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All distance and current location readouts should account for accuracy #2

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Right now, the distance and current location readouts take the given
Location at face value.  While this works when the phone has a solid GPS
lock, it gets less than useful, perhaps to the point of being slightly
deceptive, if the fix isn't very accurate or if location has fallen back to
cell towers.  This should perhaps be changed.

1. Add indicator to location coordinates if accuracy is questionable. 
Maybe a simple tilde ("You: 34.2399W 85.22331N (~)")? I'd consider more
creative names if I had the room ("(kinda)", "(vaguely)", etc).
2. Determine a threshold for "questionable" in terms of accuracy.  If, say,
accuracy is better than 10 meters or something, consider it good enough to
avoid putting the indicator on.
3. Something for distance is also needed.  Detail window is relatively
easy; just add the accuracy if it's outside the threshold.  For small
infobox, maybe add a fourth line with the data?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by captains...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2009 at 4:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2009 at 4:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Added another label.  For fun.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2009 at 9:19

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Done and done.  This is now included in 0.6.4.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 25 Apr 2009 at 10:38