Episode 96: Location: It's Where It's At

Android Developers Backstage

In this episode, Chet and Tor talk talks with Patrick Robertson from the Location team about... location! We wax poetic about fine-grained location using Wifi routers (among other mechanisms), the Fused Location Provider API for apps that need location information, battery impact of location (and what we're doing to improve that), how GPS works (apparently it uses pieces of string!), and detecting 3D locations for finding where you are in a tall building. Subscribe to the podcast feed or download the audio file directly. Links: Fused Location Provider basics Migrating to Fused Location Provider BG location limits Wifi RTT Raw GNSS Measurements GNSS Raw Measurements API Sensors Tor: google.com/+TorNorbye, @tornorbye Chet: google.com/+ChetHaase, @chethaase Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.