# Saving GPS location not Address **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 31, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91 "2015-07-31T05:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mente12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mente12/32/30410_2.png) [@mente12](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mente12)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/22 "2017-01-20T07:40:26Z")
So I am getting the Current Location/ Formatted/ Address into a text field. **This works great.** **But** when I assign that address to a Map element it does not show the marker in the correct location. Looks like it lands in Antartica and I am not testing from there (no good internet connection there). The value in the field looks OK. I checked my receiving Group and I can display the address correctly, just won’t show in the map. Is this a bug? ---
**Author:** ![aoshinn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/aoshinn/32/9341_2.png) [@aoshinn](https://forum.bubble.io/u/aoshinn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/23 "2017-02-22T16:38:29Z")
The same happened to me. Try using “,”(comma) instead of “.”(dots) to separate decimal places on your coordinates. ---
**Author:** ![mairabay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mairabay/32/20421_2.png) [@mairabay](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mairabay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/24 "2018-04-03T15:34:07Z")
I have the same issue as @JustinC. I have a list of things that comes from an API call with Latitude and Longitude fields. I want to display those things on a Map, but I can’t because the “Address Field” in the Map does not have a “insert dynamic data” option. And doing it the way Justin was trying to do does not work either. Are there any plans on Bubble’s features to get this working? I have a project that I cannot release because of this issue ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jarrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jarrad](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jarrad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/25 "2018-04-03T15:43:01Z")
This [plugin](http://forum.bubble.io/t/plugbubble-plugins-updates-general-goodies/23518/13) is great for this. ---
**Author:** ![mairabay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mairabay/32/20421_2.png) [@mairabay](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mairabay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/26 "2018-04-03T15:54:43Z")
@jarrad Thanks, but I’m not looking for a paid solution. ---
**Author:** ![jarrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jarrad](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jarrad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/27 "2018-04-03T16:27:01Z")
Totally understand - there is a free geocoding plugin available although it may be a bit cumbersome with lists. This one in conjunction with api workflows may help if you happen to move to payed plans should your app take off 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mairabay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mairabay/32/20421_2.png) [@mairabay](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mairabay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/28 "2018-04-03T18:34:30Z")
@jarrad I tried the free plugin but it didn’t work. None of the Things it returns have a field of type Geographical Address, required by the Map (“Address field” in the picture from a few comments above). This app won’t be anywhere near “taking off” until I manage to display the Things on the Map. ---
**Author:** ![jarrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jarrad](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jarrad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/29 "2018-04-03T18:40:36Z")
Your after this plugin, ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/1/4/143fb303659abc8a2cfdb4213e9a255d8d63236d.png) and on an input it would look something like this, ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/d/8/d8dbd8fa0c3ea8541cea491689921056f0671410.png) ---
**Author:** ![mairabay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mairabay/32/20421_2.png) [@mairabay](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mairabay)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/30 "2018-04-05T21:08:02Z")
Thanks for the tip again @jarrad . I’m getting a “Over query limit” error from the Google API (and I only have 11 Things on my List!) So I will try to find another approach that doesn’t require using the Google API. ---
**Author:** ![jarrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jarrad](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jarrad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/31 "2018-04-05T21:24:32Z")
The reason for this is the free api key your using - this is fine but it means that you will be able to process 11 per second, if you processed your next 11 after the 1 second is up this will work again. My thinking behind why I have not built a delay in between is I assumed anyone processing larger lists of addresses would be using purchased keys from google. I can see how this may be frustrating though so I might go ahead and add a checkbox for bought keys to run without spacing each query. ---
**Author:** ![mairabay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mairabay/32/20421_2.png) [@mairabay](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mairabay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/32 "2018-04-06T13:50:17Z")
@jarrad > you will be able to process 11 per second, if you processed your next 11 after the 1 second is up this will work again. No, it keeps giving me the error even if I wait several minutes. I have decided to display the Things in the map one at a time and have the user click on each one (in a repeating group) to display them. It’s not ideal but at least I can release the app (while I work on showing all of them in the map at once). 😞 ---
**Author:** ![jarrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jarrad](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jarrad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/33 "2018-04-06T14:55:51Z")
Im not sure how your going about triggering the event but you can see from the [demo](https://geocoding-demo.bubbleapps.io/) if you put 11 addresses in and hit geocode, then wait 10 seconds and hit geo code again - what you will find is 3 or 4 of the list will be returned but if you waited a full minute after the 11 run then it will do the full list again (google say 1 minute, the truth is between 30 - 45 sec.), if you coded 5 items then save the result and after 20 seconds or so coded the rest it will be able to keep up without the limit. Using a free key a good number is 3-4 addresses with a 3-4 second pause between you next 3-4 addresses. ![geocode](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/a/8/a8ddb13e942e42751246a97d84fc6f25833a7ed3.gif) ---
**Author:** ![mairabay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mairabay/32/20421_2.png) [@mairabay](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mairabay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/34 "2018-04-06T15:01:48Z")
@jarrad First of all, I’m not using your app because it’s paid. So giving me an example on it does not help at all. Secondly, I was making the call inside the Map element (as described here [Saving GPS location not Address](http://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/17)), so there is no way to ask it to pause between every 3-4 Things. ---
**Author:** ![jarrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jarrad](https://forum.bubble.io/u/jarrad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/35 "2018-04-06T15:15:49Z")
> [@mairabay](#): > > you will be able to process 11 per second, if you processed your next 11 after the 1 second is up this will work again. > > No, it keeps giving me the error even if I wait several minutes. im sorry, i read this and thought that since you were quoting a reference i made in relation to this plugin that you had opted to go that way. Im yet to find a single task in bubble that cannot be rate limited though, would be interested in some shots of your workflow. We may be able to point you in a better direction. ---
**Author:** ![NigelG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NigelG](https://forum.bubble.io/u/NigelG)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/36 "2018-04-07T07:59:55Z")
It isn’t simple, but you can do it … You will need to create database entries from your API’s list of Lat/Lng and then do the Coord \> Address Make sure your APi has the Lat/Lng as number not next. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/e/4/e4caa103dbb23b0be85b63510e6fc6c15f6ee9c5.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/1/a/1a5d01e3851b4bb00efc28d390fa103a0f8cde75.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/5/d/5d84c338d474e358874ee79fb71306aca441bf8a.png) Then display them on the map. Am sure you can work out how to limit that to the individual user, store with a random number or something. ---
**Author:** ![boston85719](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/boston85719/32/77286_2.png) [@boston85719](https://forum.bubble.io/u/boston85719)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/37 "2018-09-27T11:00:33Z")
Second post was helpful for me. I wanted to create an admin page to enable the use of latitude and longitude to input address information. This gets more accurate address results for me. Thanks pilgor. I have auto binding on input fields that are set to modify the address field. When I input the latitude and longitude separated by a comma it updates the address field. ---
**Author:** ![shahid.uol.1003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@shahid.uol.1003](https://forum.bubble.io/u/shahid.uol.1003)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/38 "2020-03-05T11:43:10Z")
I was using google maps to find [where am i](https://whereaminow.co) and it was showing my exact location but after sometime my location was changed. ---
**Author:** ![bradyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@bradyk](https://forum.bubble.io/u/bradyk)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/39 "2020-08-13T23:32:44Z")
I want to use Lat / Long as a precision pin (not converted to address or nearest road). Is this feature working now? I want to do this as a list. Any plugins that work with this out there? ---
**Author:** ![florian.ht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@florian.ht](https://forum.bubble.io/u/florian.ht)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/40 "2020-11-30T11:21:15Z")
Second that, any chance to display several marker with their exact Long and Lat ? Thanks and cheerio, Flo ---
**Author:** ![medialution](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/medialution/32/38157_2.png) [@medialution](https://forum.bubble.io/u/medialution)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91/41 "2021-01-29T09:04:17Z")
@bradyk Looking for the same feature, Lat/Long for a Pin - did you find a solution? [Previous page](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.bubble.io/t/saving-gps-location-not-address/91.md?page=3)