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What is the accuracy of position measurement? #8

Open juho-hanhimaki opened 4 years ago

juho-hanhimaki commented 4 years ago

The primary positioning method for Yepzon Coco is GPS. The accuracy of GPS depends on the number of satellite signals the device can receive. Typical accuracy for GPS positioning is around 10 to 30 meters.

GSM cell positioning is used automatically as a fallback when GPS positioning is not usable. The GSM cell positioning is not very accurate, typically around 1 to 5 kilometers. In some extremely rare cases cell position might not be available at all or it might be totally wrong.

You can see the used positioning method and approximate accuracy for each data row in the data list. See the following example: image