Mobile wireless device with enhanced location feature
One or more in-range stationary stations are provided which are configured to transmit a signal received by an in-range mobile unit. An application is run on the in-range mobile unit, and, when run, comprises a destination input configured to present a destination graphical user input on a display screen of the in-range mobile unit along with information to thereby prompt a user to input textual information which the application receives and then uses to populate a set of geographic address fields representing a destination premises address. The application when run further includes calls to location services APIs, the calls including calls to cause an acquisition of a current location determination. The application converts the destination premises address to a destination geographic location using the same parameters used to represent the current location determination. The application when run provides an indication of the determined location of the in-range mobile unit in terms of a premises address. The current determined location is set to the destination premises address when a straight line distance between the destination geographic location and the acquired current location determination is less than a prescribed value.
1. Apparatus comprising:
an application configure to, when it is run, interact with a mobile unit, the mobile unit containing local location resources, including a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) location portion and a non-GNSS location portion;
location storage coupled to the application, the location storage holding location information in accordance with a location information modeling format;
location services configured to provide location information to the application and to communicate with the location resources;
the application, when run, comprising, a destination input configured to present a destination graphical user input on a display screen of the in-range mobile unit along with information to thereby prompt a user to indicate information which the application uses to populate a set of geographic address fields representing a destination premises address;
the application, when run, communicating with at least a portion of the local location resources to obtain a current location determination;
the application, when run, determining a destination geographic location corresponding to the current location determination; and
the application, when run, designating as the current determined location of the mobile unit in terms of a premises address, the current determined location being set to the destination premises address when the destination geographic location is determined to correspond to the acquired current location determination despite being separated by a distance.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising stationary stations in-range to the mobile unit.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the location storage comprises internal memory of the mobile unit.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the location storage comprises external memory.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the location information modeling format comprises GML (Geographic Markup Language).
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the location information modeling format comprises NVML (Navigation Markup Language).
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile unit comprises a smartphone.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile unit comprises a tablet.