![]() You don’t have to write your FileMaker calculations or scripts any differently to use the different methods - FileMaker and iOS handle that for you - but the different methods will affect the accuracy of the results you get. Different iOS devices use different methods to get their locations. The functions both return nothing in FileMaker Pro, Pro Advanced, and in server-executed scripts. Since FileMaker can only count on iOS devices to have these abilities, the location functions only return a meaningful result in FileMaker Go. Location and LocationValues use the various location-sensing techniques built in to iOS devices to tell you where you are. But I don’t see folks using the Location functions in proportion to how awesome they are, so I feel the need to evangelize them. I think it’s fantastic that the database in my pocket doesn’t have to ask me where I am. ![]() In version 12, FileMaker introduced the Location and LocationValues functions for FileMaker Go. This is Part 1 in a multi-part series about using the location functions in FileMaker Go.
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