Comparison of Different Positioning Techniques for Applications in Android : A comparing study

This paper examines the different methods used in Android OS for fetching the current position of the phone, and compares them in terms of accuracy and battery usage. The use cases for position data are plenty. It spans from different types of navigational apps, where Google Maps is a well known example, to applications where positioning is not the main feature of the app, but may use position data to provide a better experience. An example of this are applications where the application might just need to know the approximate location of the user, such as weather, social media and news applications.