On 29 Jun 2010, at 19:06000, 'Dragon' Dave McKee wrote: > I assume the GPS will > successfully work in a bus in the same way a car's does?
A GPS in a car has its sensor stuck inside the windscreen, pointing at the sky. An iPhone in a bus passenger's pocket... doesn't. But that to me isn't the biggest problem. Turning on the GPS on either an iPhone or an Android handset is the fastest way to guarantee that you'll be staring out of the windows on the way home, because your battery will be flat. Even when I need to use the GPS for my own benefit, I try to keep the sessions as short as possible so that there's a chance my battery will last through the day. The idea of installing an app that I just leave running in case I get on a bus that's constantly accessing the GPS receiver is just a non-starter to me. And if I'm meant to launch the application every time I get on the bus... why not just send a text/geolocated tweet instead? The infrastructure's already there, and it's much kinder to my battery. Tim _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
