An experiment to seethe iPhone 4 GPS accuracy.
Location: Valley Fair Mall, June 25th 2010
Experiment Design
• Compare the GPS dot accuracy on an iPhone 2, 3GS and 4 plotted on a Micello indoor map of Valley Fair Mall, San Jose, CA
• Micello Map of Valley Fair Mall is geo-accurate and the blue dot shows the location identified by the device. The surrounding circle shows the margin of error.
Location 1: Standing right in front of the Apple Store
iPhone 2G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4
iPhone 2G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4
Location 2: Center of East Lobby
iPhone 2G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4
Location 3: Center of West Lobby
iPhone 2G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4
Location 4: Central Lobby
Results
• The GPS accuracy as reported by the device has significantly improved from iPhone 2, to 3GS to now, iPhone 4.
• 3GS and 4 definitely give more accurate position, the margin of error is significantly less in iPhone 4.
• iPhone 4 GPS seems to be accurate to within 5 meters inside a building.
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