Geolocator.DesiredAccuracy | desiredAccuracy property

The accuracy level at which the Geolocator provides location updates.

Syntax

var desiredAccuracy = geolocator.desiredAccuracy;
geolocator.desiredAccuracy = desiredAccuracy;

Property value

Type: PositionAccuracy

The accuracy level at which the Geolocator provides location updates.

Remarks

Set DesiredAccuracy to High only if your application requires the most accurate data available. Set DesiredAccuracy to Default to optimize for power.

Setting the DesiredAccuracy property of the Geolocator object is not guaranteed to have an effect on the accuracy of data.

Windows Phone 8:  On Windows Phone 8, if DesiredAccuracyInMeters is not null, its value overrides the value of DesiredAccuracy and the getter for DesiredAccuracy will return E_FAIL. Setting the value of DesiredAccuracy sets DesiredAccuracyInMeters to null.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the desired accuracy in JavaScript.

var geolocator = new Windows.Devices.Geolocation.Geolocator();
geolocator.desiredAccuracy = Windows.Devices.Geolocation.PositionAccuracy.default;
geolocator.desiredAccuracy = Windows.Devices.Geolocation.PositionAccuracy.high;

The following example shows how to set the desired accuracy in C#.

Geolocator geolocator = new Geolocator();
geolocator.DesiredAccuracy = Windows.Devices.Geolocation.PositionAccuracy.Default;
geolocator.DesiredAccuracy = Windows.Devices.Geolocation.PositionAccuracy.High;

Requirements

See also

Geolocator

Build date: 2/25/2013