[SailfishDevel] Measuring distance with GPS

[Tomasz Sterna]

Dnia 2014-07-08, wto o godzinie 21:32 +0200, Caliste Damien pisze:
> - if you sum up the distance between GPS fix at regular intervals
> (some seconds), you may end up with a total distance that is greater
> than the actual distance, especially because of some portions of your
> path that are not very accurate and put you away from your actual path
> (think about passing under a bridge, or your GPS is in your pocket, or
> you are close to the start of the GPS fix so the accuracy is still
> low…)

GPS coordinate oscillates around correct value.

I would advise to consider only distances that are over a predefined
threshold. i.e. ignore "moves" that are smaller than i.e. 15 meters.



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