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pR0Ps
Allow coarser location to be used
Sometimes an exact GPS location is not needed and a coarser location is good enough. If turning on GPS was made to be optional, the app would be useful in such cases (possibly warning of reduced precision). Thank you.
@pataquets I'm leaving this open because I'm not really decided on what to do about it yet. Is this about requiring the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission? Or the fact that you have to turn the location option on in settings first?
Right now the app uses the location API which pulls from all available sources. Would you be able to give me a a concrete situation where you would want it to not use the GPS even if it's available?
It's not about the permission, although it might be a valid concern for others, too. My main reason is, as you already pointed, because of the annoyance of having to turn on GPS, and having to turn it off again afterwards to avoid battery drain. Too much juggling back and forth settings screens for me. Often, coarse location can be more than enough. For instance, in WiFi crowded areas in cities, where WiFi-assisted location gives 10m accuracy. The only concern I see might be users wanting highest accuracy forgetting to turn on GPS. A message warning them about this and linking to the location settings might solve it, though.
@pR0Ps : Any updates on this? I would like to be able to fulfill my use case with this app instead of using Google apps.