[GitHub] [cordova-plugin-geolocation] breautek commented on issue #205: Accuracy concerns.

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breautek commented on issue #205:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-geolocation/issues/205#issuecomment-673766367


   On android, Cordova doesn't provide a geolocation implementation. It uses the browser implementation, because of this I can only really provide a rough guess.
   
   Google Maps using native APIs has much more fine control options available, while the browser implementation is mostly hard-coded, and perhaps configured more to save battery power instead of accuracy. In my experience, most devices will yield between a 5m-10m accuracy reading assuming a healthy satellite connection, with assisted GPS enabled, using the browser-based implementation.
   
   There are third-party plugins [available](https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=cordova-plugin-locationservices) that implements Geolocation using the Google APIs you can try to see if it improves things for your case. I personally use [cordova-plugin-locationservices](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-locationservices), in one of my apps.
   
   I don't really see this as an issue that Cordova can resolve so I'll be closing this.
   
   > Same here, but worst on IOS. Have seen a similar issue bug in ionic repo : ionic-team/ionic-native#1691.
   
   On iOS, Cordova does provide a geolocation implement, so if there is a problem on on iOS, cordova *may* be able to do something, however, in my experience, most accuracy-related issues are related to environment or device settings. I have a [gist](https://gist.github.com/breautek/d6231fa33d6942c269296546892afb5e) that goes into more detail.


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