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What it can and cannot measure

The dot is the centre of a probability, not a position. A gap has seven possible causes and only one of them is deliberate.

3 notes, in reading order

How Accurate It Actually Is

Location fixes are estimates with error bars that vendors rarely show. Where the error comes from, and what it means for decisions made from the data.

Analysis

Geofences

A boundary that produces arrival and departure events instead of a continuous trail. The single largest reduction in collection available.

Procedure

Gaps, Dead Zones and Missing Data

A tracker that reports nothing looks identical whether the signal failed or the device was disabled. Telling them apart, and what not to assume.

Analysis