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Title: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: franc on April 21, 2012, 02:28:51

Hello

when I have a GPS signal, I get the distance between the actual location and the center of the map.
This is useful when I want to know how far I am distanced from some other place.

But when there is no exact GPS point, only the approximately location from GSM mobile spot, I don't get this distance.
Look:

https://photos-6.dropbox.com/i/l/jOEeii ... 132107.png (https://photos-6.dropbox.com/i/l/jOEeii2Jgb3UwM0Did_LWUND51sadZyqQKHHyulRHZw/46381815/1335056400/6f649d2/SC20120416-132107.png)

Why?

Locus (actual version from market), phone sgs2 with 2.3.5

frank

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: franc on April 24, 2012, 16:03:25

Is there a chance that this bug will be fixed?
Or is it not considered as bug at all?

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: Menion on April 24, 2012, 16:11:32

Hi Franc,
this is on discussion. Current state is intent, not a bug. Locations from wi-fi/bts/whatever except GPS are usually not very precise. So display of distance should be very confusing in case that your real location is for example one km away. I personally do not see sense in displaying this line when GPS location is missing. Terrible precision, confusing for not experience users ...

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: franc on April 24, 2012, 17:08:08

Sure! If one km distanced, it is not at all precise, but remember: the world has its 40.000 km equator length, so at max. you can have a distance of 20.000 km, with this you easily can neglect the preciseless of GSM etc.
I was in a room without GPS and wanted to know how far is a city A from my city B which is about 400 km, so herefor it is useful.
Make a switch, disabled by default, so unexperienced users won't be messed up.
Locus is not an app for unexperienced users, anyway, so this is not a real good argument ;)

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: Menion on April 24, 2012, 17:19:45

also 20.000km max distance is not a good argument

I'm trying last weeks to improve GUI (it started with map manager) to bring locus also to basic users with no extra knowledge, so it is argument for me. Also extra settings for this is really not needed, it will only confuse others. So it's one on one now :). Other votes are needed ...

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: franc on April 24, 2012, 18:17:53

I quit the race, you won!
I just remember that in Google Maps there is a distance meter, with this I can easily measure any distance on the map, even three times around the equator (120.000 km)
;)

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: Menion on April 24, 2012, 18:22:55

same in locus, go to menu > functions > add new route & measure

here you can measure distance or areas ;)

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: berkley on April 24, 2012, 18:44:51

I really think this is not needed ;)

It'll be too unprecise...

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: franc on April 24, 2012, 18:47:19

Quote from: "menion"same in locus, go to menu > functions > add new route & measure

here you can measure distance or areas ;)

Diddent know this, great!
Thankx

Title: Re: No distance when only GSM-location
Post by: Menion on April 24, 2012, 19:14:22

fine, thanks Matthias ;) ... topic closed

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