The ground-breaking Core Location uses a combination of Wi-Fi, cellular and GPS readings in order to produce a single, accurate location quickly and in all environments.
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Providing mobile users with fast and accurate location information while preserving their security and privacy has raised some very complex technical issues which are hard to communicate in a soundbite.
For an accurate location, you need to be able to pick up signals from at least three satellites, for what is called a "2D fix, " that includes latitude and longitude.
However, LG tacked on an altimeter for more accurate location data (the world ain't flat, you know) and the display can show call info during a run while also offering media controls for navigating through those playlists.
The bigger chip should help the application be more accurate with your location and provide quicker prompts when you need to turn.
Made up of a 24-satellite constellation encircling the Earth, the GPS system helps hikers, motorists, pilots and mariners navigate their way by giving them an accurate fix on their location.
Lawyers argued that cellphones were not tracking devices because the location information was only accurate within several hundred feet.
In my tests, location and navigation were generally accurate.
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Apparently, the service makes use of cell-tower triangulation, and not GPS, to determine the users location, making it somewhat less accurate but far more widely available.
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Each photo they take is location-stamped using a GPS antenna accurate to within six inches.
Each photo they take is location-stamped using a GPS antenna accurate to within 6 inches.
It isn't an accurate representation of the entire population in terms of age or location.
It sounds impossible, but through-wall imaging solutions powered by advanced radar technology are becoming quite accurate enough for law enforcement and military personnel to track the location of people through solid concrete, even noting movement patterns to differentiate between innocents and enemies.
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