Android Developers Backstage

Episode 198: Location location location, revisited

Jun 26, 2023

44:24

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Use Wi-Fi to Improve Your Location

3min

Cell Phone Towers and Wi-Fi

5min

How to Use Inertial Sensors for Indoor Navigation

2min

The Problem With Magnetic Compass Navigation in a New City

2min

The Future of GPS

3min

How to Measure Time With Wi-Fi Time of Flight

2min

How Wi-Fi Encoding Can Improve Indoor Map Calculation

3min

How to Use the Google Play Services Fuse Location Provider

3min

10.

How to Use Google Maps to Improve Your App's Accuracy

4min

11.

How to Use Throttling to Save Power

2min

12.

How to Convert Your Elevation to Mean Sea Level in Android X

3min

13.

The Future of Altitude Navigation

2min

14.

The Future of Altitude

2min

15.

The Next Generation Positioning Standard H211 Az

2min

16.

The Future of Wi-Fi

2min

17.

Wi-Fi 6: The Future of App Development

4min

Since our original episode on location nearly nine years ago, a lot has happened in the location support for Android. In this episode, Wyatt Riley and Roy Want answer all of Tor's questions about how it works and cover recent developments like indoor location, elevation, and some tips for developers.

Wyatt, Roy and Tor.

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