I've had the same issue of poor accuracy. I think it is much more accurate on the iPhone 3Gs. Anybody know if there is a way to make the phone use only the GPS and not other means of getting location?
This is my first post on this group. I spent some time reading around. I hope I can contribute - I certainly have a lot of questions :)! Cheers! On Nov 12, 6:40 am, Remi Grumeau <[email protected]> wrote: > Made some test again, and it's a bit more accurate ... but like Ryan says, > it definitely needs an outside clear sky use. > try it herehttp://www.remi-grumeau.com/iphone/geolocalisation_test.php > <http://www.remi-grumeau.com/iphone/geolocalisation_test.php>(simple HTML5 > geolocalisation use and put back onto a Google Maps API) > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 00:36, Ahrjay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 8, 9:39 am, Daniel Larkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Do I need to make multiple calls to geolocation perhaps? > > > Depends how you are calling it. Are you watching the position object > > so it fires everytime the gps gets a new location? > > > From the spec "The API itself is agnostic of the underlying location > > information sources." meaning it will work with what it has available. > > On the iPhone it'll use GPS, Cell Tower Triangulation and/or IP > > address. If you results aren't great it may not be using the GPS and > > falling back to one of the other options. > > > I wrote an article and did a demo on using the geolocation api on the > > iPhone.http://www.thecssninja.com/javascript/geolocation-iphone, I > > get very accurate results when using it outside with a clear view of > > the sky. > > > -Ryan > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" 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/iphonewebdev?hl=.
