been very successfully sold to UK > schoolchildren, who use it to understand maps and map symbols based on their > own locality; but it very much overdue to be re-designed and implemented for > mobile devices - mostly tablets. The use of GPS to explore and record a > locality is clearly a very powerful and necessary addition to the program. As > it’s the UK, even Alex’s interest in postcodes is highly relevant to me (to > those outside the UK, and individual UK postcode identifies a very small area > - normally seen as a postman’s walk. This is different from other countries > like France where postcodes are wide-ranging and therefore less useful for > apps like this.) > > Thanks > > Graham > > >> On 9 Apr 2017, at 03:40, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> If you go for Android it is trivial to build and distribute. There are no >> restrictions, you can email the app or supply a web download link, or put it >> on a public server. Apple is more restrictive, so you'd need to get the >> UUIDs of everyone who will use the device, or else pay for an Enterprise >> license, or else put it in the App Store. >> >> If you want to create the stack I'd be happy to build it in Android for you, >> and show you how to do it yourself if you like. It isn't difficult. >> >>> On 4/8/17 7:58 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: >>> It would be the most trivial app to write in LC >>> >>> - ask the postcode >>> >>> - download the list of addresses in that postcode, and put it into a >>> selection control >>> >>> - have a button that takes current location and stores it for the >>> selected address >>> >>> [walk along the road, selecting and clicking as I pass each house :-) ] >>> >>> - upload the completed file of locations + addresses >>> >>> BUT - I would need to figure out how to build an iOS and/or Android app, >>> and how to release it or get it on to the phones of my volunteers, which >>> seems to be so troublesome I'd rather avoid it :-) >> >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
