User reported that a known distance of 3.6 fluctuates between 3.6 and 100.7 when moving only enough to trigger a refresh.
So, yep there is a problem with simple math. The chatter I could find indicates there was a mathematical, pentium chip like problem on Android 4.2.1 that is likely fixed with Android 4.2.2. https://android.googlesource.com/platform/dalvik/+/4888a4b95e2f1b2cdeb6a0ca8dd75c784eb80256 Don't you love the fragmentation? Nathan On Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:52:48 AM UTC-7, Nathan wrote: > > If I had the hardware, yes. > > As it is, I will have an end user try a single linear distance that is > known to him and see how it compares. > > Nathan > > On Saturday, April 26, 2014 4:28:38 AM UTC-7, lbendlin wrote: >> >> You could verify the first assumption by doing the distance calculation >> manually. >> >> On Friday, April 25, 2014 2:16:17 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote: >>> >>> In one weekend, I suddenly got six reports that distance measure by GPS >>> was way off. Way off. Like walk 500 feet and it says you just walked 32 >>> miles. >>> >>> On further interrogation, ALL of these reports were from device model >>> ME173X, the Asus Memo pad. >>> >>> Possibilities are the following: >>> Getting erroneous or inconsistent results from the Location.distanceTo >>> or Location.distanceBetween method. (Sounds really weird, but some behavior >>> described by an end user could be caused by that.) >>> Getting a bunch of noisy location data form the GPS. But this is already >>> a common scenario, and they would see other effects from it. >>> >>> Anyone aware of any weird things from that device? >>> >>> Nathan >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
