Store Lat & Lon into variables

[+USCcouple]

I am trying to get the user's current Latitude and Longitude and store them into number variables.

 

I saw in one post that you could use this in the debug console:

 

local o = Player.ObjectLocation;

print(o);

 

so I used this in the debug console:

 

local o = Player.ObjectLocation.latitude;

print(o);

 

This worked, so I tried to get it to work in the code by adding a line:

 

Lat1 = Player.ObjectLocation.latitude

 

I also saw this:

 

local accuracy = Player.PositionAccuracy:GetValue('ft')

 

So I also tried:

 

Lat1 = Player.ObjectLocation.latitude:GetValue

Lat1 = Player.ObjectLocation.latitude:GetValue()

Lat1 = Player.ObjectLocation.latitude:GetValue('deg')

 

I'm just not sure what the proper way of writing the code is. If anyone knows I'd appreciate it.

 

Thanks,

Kevan

[+USCcouple]

Well I think I see where a problem may be.

 

I had this code in the OnStart event:

 

Lat1 = Player.ObjectLocation.latitude

 

I moved it elsewhere in the code and it seemed to work. Before when I had that line of code in the OnStart it just returned 0, so I assumed that it was not working or correct. After moving it, it works fine. I did have a few other lines of code before that in the OnStart event, but does it not have a location before it runs that event?

 

Thanks,

Kevan

[+USCcouple]

One followup question:

 

When you display a variable, after storing the longitude in it, how can you truncate the number, either in the variable itself or when printing it to the screen.

 

So if I have "33.992583461304" stored in a variable "Lat1" I would like it to read something like "33.992"

 

Also would the be any way to round a variable? So that I would get "33.993"

 

Thanks,

Kevan

[+tands]

Why Kevan,

 

Any time you need a little math help, like with the ideal gas law, perhaps, just ask ole T.

 

Psuedo-code ta follah:

 

TruncLat1 = ((INT (Lat1 * 1000)) / 1000)

 

- T of TandS

[+tands]

To round off, after you got TruncLat1, do this:

 

If ((INT (Lat1 * 10000)) / 1000) - (TruncLat1 * 10) > 5 then TruncLat1 = TruncLat1 + 1

 

- T

[+FoxFireX]

Actually, you could simplify the rounding logic a little more. Just add the 0.5 (at whatever decimal place is just below your threshold) before doing the multiply/divide steps. Then when the truncation hits, it'll actually act like it rounded the original number.

[+tands]

Very cool FoxFireX!

 

- T of TandS