After tapping the checkmark to save the location, it’s set to this, with accuracy 269m. (In this example it changed only very slightly but other times it has changed a lot, sometimes nearly doubling.)
Description of problem: Location accuracy data doesn’t get saved as what I actually set it to, but saves as something larger, sometimes significantly so. This happens whether I set the location manually on the map or whether I pick a pinned location from the list. Opening and re-saving the location multiple times without changing it causes it to balloon outward exponentially.
This has been an issue for quite a while, through several updates and cache clearings on my end, but I didn’t report it because it was such a glaring issue that I assumed someone else had noticed and reported it and it was getting fixed, but searching the bug reports forum didn’t seem to have any matching results so I guess it wasn’t?
Something like this has been happening to me lately with the Android app. I select a correct pinned location and it accepts it. On reopening the observation, however, the location has expanded to cover half the United States. Reselecting the pinned location reverts it to correct.
Edit: Actually, it doesn’t accept it the first time. It zooms to the correct location but the accuracy in numbers is way off. Sometimes it varies by insignificant amounts too.
i can reproduce this, but not consistently. using the steps below, i can reproduce maybe one out of every three attempts:
check to make sure you don’t have any unsynced observations.
close the app completely
turn off location services in Android, but make sure you have an internet connection
open the app again
start a new observation
tap the location input box to edit it. this should start you at lat 0 long 0, with a large accuracy circle.
choose your pinned location
if you encounter the error situation, at this point, should see the preview map zoomed to your location, and you should see a location description that matches your pinned location but coords and accuracy that match the lat 0 long 0 default location.
if you accept this location, you will get coords and location description matching your pinned location, but accuracy will reflect the large value from the lat 0 long 0 default.
UPDATE: for what it’s worth, i looked at my app logs, and i don’t see anything obvious that would shed light on what’s going on. here’s a snippet of the part of the log that i believe captures a case where the problem is manifested:
datetime
message
2023-08-05 18:28:49
INaturalistApp.applyLocaleSettings():1055: INAT: Application: applyLocaleSettings - en / en / en_US
2023-08-05 18:28:59
LocationChooserActivity.updateLocationBasedOnMap():757: LocationChooserActivity: mOriginalZoom = null; current zoom = 3.000000
2023-08-05 18:28:59
LocationChooserActivity.updateLocationBasedOnMap():762: LocationChooserActivity: Meters per radius = 1519730.375
2023-08-05 18:30:06
LocationChooserActivity.updateLocationBasedOnMap():757: LocationChooserActivity: mOriginalZoom = 15.686739; current zoom = 15.686739
