Question

This is the code i use to find my current location but it is not pointing the location accurately, it returns a location as 9.920473,78.102423 instead of 9.909076, 78.100758

I could not figure it out where i am going wrong , please help me with suggestions.

   try {
        locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext.getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);

        // getting GPS status
        isGPSEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

        // getting network status
        isNetworkEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

        if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) {
            // no network provider is enabled
        }
        else {
            this.canGetLocation = true;
            if (isNetworkEnabled)   {
    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES, MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                    if (locationManager != null) {
                        location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                        if (location != null) {
                            latitude = location.getLatitude();
                            longitude = location.getLongitude();
                        }
                        Log.e("latitude", ""+latitude);
                        Log.e("longitude", ""+longitude);
                    }
                }
                // if GPS Enabled get lat/long using GPS Services
                if (isGPSEnabled) {
                    if (location == null) {
                        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES, MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                        if (locationManager != null) {
                            location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                            if (location != null) {
                                latitude = location.getLatitude();                      
                                longitude = location.getLongitude();
                            }
                            Log.e("latitude", ""+latitude);
                            Log.e("longitude", ""+longitude);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        } 

Answer 1

You are using Network Provider first, which is not very accurate. If you get a location fix from Network your code wont use GPS location. In this case, this much variation in the location is to be expected. If you need exact location, use GPS Provider.