No distance when only GSM-location

[franc]

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

Why?

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

frank

[franc]

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

[Menion]

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 ...

[franc]

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

[Menion]

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 ...

[franc]

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)

[Menion]

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

here you can measure distance or areas

[berkley]

I really think this is not needed

It'll be too unprecise...

[franc]

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

here you can measure distance or areas

Diddent know this, great!
Thankx

[Menion]

fine, thanks Matthias ... topic closed