Re:Apple's risky bet on CarPlay
by beagle3 on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @08:37AM
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Phones also use WiFi access points and some Bluetooth beacons to get a better location. AFAIK only Google and Apple have up-to-date maps of these that are useful for navigation, and no one else does (Mozilla threw the towel a year or two ago).
Cars can theoretically have better GPS antennae, and can do better dead reckoning using wheel position and wheel rotation speed. But do they? I haven’t seen any evidence that any car actually does better than a modern phone.
Especially inside a dense city, WiFi location can be much more precise than GPS.
Re:Apple's risky bet on CarPlay
by katbyte on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @10:47AM
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i only really care about accurate when off-roading in the middle of nowhere with no reception and recording my track - my iphone performs far better when unplugged from the truck then when plugged into it.
Cars can theoretically have better GPS antennae, and can do better dead reckoning using wheel position and wheel rotation speed. But do they? I haven’t seen any evidence that any car actually does better than a modern phone.
Especially inside a dense city, WiFi location can be much more precise than GPS.