Glad you're enjoying it! Changing how often it sends data will ... • Aaron Parecki

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Daniel 🛰 https://twitter.com/djbeadle • Sep 8
Woah, thanks for dropping in! I’ve been using Overland all summer and have really enjoyed tracking my location. Any tips on optimizing for battery life?

Glad you're enjoying it! Changing how often it sends data will have probably the biggest effect. Notice the two other top apps there, Outlook and Overcast, both of which are heavy background data users. Next up is desired accuracy.

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- Daniel 🛰 twitter.com/djbeadle
  
  It is really cool to see exactly where I've been 😅 but I'll try turning down the desired accuracy. This conversation has been a good motivator for me to clean up and publish my Python Flask server that receives the data.
  
  Thu, Sep 8, 2022 2:37pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  Now I can't remember exactly why, but it has to do with the underlying iOS APIs. "best" is meant for things like navigation apps where you really want every data point as accurate as possible. Personally I don't mind the battery hit because that's the data I want!
  
  Thu, Sep 8, 2022 2:19pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)
- Daniel 🛰 twitter.com/djbeadle
  
  I've shied away from reducing location accuracy because then I can't defer location updates, but since I'm already at the 30 minute interval I'll try that out!
  
  Thu, Sep 8, 2022 2:16pm +00:00 (via brid.gy)

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