Ibiza phone gps 5-10 meters out ?

[+Vespa125]

Hi I have friend in Ibiza right now trying to find caches with his Samsung S4 and he is finding that his GPS is 5 -10 meters out even when he has calibrated his phone.

 

Do you now what the issue may be and how to solve it ? he has 3 days left in Ibiza and need sa solution fast, he has managed to find 3 so far using clues and photos, but could not find the others.

 

Thnaks

[+londontavern]

That sounds reasonably accurate to me. Anything better should be treated as a bonus. In Ibiza Town we realised quite a few were gone or had been replaced by bits of paper for logs, after that we didn't try too hard. However out of the city caching was wonderful.

[+niraD]

That sounds reasonably accurate to me too. I consider a search radius of 10m (33ft) to be normal.

 

Under ideal conditions, a consumer device will be accurate to about 3m (10ft). That applies both to your device, and to the cache owner’s device, so you may find the container 5-6m (16-20ft) from ground zero under ideal conditions. Under less than ideal conditions, both GPSr readings can be much less accurate.

[+The A-Team]

...even when he has calibrated his phone.

In addition to what the others above said, it's worth pointing out that you can't calibrate the GPS on any consumer handheld device. If you see a calibration option on your GPSr or phone, it's almost certainly just to calibrate the internal magnetic compass, which is completely separate from the GPS-location system. Performing that calibration will have no effect on your positional accuracy.

[+colleda]

...even when he has calibrated his phone.

In addition to what the others above said, it's worth pointing out that you can't calibrate the GPS on any consumer handheld device. If you see a calibration option on your GPSr or phone, it's almost certainly just to calibrate the internal magnetic compass, which is completely separate from the GPS-location system. Performing that calibration will have no effect on your positional accuracy.

 

Good point, worth remembering.

[+Tassie_Boy]

You should consider it somewhat of a miracle that a little piece of electronics can place you within about 50 meters of any point on earth. 5m is good and i don't worry about anything under 10, at that point I'm putting the phone away anyway.

[+Vespa125]

Thanks you all your replies, my mate has read them, hopefully he can take them into consideration when searching.