Motion detection/minimum distance between subsequent track points #178
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closing this PR, found out how I can assign the original #165 to another branch, so this one is not needed. |
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I found it would be useful to have kind of a "motion detection" to avoid polluting the track with redundant points while the user is standing still. The PR implements this in a most simple way by using Android LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates's parameter "minDistance". A new preference has been introduced to set the threshold (value in meters):
Settings -> GPS logging distance
(PR was initially against master branch)