How Can I Enhance the qibla online User Experience with Dynamic Data Visualization in Retool?

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I have a site in the field of navigation and I want to integrate like "qibla en ligne" feature into our web application using Retool. Specifically, I need to display real-time directional data and prayer times for users in various locations.

Here’s what I’m aiming to achieve:

  • Dynamic Data Updates: The Qibla direction and prayer times should update dynamically based on the user's location.
  • Interactive Map Integration: I'd like to integrate an interactive map that visualizes the Qibla direction relative to the user's current location.
  • Custom User Interface: I want to design a custom UI that displays the Qibla direction and prayer times in a visually appealing manner, and allows users to customize their preferences.

How can I leverage Retool’s features and components to build this? Are there specific widgets or techniques that would help me create a responsive, user-friendly experience? Additionally, what are the best practices for ensuring that the data updates seamlessly and accurately?

I appreciate any guidance or examples you can provide!

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Hello @azaharnithya!

You should definitely be able to build such an app.

Here are our docs for the mobile map component!

From here you can grab the current users latitude and longitude. As well as dropping a pin on a fixed locations latitude and longitude (such as Mecca).

The users location should dynamically update as long as they have service. The one tricky part would be drawing onto the map an arrow pointing from the current location to the dropped pin, this might need some playing around.

There is also another mapping software service which we have a component for called Mapbox, the docs on this are here. It might be able to draw out a directional arrow to point the user in the correct direction.

Custom user interface can be done with a variety of components. For timed events, Retool workflows are able to be set on a timer via CRON jobs to set automated reminders.

Hope this helps!