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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is what is in the current wizard in vivid

I do not think it is correct that GPS alone is ever less accurate than
the when the agps is provided, the difference is the time it takes to
get a first position when wifi and cell info is utilized.


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Title:
  Welcome wizard claims GPS is less accurate than wifi based location

Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products:
  New
Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  First boot welcome wizard in location sections claims GPS is less accurate than network based location service from HERE.
  While this can be theoretically true in some insane corner case, in normal life GPS is far more accurate.

  To help form correct text here are main differences.

  GPS - more accurate, but slow to acquire fix, does not work indoors,
  drains battery more, no need for internet connection, does not send
  any data out.

  Network based location - almost instant to get coarse location, works
  indoors, accuracy depends on network coverage in the area, more power
  efficient, requires internet connection. To get location data about
  visible GSM network and wifi networks needs to be send to 3rd party
  server.

  tested on krillin vivid-proposed r107

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