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Old 08-10-2016, 06:11 PM   #983
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Originally Posted by photon View Post
One thing about tracking distance is that it measures a straight line between two points every time it records the location (no idea how often it does that though).

So if it samples your location, you go around the block, and it samples again while you were going around, the distance will be zero.
I don't think the tracking intervals are all that long. I had 4 phones in my golf push-cart last weekend. Believe me, I don't golf in a straight line. On a 6800yd course, I registered 7.7km on an egg.
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