Qt Positioning QML Types

Overview

The identifying string for this module is QtPositioning. To use the QML from this module, include the following import statement in the QML file:

import QtPositioning 5.12

Positioning QML Concepts

Position information can come from a variety of sources including satellites, Wi-Fi, text files and so on. The position is described by the latitude, longitude, and the altitude in meters. For more information, see the Wikipedia page on Geographic Coordinates.

The QML position is stored in a coordinate which contains the latitude, longitude and altitude of the device. The Location contains this coordinate and adds an address, and also has a bounding box which defines the recommended viewing region when displaying the location.

Now that the device has a position, with regular updates the API can determine the speed and heading of the device. It can also define a box-shaped or circular region that triggers notifications when the device either leaves or enters that region.

More detailed information on retrieving the current position can be found under Location Positioning via QML.

Basic Types

coordinate

Type represents and stores a geographic position

geocircle

Type represents a circular geographic area

geopath

Type represents a geographic path

geopolygon

Type represents a geographic polygon

georectangle

Type represents a rectangular geographic area

geoshape

A geoshape type represents an abstract geographic area

Alphabetical Listing of All QML Types

Address

QML type represents a specific location as a street address

CoordinateAnimation

A PropertyAnimation for geo coordinate properties

Location

Type holds location data

Position

Type holds positional data at a particular point in time, such as coordinate (longitude, latitude, altitude) and speed

PositionSource

Type provides the device's current position

QtPositioning

Global object provides useful functions for working with location-based types in QML

coordinate

Type represents and stores a geographic position

geocircle

Type represents a circular geographic area

geopath

Type represents a geographic path

geopolygon

Type represents a geographic polygon

georectangle

Type represents a rectangular geographic area

geoshape

A geoshape type represents an abstract geographic area

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