Geolocation (was: Hi)

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 05:03:43 -0700


Hi Martin,
At 03:30 20-08-2016, martin_at_navacelle.net wrote:
>So you are talking about geolocation of every restaurant / snack in
>the island ?

I would not try that to geolocate every restaurant and snack on the
island as it would not be easy to do that.

>Okay let's say we have a map. Every owner registers his business and
>location on the map.
>Now we may use the smartphones geolocation capabilities. How precise
>can it be ?

I have a map. It is not accurate though.

>I have no experience with using google maps or android or iphone
>positioning systems in MRU.

I don't have much experience with Google maps. I tested the location
API of the browser and I got the following:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=51.5412621,-0.08813879999999999&size=600x600&zoom=15
The location is incorrect. I tested with Waze. The position is off
by approximately 100 metres. The better option is not to rely on a
GPS fix only to bring down accuracy to within 10 metres.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sat Aug 20 2016 - 12:04:02 PST

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