Venue search accuracy parameter

[Danny Pier]

Curious about the v2 accuracy parameter?

llAcc - Accuracy of latitude and longitude, in meters.

What does this do on the foursquare side of things? How does this
affect the results that are returned, if at all?

Same with the elevation accuracy.

Thanks!

[Dave Ingram]

On 12/14/10 00:27, Danny Pier wrote:
> Curious about the v2 accuracy parameter?
>
> llAcc - Accuracy of latitude and longitude, in meters.
>
> What does this do on the foursquare side of things? How does this
> affect the results that are returned, if at all?

I would imagine that it's to do with deciding how "focused" the search
should be. If your current location is not very accurate, then it might
encourage Foursquare to show a broader range of nearby venues (perhaps
ignoring less-popular nearby venues in favour of more-popular venues
within your approximate location). If your location is very accurate,
then it makes sense to focus more on the nearby venues.

When it comes to checking in, it helps with [a] ensuring that the venue
location is correct and [b] ensuring that you're probably not cheating.
Foursquare can theoretically average the accuracies of the check-in
locations and accuracies in order to more accurately pinpoint the venue.

But that's just a guess :-)

[Francesca]

I used the parameter llAcc in my venue search, but it seems to me that
changing the parameter value nothing changes in the search.
May be I am wrong or is there a upper limit for the llAcc parameter?

Thanks,
Francesca

[Dave Ingram]

On 17/12/10 10:10, Francesca wrote:
> I used the parameter llAcc in my venue search, but it seems to me that
> changing the parameter value nothing changes in the search.
> May be I am wrong or is there a upper limit for the llAcc parameter?

I was just guessing -- I hadn't tested it :-)

D

[Dominic Espinosa]

I too would love to know what the use case for this parameter is. I've
tried it out and don't see any considerable difference in the results
when searching for nearby venues.

On Dec 19 2010, 5:05 am, Dave Ingram <d...@dmi.me.uk> wrote:
> On 17/12/10 10:10, Francesca wrote:> I used the parameterllAccin my venue search, but it seems to me that

> > changing the parameter value nothing changes in the search.
> > May be I am wrong or is there a upper limit for thellAccparameter?
>
> I was just guessing -- I hadn't tested it :-)
>
> D
>
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>
> > Thanks,
> >    Francesca
>
> > On Dec 14, 2:53 pm, Dave Ingram <d...@dmi.me.uk> wrote:
> >>  On 12/14/10 00:27, Danny Pier wrote:> Curious about the v2 accuracy parameter?
>

> >>>llAcc- Accuracy of latitude and longitude, in meters.