Originally Posted by
hillcrawler
Hi all, i've been recording some rides with mapmyride android application. The device is a Samsung mobile phone namely Galaxy Lite Spica. After i save the ride and check it out on my pc i see my routes are not straight but is a mess. Please see below route i did today. Do you have any experience with this? Any suggestions?
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/122060761
Some people suggest it's due to high solar flames but i don't think so because i have seen so accurate results in other posts. Maybe it's all my crappy mobile phone can do?
This is only a general statement, but one key to making sure that you get accurate GPS-based information is to allow your phone, Garmin or other device time to adequately "link" to the satellites because your accuracy greatly improves once you tune to more than one satellite. I was having the same issue with my Garmin when I first got it years ago, not realizing that would make a difference. Now, I turn it on immediately upon going outside and allow it to synch to satellites while I'm getting my bike ready and I no longer have issues.