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AdminCarter
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Periodic Wi-Fi scans when Wi-Fi is disabled now implicitly configurable. As long as ALL location conditions are greater than 2,000 meters in size, Wi-Fi will not be enabled automatically, nor will Locale attempt to use GPS to determine location.
Locale uses many technologies to determine your location, including cell towers, Wi-Fi access points, and GPS.
Cell tower locations are extremely inaccurate. At best, they are accurate to within 2,000 meters. (If Google Maps tells you otherwise, Google Maps is providing inaccurate information).
Wi-Fi locations are very accurate and extremely low power. In order to determine your location more accurately than 2,000 meters, Wi-Fi is required.
Locale cannot use GPS alone, as using GPS alone would drain the battery in about 4 hours. Also GPS will not work indoors.
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Carter, 2km is fine for me. I use the location to determine whether or not I'm in the centre of London, or in a town in Surrey, so don't need granularity smaller than 2km.
The point here is that CellID works fine for most people (I've been using it in PhoneAlarm on WinMo for years, and in Locale for 12 months) so you should give people the option of just using that. Forcing Wifi on/off is just plain unfriendly for an app like this, unless you make it an option.