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DYFI form - improvements to geolocator function
Alaska users are complaining that automatic "Find current location" function is giving erroneous results (possibly due to IP address). I also suspect that some other user complaints of "nonresponsive form" or "submit button not activating" may be from location function not working properly.
Suggest possible ways to mitigate this:
- When using current location, prompt user to check that the answer is correct.
- Have a "help" popup for when location is erroneous or not working ("Location may be erroneous because locate by IP is imprecise... Try other location methods")
- Remind user to scroll down to see the rest of the form.
- At the end of the form, summary page with location (lat/lon AND street address, if given, otherwise city/state) with the option to go back and redo the form.
Also, is there way to allow the U of Alaska folks to test changes and give feedback?
With all these complaints we're getting, it might be useful to put a link to complaint form on the form itself at the bottom of the form:
[Scroll down for the rest of the form] [Help] [Cancel] [Submit]