[HOT] GeoBucket Accuracy

[David Serenity]

hi Guttorm,

Thanks for the feedback that is a good idea, but unfortunately, we do not
store points as points. We store uploaded data in big bunches of points or
lines (as WKT). Adding accuracy on a per-point basis would mean a very big
overhaul of the app & site;

On the client we use phonegap (http://www.phonegap.com/) to access the GPS
values, and that gives us a value for accuracy in meters. We are not quite
sure if we could calculate the full HDOP from the data that the phonegap
API provides. We may have to extend Phonegap API to provide HDOP values,
since we have not come across anything similar within the native API.

So, one day, maybe.

regards,
David

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Guttorm Flatabø
<post at guttormflatabo.com>wrote:

> While I haven't tried your app and service yet, usually when I use other
> apps such as GPSLogger or OSMTracker they will include accuracy in the
> trace as HDOP, pehaps you should do that too?
>
>  On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:03 AM, David Serenity <debukali at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Hello to all,
>>
>> The GeoBucket team has uploaded a new version of the android GeoBucket
>> mobile application to the Google Play store at
>> https://play.google.com/store/search?q=geobucket&c=apps; an added
>> feature is you can adjust the accuracy in meters of the coordinates saved
>> by the app using a slider. Any coordinates with accuracy that do not fit
>> within the set range are ignored and not saved by the app. After testing,
>> we have found that GPS accuracies of between 5 and 20 meters are sufficient
>> to provide precise GPS traces and points on the GeoBucket website (
>> www.geobucket.org).
>>
>> The app also uploads additional Well Known Text (.wkt) formated strings
>> which include Multilines and Multipoints; this ensures that more
>> coordinates can be bunched together in a single upload and has also
>> shortened upload times especially where large numbers of coordinate entries
>> have been saved in the "Bucket".
>>
>> Kindly let us know how your experience goes with the application and how
>> we can improve.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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