New Data Type: Location

[Jacob_Clayton]

Could you add a new data type for locations? Types of locations that would be useful are:
-Address (123 First St, City, State)
-Lat / Long (31.12345, -110.12345)
-Military Grid Reference System (11S NV 12345 12345)

This would be incredibly useful if the location is a hyperlink to a map (similar to how an address in the Long Text data field will open up in Apple Maps).

Additionally, if a list of locations on a table could be viewed in a single map view allowing the map to display all of the locations from the table.

[Tom_Wilson-Nort]

This would be really useful for us too!

[Chris_Mead]

Being able to “use my location” would also be beneficial as we use this for different types of reporting. It would be beneficial to know where the person is at the time a report is made.

[Alex_Yershov]

@Katherine_Duh is a location / map feature still in the works? I don’t see it in beta or in my pro plan. Thanks!

[Daniel_Swid1]

I suggest integrating What3Words location which is much easier than GPS coordinates

what3words.com

what3words | Addressing the world

Explore the world in 3 words. what3words is a giant grid comprised of 57 trillion 3m x 3m squares that cover the entire globe. It is the simplest way to communicate location.

[Casey_Labatt]

This would be super helpful for apartment hunting. Usually we spin up a new airtable and include a bunch of data for each apartment we like. Being able to then see the proximity of those apartments to one another would make it so so easy to plan a viewing route. Please add!!

[swissboy]

Hi,

Here is my solution :

• Add 2 Single Line Text fields : Latitude, Longitude in your table (and your form)
• Create a page ( important : https page ) on your website to geolocate the user (copy this HTML/JS code)
• Don’t forget to edit “your_id_form_here”
• The user have to accept to be geolocate by clicking “Yes”
• This code redirects the user to your form, with prefill parameters for latitude & longitude

If you don’t have a pro account to display the Map Block, you can use this extension ($11) for Advanced Google Maps Plugin ($59) for your WordPress website.

Best Regards

[Moe]

We’ve built an extension that allows you to create a map of Airtable records. You can easily share it or embed in your website.

[Jorge_Toledo]

+1 to this thread.

Apart of storing coordinates or URLs (which I can do already) I’d love to have a more visual type of field that shows a small map with a pin. Expanding it would show a wider map in which you could move the pin around, and when collapsing again, it would just show the pin and a bit of its surroundings. This would allow us to have thumbnail-sized maps for each record, instead of a map showing them all together.

My use case: managing a database of urban interventions or projects to be prioritized.

[Stephen_Miller1]

+1
Physical location data would be great. We run a number of retail stores and I would like to be able to track information for them in table. Mailing/shipping address in a structured format is a must have for that. Currently, I need to create each field manually for address, city, state, zip (for the state I had to setup the field with 50 single select options). There should be a simpler way to handle that. Thanks.

[Francisco_Ferna]

+1
Please do create this feature. It’s been several years and it is extremely necessary in many scenarios.