Have you tried testing it with another service besides gmaps? Just curious, it could be Google Maps.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:15 AM, StanRB <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]> > <iphonewebdev%[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]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=. > > > -- 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=.
