getCurrentPosition returns me something like (xx.xxxxxxxx,
yy.yyyyyyyy) (or with 6 more digits). When I get 14 digits it is much
more precise (reverse-geocoding often returns the street and not just
the quarter). I set the maximumAge to 1000 so that it should be re-
geolocated every 10 seconds. Also don't know why it is so alternating.


On 9 Jun., 11:44, Miguel Angel Vilela <[email protected]> wrote:
> That sounds like a question about the W3C Geolocation API, I'm not aware of
> the influence of maximumAge or the time it takes to obtain the location in
> the decimal precision for the returned location (assuming that's what you
> mean with 8 vs. 14 floating point numbers).
>
> W3C Geolocation API Specificationhttp://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html
>
> Considering that coordinates with 8 digits after the decimal dot represent a
> precision of 1.11 mm (and with 14 digits a precision of 1.11 nm) I wouldn't
> worry about anything beyond 6 digits (1.11 m) or maybe 7 (1.11 cm).
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 23:05, Tobe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ohhh sure, sounds simple :) Now, it works a lot better, but there is
> > one thing I discovered. When I open the web-application or waited a
> > "long" time since the last localization it just returns a latitude and
> > longitude with 8 floating point numbers. The next times, it always
> > returns 14 floating point numbers. I set the maximumAge to 1000. Is
> > there a logical reason for it or is it just because of the accuracy of
> > the localization?
>
> > On Jun 8, 12:31 pm, Miguel Angel Vilela <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Rather than call the geolocation synchronously, you can calculate
> > distances
> > > in the callback function, so that it's done only when the geolocation
> > result
> > > arrives.
>
> > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:12, Tobe <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > i want to use geolocation and calculate distances from this position
> > > > to a list of places. Can I call the geolocation synchronously to first
> > > > get the position and after that calculate the distances?
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