Wikitude

Hello!

First time posting an issue here so please let me know if there's anything I can do to make it better.

Essentially, I've been working to modify the POI example to use some custom data relevant to our app. I've created a bunch of markers with their latitudes and longitudes. The main problem I've come across is that while (most of) the directions of the GeoLocation object is correct, the markers are all really crowded around my location and not indicative of their location in space.

I've even gone through and used the markerLocation.distanceToUser() function and I'm getting values between 500-2000 (assuming this is meters?). To me, this should be displayed as relatively much further away than I'm seeing, but this may just be a limitation of the plugin.

Here's the only real custom code I've changed (perks is an object I've created with some test data):

		for (var currentPlaceNr = 0; currentPlaceNr < perks.length; currentPlaceNr++) {
			var singlePoi = {
				"id": perks[currentPlaceNr].id,
				"latitude": parseFloat(perks[currentPlaceNr]["locations"][0].latitude),
				"longitude": parseFloat(perks[currentPlaceNr]["locations"][0].longitude),
				"altitude": 100.0,
				"title": perks[currentPlaceNr].name,
				"description": perks[currentPlaceNr].description
			};

			/*
				To be able to deselect a marker while the user taps on the empty screen, 
				the World object holds an array that contains each marker.
			*/
			World.markerList.push(new Marker(singlePoi));
		}

 Here's a photo example of what I'm talking about. These markers should be around 100-500 meters away from me, but I feel like I could reach out and touch them all with my hand. I want the feel of my app to be exploring a city, so it's important that the relative distance feels far away if the marker is a few blocks away.

Thanks in advance!

Evan

Hey Eva,

Thanks for your response!

I understand the difference between RelativeLocation and GeoLocation. I intentionally chose GeoLocation because I want the markers to be placed based on latitude and longitude, even if they're not close to the user. I also went through and verified the correct coordinates on a map before passing them to the plugin. Regardless, it still feels like the GeoLocation markers are too far away and sometimes even in the wrong direction.

I also definitely have less than 50 POIs and while some of them are close, others are quite far away from each other. Do the markers not scale to appear smaller when the physical location is farther from the user's location?

Thanks!

Evan