lattitude

[dvader]

Is there anyway to make google lattitude be more reliable?
every time I look my friends report "stale location" sometimes data is 1-3+ days old.

I don't expect it to update in real time, but 3 day old data is useless to me.
any way to make it better/ update more frequently?

 

[SouthernSaltine]

Under settings you can set to track in Real Time.. Only if you and other user has the latest software

 

[SouthernSaltine]

When you open latitude, click on the user you want to track, click on real time updates, click on how long to real time them, and boom! Real time stalking; I mean tracking......

 

[dvader]

I don't have any options to set when to track them. both the wife and i have DX's with .340 on them. so we are running the latest.

when i pick her name it says
"Real-Time Updating"
"Friend's location is stale"
3 days ago.

3 days isn't real time. lol

 

[SouthernSaltine]

I don't have any options to set when to track them. both the wife and i have DX's with .340 on them. so we are running the latest.

when i pick her name it says
"Real-Time Updating"
"Friend's location is stale"
3 days ago.

3 days isn't real time. lol

Thas strange. When i click on "Real Time Updating" it gives me an option of how long to update, and it shows me her location up to the minute. I just checked it as she was traveling from work!! Pinpointed her 4 times at diferent locations on the interstate.

Also make sure the other person has there location visible and not set to a set location, otherwise it will show them in that location no matter what....>?

 

[wabyrd]

I've been using Latitude since it first came available for BlackBerry some time ago and with Android for about a year. It's a half-@ss app at best. It has a long way to go before it's reliable. If you want reliability, try GPS tracker or some other GPS app.

 

[BrianTX]

It's very accurate and reliable, can even watch the wife's progress on her way home from work. The other person must have their location services turned on for it to work. A stale location means those services aren't running on that persons phone.

 

[davidnc]

Latitude works good for me I just use my icon is a marker on that.

I use tracks to it's cool to. Ha

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[wabyrd]

My experience with it is that while it tracks semi-ok, it's usually not too accurate.

With BOTH phones with me, it's WAY off sometimes on the tracking.

With Real Time tracking, it will update position about 4 or 5 times and then bounce back to an old cell location.

When passing through a "hole" in cell coverage, it won't update location until the user opens Gmaps again.

It's an ok app, but not even close to accurate.