Getting position data from TPositionInfoBase

Article Metadata

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Tested with

Devices(s): Nokia 5800 eXpressMusic

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition
S60 5th Edition

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Article

Keywords: TPositionInfoBase, TPosition

Created: (06 May 2009)

Last edited: tepaa (07 May 2009)

Overview

Snippet shows how to use TPositionInfoBase:

• how to get TPosition class from TPositionInfoBase
• how to show TPosition in textual format

Note: Location capability belongs into self-signing capabilities on S60 3.2 and newer platforms.

MMP file

The following libraries and capabilities are required:

CAPABILITY     Location
LIBRARY        lbs.lib

Header

#include <LbsPositionInfo.h> 
#include <LbsPosition.h>
 
// Degrees sign delimeter used in formatting methods
_LIT(KDelimDegree,"\xb0"); // "°" symbol
 
// Dot delimeter used in formatting methods
_LIT(KDelimDot,"\x2e"); // "." symbol
 
// Plus sign delimeter used in formatting methods
_LIT(KDelimPlus,"\x2b"); // "+" symbol
 
// Minus sign delimeter used in formatting methods
_LIT(KDelimMinus,"\x2d"); // "-" symbol
 
// Quotation sign delimeter used in formatting methods
_LIT(KDelimQuot,"\x22"); // "\"" symbol
 
// Apostrophe sign delimeter used in formatting methods
_LIT(KApostrophe,"\x27"); // "'" symbol
 
const TInt KDegreeLength = 19;

Source

void CMyClass::PositionUpdated(TPositionInfoBase& aPosInfo)
    {
    // Check if position information class type is TPositionInfo
    if (aPosInfo.PositionClassType() & EPositionInfoClass)
        {
        // Cast the TPositionInfoBase object to TPositionInfo
        TPositionInfo* posInfo = static_cast<TPositionInfo*>(&aPosInfo);
 
        // Get position
        TPosition position;
        posInfo->GetPosition(position);
 
        // Convert positions to the descriptors
        TBuf<KDegreeLength> latitudeDegr;
        GetDegreesString(position.Latitude(), latitudeDegr);
 
        // Convert positions to the descriptors
        TBuf<KDegreeLength> longitudeDegr;
        GetDegreesString(position.Longitude(), longitudeDegr);
        }
    }

void CMyClass::GetDegreesString(
    const TReal64& aDegrees,TBuf<KDegreeLength>& aDegreesString) const
    {
    const TReal KSecondsInMinute = 60.0;
    const TInt KNumWidth = 3;
 
    // If the aDegree is a proper number
    if ( !Math::IsNaN(aDegrees) )
        {
        // Integer part of the degrees
        TInt intDegrees = static_cast<TInt>(aDegrees);
 
        // Positive float of the degrees
        TReal64 realDegrees = aDegrees;
 
        // Convert to positive values
        if ( intDegrees < 0 )
            {
            intDegrees = -intDegrees;
            realDegrees = -realDegrees;
            }
 
        // Minutes
        TReal64 realMinutes = (realDegrees - intDegrees) * KSecondsInMinute;
 
        // Integer part of the minutes
        TInt intMinutes = static_cast<TInt>(realMinutes);
 
        // Seconds
        TReal64 realSeconds = (realMinutes - intMinutes) * KSecondsInMinute;
        TInt intSeconds = static_cast<TInt>((realMinutes - intMinutes) * KSecondsInMinute);
 
        // Check the sign of the result
        if ( aDegrees >= 0 )
            {
            aDegreesString.Append(KDelimPlus); 
            }
        else
            {
            aDegreesString.Append(KDelimMinus);
            }
 
        // Add the degrees
        TInt64 value = intDegrees;
        aDegreesString.AppendNum(value);
 
        // Add the separator
        aDegreesString.Append(KDelimDegree);
 
        // Add the minutes
        value = intMinutes;
        aDegreesString.AppendNum(value);
 
        // Add the separator
        aDegreesString.Append(KApostrophe);
 
        // Add the seconds
        value = intSeconds;
        aDegreesString.AppendNum(value);
 
        // Add the separator
        aDegreesString.Append(KDelimQuot);
 
        // Add the separator
        aDegreesString.Append(KDelimDot);
 
        // Get six last digits
        realSeconds -= intSeconds;
        realSeconds *= 1000;
 
        // Add the seconds
        aDegreesString.AppendNumFixedWidth(static_cast<TInt>(realSeconds),
        EDecimal, KNumWidth);
        }
    }

Postconditions

Position data readed from TPositionInfoBase

See also

• Search_GPS_locations
• S60 Platform Location Example