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Hi guys!

I'm trying to build an app to put on my SharePoint intranet site that provides some personalization. Right now I'm trying to show the weather based on the user's location. Ideally, the app would show the city of the user's current location + the weather for that city.

I have managed to show the precise address of the user by setting the OnVisible property of the screen to

Set(myLocation, BingMaps.GetLocationByPoint(Location.Latitude, Location.Longitude))

Then adding a text box with myLocation.name

What I would now like to do is:

From this exact address, show JUST the City name (incl. perhaps the Country name), and
Using this city, show the weather for that city.

Everything I've tried so far has not worked. Anyone any ideas...?

Thanks!

Merel

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Max44 223 on at

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Well... First of all there is no need to use WebServices, but you can't do it without any API. As I can see you use openweathermap API . As far as I know this API returns both longitude and latitude, so you can use these values as input to another request to a photo API (like flickr) to get the image you want. Moreover openweathermap API returns city name which can make your photo request even more accurate.

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Hi @Max44 ,

Thanks for your swift reply! I'm not sure I totally understand, though.

I'm not trying to get a photo, just city name (and maybe country) but more importantly the weather for the current user.

I have used the Bing Maps API to pinpoint the user's location but after that I'm stuck. Is it not possible to do this using Bing Maps API & the built in MSN Weather connection?

Thanks again!
Merel

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Hi @Anonymous :
Do you want to get the user’s current location and the current weather for that city?
Firstly, I want to explain why you encounter this problem.
The key is to use a connector with "weather" functionality.(BingMap does not has the feather about whether)
I suggest you use MSN Weather connection here.
In addition, Location.Latitude&","&Location.Longitude is enough. For convenience, we do not need to use BingMaps here.
Secondly, I’ve made a test for your reference:
Case1:use BingMap
1/add a button and set it’s OnSelect property to:
Set(myLocation, BingMaps.GetLocationByPoint(Location.Latitude, Location.Longitude)); Set(myweather,MSNWeather.CurrentWeather(myLocation.address.addressLine,"Metric"))
2/add three label controls(Label1/ Label2/ Label3) and set their Text property to:
Label1:
"Area:"& myweather.responses.source.location
Label2:
"CAP:"& myweather.responses.weather.current.cap
Label3:
"Temp:"& myweather.responses.weather.current.temp&myLocation.units.temperature
Case2:do not use BingMap
1/add a button and set it’s OnSelect property to:
Set(myweather,MSNWeather.CurrentWeather(Location.Latitude&","&Location.Longitude,"Metric"))

Best Regards,
Bof

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Hi @v-bofeng-msft !

Thanks for your reply! I used a combination of the things mentioned by you and got the results I wanted. Here I'll share what I did for whoever is interested:

1. I set the OnStart property of the app to:
// LOCATION // //Set some variables to retrieve current User's location Set(myLocation, BingMaps.GetLocationByPoint(Location.Latitude, Location.Longitude)); //WEATHER //Set variables to collect weather information Set(myWeather,MSNWeather.CurrentWeather(Location.Latitude&","&Location.Longitude,"Metric")); Set(myForecast,MSNWeather.TomorrowsForecast(Location.Latitude&","&Location.Longitude,"Metric"))

2. Created a Label for Location:
myLocation.address.formattedAddress
Note: I would like to only show the City here, but have not managed to do that yet

3. Created a label for Today's weather for my specific location:
myWeather.responses.weather.current.temp & " "& myWeather.units.temperature
And one for tomorrow:
myForecast.responses.daily.tempLo & " "& myWeather.units.temperature & " - " & myForecast.responses.daily.tempHi & " "& myWeather.units.temperature

The result:

Cheers,
Merel

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Interestingly, If i use solution one, I am place in the wrong city. If I use solution 2 it place mes in the right location

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