[android-developers] Google Maps apps with mapview have different current positions

2010-07-20 Thread Mathias Lin
I have a mapview where I want to track the user's current location. GPS as well as 'use wireless networks' is activated in my phone settings. Nevertheless, since I'm indoor I don't get a GPS fix, therefore the location is determined via network; wifi spot is available. I have the Google Maps

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2010-07-20 Thread Mathias Lin
I think I found an answer, although not a solution. It seems that the problem is in the data quality of the different map provider that are used for Google Maps and MapView in SDK, which differ. The map tiles coordinates don't seem to be very accurate, just like in the public google maps web

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2010-07-20 Thread Frank Weiss
The problem doesn't seem to have anything to do with GPS, correct? I tried your coordinates, 22.9638357,113.3156041, on desktop google maps and from within a MapView. I get the same unequal results that you did. I also tried msn.com (in satellite view - theirs are older!) and that agrees with the