Torque

Forums

Forums

Guest  

Show or hide header
Welcome Guest, posting in this forum require registration.




Torque » Torque OBD ECU Scanner » Torque Discussion / Ideas » GPS Position tooooo accurate!

Pages: [1]
Author Topic: GPS Position tooooo accurate!
650Hawk
Member
Posts: 5
Post GPS Position tooooo accurate!
on: May 21, 2018 (GMT)

Your GPS Positioning Display needs to drop at least a few of the decimal point positions on both longitude and latitude. 1 second of longitude (at 34° latitude) equals about 84 feet. Your display shows the seconds down to 5 places past the decimal point, or 1/100,000 of a second. That is roughly 1/10 of an inch! Even commercial grade GPS surveying equipment would struggle with that; there is no way a smartphone can do it. And your GPS Positioning display more realistically admits an accuracy of 10-15m (30-50’). How about getting rid of all but 2 places past the second’s decimal point (about 1’)? The GPS coordinates would certainly be more realistic, AND they would fit into the display better without spilling over the sides.

Pages: [1]
WP-Forum by: Fredrik Fahlstad, Version: 2.4
Page loaded in: 0.005 seconds.

  Follow me on twitter