[OpenLayers-Users] More precise geolocation?

[Richard Greenwood]

On the phone, turn WiFi off. This will force it to use GPS. Otherwise it
may choose to use WiFi which is less accurate. I do not believe there is a
method to control this programmatically, which is unfortunate.

Rich


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Tue Topholm <tt at sugee.dk> wrote:

> Is it on a phone or computer? You should remember most computers don't
> have a GPS, so they use WIFI, and then 50-100 meters is just fine. with
> phones you can get it down to 2-10 meters. (iOS down to 5 meters and
> android down to 2 meters)
> ᐧ
>
>
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> Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards
>
> Tue Topholm
> Sugee
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>
> 2014-04-17 15:30 GMT+02:00 Luca Manganelli <luca76 at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there any way to obtain more precise geolocation?
>>
>> In my code, the options of Control.geolocation are:
>>
>>     var geolocate = new OpenLayers.Control.Geolocate({
>>         id: 'locate-control',
>>         geolocationOptions: {
>>             enableHighAccuracy: true,
>>             maximumAge: 0,
>>             timeout: 30000
>>         }
>>     });
>>
>> It would be nice to have a precision to some meters, not 50-100 meters
>> away.
>>
>> Any hints?
>>
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Richard Greenwood
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