[android-developers] What's a solid accuracy measurement from LocationManager?
I'm working with LocationManager to grab a users current location and I've noticed the highest accuracy I've gotten is ~36%. I'm indoors currently, as will most of the users of my application, and I have yet to get a GPS result. I'm only able to obtain a result from the network provider. I'm not completely surprised by that, but I was thinking GPS might be possible considering how close I am to a window. More importantly, I'm curious what baseline for accuracy others are using. Is greater than 30% sufficient? I imagine GPS would yield far better accuracy but it looks like that's not a likely option in my scenario, even though I'll look for both network and GPS as available. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] What's a solid accuracy measurement from LocationManager?
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.comwrote: More importantly, I'm curious what baseline for accuracy others are using. Is greater than 30% sufficient? This really depends on your app. Are you giving the user walking directions? Then 30% sucks. Are you giving the user local weather results? Then that should be more than enough accuracy. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] What's a solid accuracy measurement from LocationManager?
Sure, that makes sense. I would assume that walking directions means they're outside, in which case I would expect GPS to be available. I'm trying to tell what business someone is in, so some level of accuracy is required. I'm plugging the coordinates being returned into Google Maps and it's finding me just fine. However, simply seeing 30% is concerning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
