On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications

Christine Bauer

doi:10.1145/2536853.2536893

On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications

Christine Bauer

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Abstract

Sports tracking applications are increasingly available on the market, and research has recently picked up this topic. Tracking a user's running track and providing feedback on the performance are among the key features of such applications. However, little attention has been paid to the accuracy of the applications' localization measurements. In evaluating the nine currently most popular running applications, we found tremendous differences in the GPS measurements. Besides this finding, our study contributes to the scientific knowledge base by qualifying the findings of previous studies concerning accuracy with smartphones' GPS components. © 2013 ACM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM 2013)
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	335-340
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781450321068
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893 https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013
Event	11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia - Vienna, Austria Duration: 2 Dec 2013 → 4 Dec 2013 Conference number: 11

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia
Abbreviated title	MoMM 2013
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	2/12/13 → 4/12/13

Keywords

Accuracy
GPS
Global Positioning System
Localization
Location-based System
Positioning
Running Tracking
Smartphone
Sports Tracking

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Bauer, C. (2013). On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM 2013) (pp. 335-340). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893, https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893

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Bauer, C 2013, On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications. in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM 2013). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 335-340, 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia, Vienna, Austria, 2/12/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893, https://doi.org/10.1145/2536853.2536893

On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications. / Bauer, Christine.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM 2013). Association for Computing Machinery, 2013. p. 335-340 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Bauer C. On the (in-)accuracy of GPS measures of smartphones: A study of running tracking applications. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM 2013). Association for Computing Machinery. 2013. p. 335-340. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/2536853.2536893, 10.1145/2536853.2536893

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