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I’ve been working on a location based app recently and am noticing some strange values for CLLocation. I often get a horizontalAccuracy of 1414 and a verticalAccuracy of -1. Any clue what this indicates? As far as I can tell, these points are often very accurate. What is the difference between verticalAccuracy and horizontalAccuracy?
The -1 for
verticalAccuracyindicates that the altitude in theCLLocationis not valid. You only get altitude with a 3D GPS position.The 1414 for
horizontalAccuracyindicates that the horizontal (lat/lon) position could be up to 1414m off (this is just an estimated error). This is probably a location determined by cell tower triangulation or WiFi location data. GPS locations usually report 100m or better.To get a higher accuracy location (300m or better) you need to set
desiredAccuracyand wait for the GPS receiver to lock onto at least 3 satellites (or 4 for a 3D fix). Until that happensCLLocationManagerwill give you the best it has which is WiFi or Cell tower triangulation results.