Oh Airtable is here; and I’m sure Location is a priority on their roadmap. In the meantime, if you can spin-up a PHP server, try Airmaps: http://timdietrich.me/blog/airtable-api-airmaps-demo-web-app/
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Big +1 for this. Would love it to auto-populate with my current location, as the Date field auto-populates with today’s date.
Hi,
I could use pre-populated countries (with editable names as I may want USA even when you want United States). Also pre-populated list of states for USA, Canada and Australia (again editable as I may want CA and you want California). Also, lat/long geo-location of some sort so if a photographer wants to upload their location for where they sighted an endangered frog, we can easily accommodate that data. Thank you! www.savethefrogs.com
+1 also from my side! Thank you.
This would be a very important feature!
Some use cases:
- Customer location
- Trip planning
- Places list
Would be very nice to be able to capture location from the mobile app, and view it as a marker on Google Maps or Mapbox from within Airtable.
I’d like to see a feature for location. Some great examples in this thread, but I’ll just (maybe repeat) my considerations:
If the location data type will accept grids, then you probably need to consider a generic use, similar a hybrid system. Datum types are not all just floats or ints. Some include letters, like the very popular UTM system. Or specifically incorporate a list of available datum types and their handlers. That will be a big list; just look at the datum types in a modern handheld GPS. This product makes data management so accessible to typical non-programmers, there will be a wide range of industries taking advantage.
A way to determine ‘my location,’ or set a location that would enable a mileage lookup, maybe using OpenStreet Map or Google’s APIs. This would be a big win for calculating l=mileage on expense reports or for tax reasons.
The ability to embed a map based on location data.
+1 here. Would be nice for client information.
This sounds awesome. I already do this using goole maps, but its a bit of a workaround.
+1 on this as well. Locations would be great, especially when linking through the mobile app for vendors that you have set up so you can quickly switch to a direction mode.
+1 Voting for this feature. Coordinates data and an integration with Google Maps is valuable!
+1 for this feature.
I have a garden almanac table that could use something like this. I think it would work as described above but for my particular application I’d love to add a map as its own tab and select locations or regions on the map as data points. Might not even be possible but I would use this to define specific garden areas and could even start logging specific planting location. The map needn’t be an interactive map (ie Google maps) but even a jpeg that could be tagged to create data points would be amazing.
ANOTHER +1 for location field!
there are SO MANY use cases, and this is a super easy way for non-dev types learning to code to engage with how data can be used quickly and impactfully.
i can’t wait to see this implemented!!
It would also easily turn to a “map view” like calendar view, etc.
I would like to suggest a map view that could “read” a field set as location and then project on a map all the records of a database…
Hey everyone! I know there’s been a lot of interest in a location field type/map view, across many different use cases—so we’re excited to announce that we’re rolling out a beta for maps! You can sign up here. (Please note that paid users will get priority access to this new round of beta features.)
Hey everyone! I know there’s been a lot of interest in a location field type/map view, across many different use cases—so we’re excited to announce that we’re rolling out a beta for maps! You can sign up here. (Please note that paid users will get priority access to this new round of beta features.)
+1 for this feature! I hope it makes it into an RC.
+1
Regarding the new beta feature announced by Katherine: hopefully the location can be “shared” through other apps, so the user can use Google Maps, MapsIt, OSMand or other GPS-apps to navigate to that location.
Thanks for all of the feedback. We are definitely planning on developing an address/location field type! In the meantime, it’s always helpful for us to hear about the specific use cases for which you all would like an address/location field type. Trip planning is a great suggestion.
We haven’t actually gotten any requests for an MGRS field type, but that’s really interesting as well. Why would you want MGRS geocoordinates specifically?
I’m a PhD student studying history. I’d love to be able to link my primary source material that I gather from archives (documents, objects, diaries, letters) to a map so that I could visualize where they were produced, for example. Is this feature available? Thanks so much! Airtable has been amazing for organizing my research materials and even ideas for papers and dissertation chapters.
I am playing with using AirTable to build a model rocket flight log system.
Being able to record precise GPS location from a phone or tablet will allow calculations of flight drift (ie: how far from the launch pad did the rocket land)
It will also be useful for keeping track of launch sites etc…
Thanks for all of the feedback. We are definitely planning on developing an address/location field type! In the meantime, it’s always helpful for us to hear about the specific use cases for which you all would like an address/location field type. Trip planning is a great suggestion.
We haven’t actually gotten any requests for an MGRS field type, but that’s really interesting as well. Why would you want MGRS geocoordinates specifically?
I have created a database with companies that have offered internship positions to our students in the past + reviews of these companies by students and internship coaches. Students that are looking for an internship position can browse the database to find a company they like. It would be great if they could see all the companies on a map! Or if they could click on the company and see it’s location on a map!
It would be a great feature to manage geolocation in dbase for Natural Hazards
I would benefit greatly from a Location data type, linked to googleMaps for example. Podio has this feature that can be added drag/drop when modifying a module template. You type an address and it shows the gMap. For Airtable this might be possible using Kanban or Gallery view, in Grid view maybe just a link (like the URL type) that would open a new tab to gMaps. I love Airtable for it’s simplicity and versatility, very intuitive. Podio is a bit over-engineered for my needs. I use Airtable to for my GTD needs, esp upper horizons, and for my real estate photography business—which is where I would use the location type most, tracking customer homes and locations.
I would like to underline that it would be useful not only address geocoding but also via latitude and longitude, or allowing to define a geopoint dragging a marker on a map. This is particularly useful in cases where there is no address (e.g. a geological feature, an emergency rescue camp, wildlife, wildlife locations etc.).
@Airtable_Team, any chance to have this feature in your roadmap ?
thanks !
So now we are almost 2 years later. That doesn’t bode well.
I’m completely new here and I am still just evaluating Airtable since yesterday. I just want to add my voice to the other posters here. A location field with map view would be an absolute must for me to continue evaluating Airtable. Without it, it’s not even worth pursuing. fwiw
Otherwise, great job!
