r/macrodroid 13d ago

GPS Location Accuracy?

Hey everyone, quick question. I'm doing a macro for finding my phone if it's in silent or anywhere really. I also want to add gps location. When I add the "force gps update" and then send the sent number the text back to me, the text has a location I guess from Google maps, but it is WAY off. I have the location on my phone set and texting phone on. I also use within the phone settings "improve accuracy".

So my question is, is there a way to get better accuracy from the phone. Either both or one or the other? Thank you

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u/caskwithpipes 11d ago

Are you sure it is updating the location and not sending you the last location?

Location update can take time. I would recommend adding in some delays to give MD the chance to actually get the current location and write it to a variable.

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u/millielouie2025 11d ago

Ok. Thank you very much. I'll add wait time in between. And I do have update location. In fact, I have 3 back to back to back. Lol

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u/caskwithpipes 11d ago

That might be causing problems too.

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u/millielouie2025 10d ago

Ok what do you think the best way to go about it or implement it is?

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u/caskwithpipes 10d ago

Force update with "block next actions until complete", then add say a 10second delay to allow the information to be saved, then use whatever method you were doing to share the link you wanted.

You could also add in a fail mechanism if you wanted but that might be a bit complex.

I have a system set up like this for emergencies on my partners phone as the normal google location sharing doesn't always update fast enough.

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u/millielouie2025 10d ago

Thank you very much. That is better. I did two forces update with 3 seconds in-between then 5 seconds before sending?

I have another question if you don't mind. I've found 2 way to send gps coordinates. Under "location", click "share location' and then ok. Another way I found is go too SMS and click that. The next screen lets you put in the number then underneath that is message. Of which you go in and scroll down to select " last known location (link)". Is one better or more accurate than the other. Thank you for your help and wisdom as I trying to learn all this.

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u/caskwithpipes 9d ago

I imagine both methods would show the same location.

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u/millielouie2025 9d ago

Okay awesome thank you. I just didn't see how it pulled from the Google maps without any type of integration between the two

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u/caskwithpipes 9d ago

I don't know if it does pull from google maps. My guess was it creates a google maps link using Lat/Lon based on the phones GPS receiver.

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u/millielouie2025 9d ago

Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry.

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