Why Does Goolge Latitude SUCK

[steb0ne]

Originally Posted by VW

Yes but it doesnt seem to update on my touch pro, even when left on, while it should so at some intervals.

You all mean, it's not updating your location? Not even if you press menu and select "Use GPS"? I was using it earlier today and it was pretty accurate as I was driving down the street going home for lunch. I had the satellite view going and it has a little lad (like all GPS software on the TP) but was pretty accurate. With me sitting in my apartment, I can see the dot on my apartment building.


EDIT: And I can see my brother in TX and his is updating. It's cool zooming in to street level to see what's near him. LoL!

[ryallchild]

Originally Posted by steb0ne

You all mean, it's not updating your location? Not even if you press menu and select "Use GPS"? I was using it earlier today and it was pretty accurate as I was driving down the street going home for lunch. I had the satellite view going and it has a little lad (like all GPS software on the TP) but was pretty accurate. With me sitting in my apartment, I can see the dot on my apartment building.


EDIT: And I can see my brother in TX and his is updating. It's cool zooming in to street level to see what's near him. LoL!

how often does it update ur brother? i was trying with a friend and it only updated them like every 10 minutes

[VW]

Originally Posted by ryallchild

how often does it update ur brother? i was trying with a friend and it only updated them like every 10 minutes

Yes, this is the thing. Initially it is spot on with the other person's position, but it does not update it frequently enough. Perhaps this is by design to save battery, but it makes it not so useful. Perhaps what is needed is an option for frequency of samples

[stanmarsh01]

Originally Posted by freeza

Awesome, this gives me hope that Google will have cell triangulation working for the Touch Pro.

Originally Posted by Malatesta

Google Latitude works great on the (unreleased) Sprint Treo Pro.

Reason? The "My Location" feature works on the STP, aka cell tower triangulation/A-FLT.

Since A-FLT on most phones is blocked via software with sprint, someone with far more experience than myself should dig into the STP ROM and find the bit of software that allows the A-FLT to be seen by 3rd party programs. It's gotta be something that easy. It's just a software block, can't we graft it to a touch pro phone? They're both WM6.x devices.