Using phone as a GPS

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MarkyMarkMark Mar 2015 2:07pm, 10 Mar 2015 1,666 posts	0 MarkyMarkMark Is the accuracy of this down to the phone/GPS signal or the software? Or a combination of both?
fetcheveryone Mar 2015 2:09pm, 10 Mar 2015 15,794 posts	0 fetcheveryone The test page doesn't contain 'software' as such - certainly not written by me - it's just one call to (something like) getLocation - the native phone software handles the details.
MarkyMarkMark Mar 2015 2:18pm, 10 Mar 2015 1,667 posts	0 MarkyMarkMark Interesting. So RunKeeper must be doing something similar, but also (and maybe usefully for you) they also keep the getlocation call alive whilst the phone is in locked/sleep mode, else they couldn't tell me where I'd been! So it must be possible.....
fetcheveryone Mar 2015 2:32pm, 10 Mar 2015 15,795 posts	0 fetcheveryone If you do it in an app, rather than in a browser, then you can tell the phone that you want to keep the action going even when the screen is locked. But the phone won't let you do that from a browser. It's annoying for me, because it means I have to get involved in platform-specific apps, rather than just being able to build it into a one-size fits all web page.
HappyG(rrr) Mar 2015 4:41pm, 10 Mar 2015 24,285 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Fetch, have you looked at the frameworks that let you convert web development into native apps (AppyPie, GoNative - um, there were others but I haven't looked at it). You still need to do the testing and certification (which costs $$$) but they do streamline that somewhat too...?
Kieren Mar 2015 8:33pm, 10 Mar 2015 3,756 posts	0 Kieren Maybe you could plugin to the wahoo app. I use that and it allows me to share mu run with garmin (& so Fetch), ~~strava~~ TP, runkeeper, Nike etc. I tried the web link and it asked for permission but did not show any co-ordinates (Nexus 4, Android 4.4.4)
pedroscalls Mar 2015 8:51pm, 10 Mar 2015 2,268 posts	0 pedroscalls I tried it again later and it was better, within a few feet of where I was unlike the first time where it was a huge distance away.