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If you're looking for a Glympse alternative, I made Graticule[1]. Differences: * you can configure what location technology to use (gps/network/passive) * no
by emilburzo 10y ago
If you're looking for a Glympse alternative, I made Graticule[1].
Differences:
* you can configure what location technology to use (gps/network/passive)
* no time limit
* you can tweak how often it should update
* privacy conscious
Tweaking the location technology/update interval gives you the freedom to balance accuracy/battery life.
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emilburzo.graticule https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emilburzo....
- Jedd 10y agoThanks Emil. This looks really good, I've installed it already, but will install on my wife's phone tomorrow to get a feel for the inter-play features. It sounds like you can adjust the update period only -- which I accept uses modest data & battery -- but no feature to (only) provide location in response to a request-for-location from the far-end?
- emilburzo 10y ago> It sounds like you can adjust the update period only and the location technology to use: - GPS: best accuracy, bad battery life -- best used outside cities - Network: decent accuracy, decent battery life -- best used inside cities or areas with lots of WiFi AP's - Passive: variable accuracy, best battery life -- best used when you have another location app already doing location requests (like Waze, Google Maps, etc) > but no feature to (only) provide location in response to a request-for-location from the far-end? That's correct, it doesn't cover your preferred "click to request updates" use case as I'm not a fan of things happening to my phone by outside requests :)