Mention size of usage statistics sending

zamojski / TowerCollector

The OpenCellID and MLS contributor's app.

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Mention size of usage statistics sending #132

Closed jidanni closed 3 years ago

jidanni commented 3 years ago

Inside the app there is a discussion of usage statistics. Oddly the user can't copy any of the text on that page! Anyway in that discussion please mention the average size of what is being sent. Some users don't care what you send, they just want to know how many kilobytes it is going to be, and how often.

zamojski commented 3 years ago

The size is not fixed because it sends measurements which may have different number of cells.

jidanni commented 3 years ago

Okay that's fine, but say if it's in the range of kilobytes, megabytes, xcetera. Give the user some ideas. The only reason why I turned it off is that I'm worried you are sending a horrendous amount of data. So so please give the user some firm ranges. Thanks.

zamojski commented 3 years ago

You can calculate the average size on your own by exporting to CSV OpenCellId format and counting the number of lines. Similarly youcan calculate for JSON MLS. These are exactly the same files which are uploaded. The typical request contains LOCATIONS_PER_PART = 90 so to get the exact size of each request you would need to group the data by time.

zamojski commented 3 years ago

I'm closing the issue as with my limited time availability for this project I plan to focus on more important features.