154b161@lemmy.ml to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoGeolocation without a GPScodeberg.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoEnegy use comes to mind.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoGPS is a passive receiver. There’s processing going on, but you dramatically decrease energy use by just updating less often. It’s not like you’re sending a signal to space.
minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoI am aware of that but somehow expected that it still took more energy to receive until there are enough SATs available than to do a BLE scan. Just a gut feeling though and only receiving should have a bigger impact than I thought. Makes sense!
minus-square5gruel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoDon’t worry your gut feeling is right. Wifi / Bluetooth scans are orders of magnitude cheaper. People in here don’t unterstand how localization works.
minus-square5gruel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agowhat are you talking about? GPS is far from a “passive receiver” in any sense of that vague term. It’s running an oscillator at the carrier frequency. GPS is probably the most power hungry sensor on your device.
Enegy use comes to mind.
GPS is a passive receiver.
There’s processing going on, but you dramatically decrease energy use by just updating less often.
It’s not like you’re sending a signal to space.
I am aware of that but somehow expected that it still took more energy to receive until there are enough SATs available than to do a BLE scan. Just a gut feeling though and only receiving should have a bigger impact than I thought. Makes sense!
Don’t worry your gut feeling is right. Wifi / Bluetooth scans are orders of magnitude cheaper. People in here don’t unterstand how localization works.
what are you talking about? GPS is far from a “passive receiver” in any sense of that vague term. It’s running an oscillator at the carrier frequency.
GPS is probably the most power hungry sensor on your device.