Location alias, aka "Home" "Work" etc

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
1

Hello fellow openHABians.

Could someone point me in the right direction. I’m trying to give some locations specific names:
Long, Lat = x,y -> Call it “Home”
Long, Lat = a,b -> Call it “Work”

I have tried to find answers in the forums, but have been unsuccessful. Sorry if I missed something.
Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.
Kind regards from Detmold, DE
David

2

Have a look here and here (location matching).

3

Thanks for pointing these out. I have seen them earlier, but couldn’t figure out how to meet my needs.

The iCloud binding is already in place, so I already see battery level, status, location, etc.
So my question is: Do I still need to implement the whole solution you pointed me towards, or can I merely rename the location information I already have, using postUpdate() ?

EDIT: OK, excuse my ignorance - I have found what I’m looking for in the documentation of the iCloud binding. Will update this with my exact solution later, for my own reference…

EDIT 2: Apparantly I can’t get it to work. What I’m asking for is a simple update of the BasicUI string for my location. Any takers?

4

Like this? You have to adapt the item and location names to your setup and save it in your rules file.

rule "Location Match"
when
  Item YouriPhone_Location changed
then
  val PointType location = YouriPhone_Location.state as PointType
  var int distance
  
  // my home location
  val PointType home = new PointType(new DecimalType(50.xxxxxx), new DecimalType(9.xxxxxx))
  distance = location.distanceFrom(home).intValue()
  if (distance < 200) {
    YouriPhone_LocationMatch.postUpdate(String::format("%s (%dm)", "Home", distance))
    return;
  }
  // my work location
  val PointType work = new PointType(new DecimalType(51.xxxxxx), new DecimalType(8.xxxxxx))
  distance = location.distanceFrom(work).intValue()
  if (distance < 200) {
    YouriPhone_LocationMatch.postUpdate(String::format("%s (%dm)", "Work", distance))
    return;
  }
  YouriPhone_LocationMatch.postUpdate("(on the way)")
end
5

Thank you, it works now. Couldn’t figure it out before you put it together for me.