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Location of beacon is not of beacon but current location

Open jcurl opened this issue 3 years ago • 5 comments

I'm using Android AirGuard 1.0.4 installed by F-Droid.

Thank you for an interesting app, already more beacons than I expected.

When I choose a beacon, it shows a map, but instead of showing the location at the time the beacon was identified, it shows my current location.

jcurl avatar Sep 20 '21 19:09 jcurl

Thank you for the report. We will look into this

Sn0wfreezeDev avatar Sep 21 '21 11:09 Sn0wfreezeDev

@jcurl Do you have the location in the app settings enabled? Does this behavior happen for every device you select?

Trup3s avatar Sep 21 '21 14:09 Trup3s

How do I interpret the case when the map doesn't show a beacon?

In your case the most likely reason is that your phone didn't get an accurate enough location (>100m) and saved the beacon without any location data. This can happen relatively easily when you're in a building like your screenshot suggest.

We should probably add a warning that some beacons have been captured without any location data to prevent such issues.

Does this issue persists when you're outside?

Trup3s avatar Sep 21 '21 18:09 Trup3s

You may be right after I realized that some beacons had positions, while others don't.

It is hard to verify, as I myself do not have any devices I know of, to test for tracking.

jcurl avatar Sep 21 '21 18:09 jcurl

No problem! But there are surprisingly many iPhones or other FindMy devices that can be found during a short walk through the city ;)

Trup3s avatar Sep 21 '21 19:09 Trup3s