A small selections of studies on accuracy ... http://academics.skidmore.edu/blogs/onlocation/2012/03/smartphone_accuracy/
http://www.academia.edu/353833/Geographic_Fieldwork_Preliminary_study_comparing_GPS_capabilities_between_smartphones_and_dedicated_GPS http://www.paulzandbergen.com/PUBLICATIONS_files/Zandbergen_TGIS_2009.pdf jama rek, > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis > <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's a shame you feel that way. I can't be happier with my Garmin. That > > being said it uses standard AA batteries and gives me the option of > setting > > the type of battery, rechargeable or throwaway. A dedicated device should > > potentially be more accurate. but that is an assumption not a fact. > > Well, you can have a hybrid arrangement: my phone has GPS built in, > but will also talk to separate GPS receiver over Bluetooth (I think > this is quite a common arrangement for phones with both GPS and > Bluetooth hardware). > > __John > >
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