GPS Location and Weather Fields: Capture Context with Precision

📄 GPS Location & Weather Fields: Capture Site Context Automatically
 

The GPS Location and Weather fields in Ontraccr let you capture detailed site context—like where a form was submitted and what the weather was like at that moment. These fields are ideal for safety documentation, jobsite reporting, and progress tracking.

📍 GPS Location Field

The GPS Location field pulls the submitter’s current location using their device’s geolocation data. It’s visualized on a map, and can be configured to allow one or multiple entries.

🛠 How to Add a GPS Location Field

1. In Step 2: Fields, click ➕ Add Field
2. Select GPS Location from the Field Type dropdown
3. Configure:
   • Field title
   • Number of locations allowed
   • Required vs. optional
   • Use Coordinates (if you want to configure the GPS location using coordinates instead of an address)
   • Show conditionally based on configured logic

🔍 Key Features

🧠 Use Cases

⛅️ Weather Field

The Weather field captures weather conditions for a selected date and location. It supports both:

• Live capture (based on device location)
• Historical lookup (based on selected date/location)

🛠 How to Add a Weather Field

1. In Step 2: Fields, click ➕ Add Field
2. Select Weather from the Field Type dropdown
3. Configure:
   • Units preference: Celsius/Fahrenheit, km/h vs. mph
   • Show Weather Report
   • Show Daily Snapshot
   • Auto-capture vs. user-triggered
   • Prefill from Project — Check this box if you want the weather location to automatically be set to the selected Project's location.
   • Is Editable? — Check this box if you want to allow the form author to manually set the location.
   • Link to date field — If checked, weather will be pulled based on the linked date

📊 Data Captured

🔁 Snapshot vs. Full Report

🧠 Use Cases

📌 Tips & Best Practices

• 🧭 Pair GPS + Weather fields in safety or job log forms for total context
• ✅ Use historical lookup mode to document past events retroactively
• 🔒 Lock GPS to prevent user modification (audit reliability)
• ⚙️ Add conditional logic to show Weather field only when "delay" or "incident" is reported