p.s. They should leave WiFi enabled even if there's none that they can connect to. Not sure about iPhone, but on Android the GPS uses WiFi to help get your location faster.
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Michael Geary <[email protected]> wrote: > It's easy to show that the problem is not in your Maps API code or in > Google Maps. Take the lat/long from the "Garment District, New York" link in > the twitter.com page you linked (40.75023280,-73.98779046), and paste it > into another mapping service such as Bing. It will go to the same location. > > The problem is almost certain to be that the device the guys are tweeting > from simply has them located wrong. Where else would a lat/long be > arbitrarily changed? Anything is possible :-) but nothing else makes sense. > > What device are they using TweetDeck on? An iPhone or Android? They should > open Google Maps before tweeting, and tap the "my location" icon to verify > their location. Problem solved! > > -Mike > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:27 PM, David Terranova > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Andrew, >> >> here's a good example: >> http://twitter.com/#!/TaimMobile/status/35349967103209472 >> >> The guys tweeted this when they had arrived at the location, from their >> iphone (no wifi). >> >> They were on 51st between 6/7 avenue. The map on twitter shows 34th >> street. >> >> >> The final implementation I built can be seen on www.taimmobile.com >> >> >> Many thanks >> >> >> David Terranova >> *davidterranova.com | rebelrave.tv* >> >> On Feb 9, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Andrew Leach wrote: >> >> On Feb 9, 4:45 pm, David Terranova <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> I'm trying to figure out at what stage the coordinates become wrong. >> >> Is it the tweeting iPhone/android that has an unreliable GPS? is it >> >> twitter? is it google maps? >> >> >> It would help if you had included a link to the website you're talking >> about. >> >> What can be said is that the map is displaying what it's given. >> Without knowing what is in the tweet, and what is being done to it at >> each stage of its progress, it's impossible to say what's going on. >> >> To test, make a *known* tweet (from a *known* location) and see what's >> given to the map for display. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Maps API V2" 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/google-maps-api?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Maps API V2" 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/google-maps-api?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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/google-maps-api?hl=en.
