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Sergey Metlov
Sergey Metlov

Reputation: 26291

Accurate of navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition

How accurate is result of navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() function?
When it can return low-quality results?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2280

Answers (2)

alexblum
alexblum

Reputation: 2238

It depence from type of connection too:

  • WiFi ~20m
  • GPS ~10m
  • GSM ~1km

Upvotes: 2

Massimiliano Peluso
Massimiliano Peluso

Reputation: 26727

have a look at the below

http://www.thedotproduct.org/2010/04/accurate-geo-location-from-apple-iphone-using-navigator-geolocation/

Bear in mind that behind the scene this API uses the mobile cell towers and their signal strengths so it may be not really accurate(it could return few locations against one positions)

Upvotes: 1

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