It could be that I just need to use a larger geofence for uninterrupted results. I was using a radius of 100 meters.
On March 31, 2015 1:39:59 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion <[email protected]> wrote: > The iOS Location service seems to be pretty reliable, if a bit slow to > respond to location changes. I've been using it with my home > automation > system for quite a while, to determine when I am within 1 kilometer, 5 > kilometers, 10 kilometers, etc. On that system, I do different > actions, > depending on how far I am from home (changing the thermostat > setpoints, > mostly.) > > I have a lot of faith in the iOS location services working, within an > acceptable degree of range and within an acceptable timeframe. I > don't > need pinpoint-accurate location. I just need it to notice when I'm > within > a half-mile of the office or not. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:36 PM, John F. Eldredge > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have had mixed results with cell-tower-based location services. > The > > problem is that the closer towers will occasionally have all > channels in > > use, leading your phone to connect to a further-away tower. This > causes > > your phone to think your location has changed. Does your phone > support > > Near-Field Communications? You could mount a couple of NFC tags in > your > > office, swipe one of them as you start work, and swipe the other as > you are > > about to go home. > > > > > > > > On March 31, 2015 12:05:34 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion < > > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Some good ideas here (multiple sensors (maybe low-power bluetooth) > to > >> detect incoming path vs outgoing path) and some not-so-good-ideas > >> (implanting sensors inside of my body....) > >> > >> iOS (and I assume Android as well) have low power background app > refresh > >> (at least this is what Apple calls it) that you can use for > geo-location. > >> It isn't actually using GPS, as that would chew up battery power. > It is a > >> background process that uses info from WiFi networks, cell towers, > etc, to > >> determine location "passively", so it doesn't chew up a lot of > battery > >> power. > >> > >> What I got working yesterday was two IFTTT "recipes" to create > files in > >> Google Docs and Dropbox for each time I enter or exit the Watkins > area. > >> That part actually works. The next step is doing something with > that > >> information (from Google Drive or Dropbox) to launch an action on > our VoIP > >> server. > >> > >> It still seems kludge-y to me, but I haven't heard a better > suggestion > >> that less power (and is fully automated.) > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:02 AM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> On 03/31/2015 12:54 AM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: > >>> > >>>> That's also why I suggested that you place two proximity > detectors > >>>> along a single path. The order in which they activate then > indicates > >>>> ingress or egress. > >>>> > >>> > >>> And since nobody has mentioned using a Raspberry Pi yet... you > could > >>> make a proximity detector out of a Raspberry Pi with a camera > and/or a USB > >>> Bluetooth gadget. > >>> > >>> If the work schedule is consistent, you could just schedule the > PBX to > >>> route calls based on the time of day. Yeah, I know... who has a > consistent > >>> work schedule any more? heh heh > >>> > >>> JMJ > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "NLUG" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > >>> googlegroups.com > >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > >>> group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >>> > >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > >>> Groups "NLUG" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >>> an email to [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>> > >> > >> > > -- > > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 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