# I need help making a census app and pet tracker

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-help-making-a-census-app-and-pet-tracker/948549
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-help-making-a-census-app-and-pet-tracker/948549 "2020-11-03T06:55:18Z")
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### Author: ![drted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/drted/32/92694_2.png) [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/i-need-help-making-a-census-app-and-pet-tracker/948549/23 "2020-11-08T13:17:45Z")

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The location sensor returns STRING values, but the Map needs NUMERIC values.

(I wish thunkable would fix this)

To solve the problem:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/2/c2b31c1f5ed0ba9a2fd1c9b76716c49d26b3a983.png)

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