# Can the alarm be sounded when it reaches the specified position?

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [March 24, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-the-alarm-be-sounded-when-it-reaches-the-specified-position/73324 "2019-03-24T14:54:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrtcn.dede](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mrtcn.dede/32/30922_2.png) [@mrtcn.dede](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mrtcn.dede)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-the-alarm-be-sounded-when-it-reaches-the-specified-position/73324/1 "2019-03-24T14:54:34Z")

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Hi! Can the alarm be sounded when it reaches the specified position?

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**Author:** ![Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cian_o_sullivan/32/34494_2.png) [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-the-alarm-be-sounded-when-it-reaches-the-specified-position/73324/2 "2019-03-24T15:11:00Z")

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> [@mrtcn.dede](#):
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> when it reaches

What is “it”

Be more clear in your question please

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**Author:** ![mrtcn.dede](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mrtcn.dede/32/30922_2.png) [@mrtcn.dede](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mrtcn.dede)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-the-alarm-be-sounded-when-it-reaches-the-specified-position/73324/3 "2019-03-24T15:29:51Z")

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Sorry I am Turkish. My English is a little bad. Can we make the phone sound when we get close to a certain point? Example with Google Maps

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**Author:** ![Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cian_o_sullivan/32/34494_2.png) [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-the-alarm-be-sounded-when-it-reaches-the-specified-position/73324/4 "2019-03-24T15:45:01Z")

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Sure, If you have the maps widget, and you are watching the coordinates and you know the coordinates then you can set up an event handler to say if within a certain distance make a sound.

It certainly can be done. break it down into chunks and start one step at a time.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-the-alarm-be-sounded-when-it-reaches-the-specified-position/73324/5 "2024-11-08T12:16:02Z")

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