It is quite possible that this just returns latitude and longitude without minutes and seconds which in fact would be an integer value. eg: 77ºN and 15ºW
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Ken H <hunt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, I've read the reference pages, it doesn't help...that's why I > asked. > > The reference page doesn't explain why the LAT/LON is not known. The > Base Station ID is known, the Network ID is known. Almost everything > in the telephonymanager returns a valid result but this. Why? If you > Google this you will see that nobody actually gets a result from this > method. A simple note from the Android team explaining that they hope > to implement this sometime in the future would help, rather then let > us spin our wheels trying to fix something that doesn't work in the > first place. > > And the other question is why is the result an integer? LAT/LON is not > an integer. > > Oh well, I never expected a real answer, but I had to ask...thanks. > > Ken > > On Jul 8, 11:58 am, Raghav Sood <raghavs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > These features exist API level 5 onwards. You will receive > Integer.MAX_VALUE > > if the location is not known. > > > > BTW it was the second result on Google when searching for "android > > getBaseStationLatitude()". > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Raghav Sood http://www.raghavsood.com/ http://wiki.androidappcheck.com/ http://www.telstop.tel/ https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Raghav+Sood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
