On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 17:27, Chris Collett <[email protected]>wrote:
> Have you tried testing it with another service besides gmaps? Just curious, > it could be Google Maps. Sure, i thought the same first ... and then i refresh the page two or three times. On the first run, it's always a dozen meters away, first refresh too. But from the second one, it's a couple of inch accurate ! Check by yourself on this previous example. Strange behavior btw ... I'll try to do so with a Bing! map and Yahoo! too > > > 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]<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=.
