A NOVEL MULTIFREQUENCY GPS APP FOR STUDYING OLDER ADULTS: IMPROVING ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF DATA
Dinesh Mendhe, Stephanie Bergren, Yanping Jiang · 2023
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Dinesh Mendhe, Stephanie Bergren, and Yanping Jiang present a GPS phone app built for research on older adults, in this 2023 paper. Location data can link where older people go to how healthy they are, but current apps lose accuracy through satellite gaps, power-saving modes, and user error. The team built their app to fight those losses.
The app blends satellite signals with cell tower and WiFi positions through a custom algorithm that lands within about one and a half meters on average. It runs in the background with backup safeguards, so closing the app or restarting the phone does not lose data. Sampling can be set anywhere from every second to every twenty minutes to spare the battery. A live dashboard and data streaming let field teams spot trouble early, which the authors say should also make studies easier for older volunteers to accept.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dinesh Mendhe, Stephanie Bergren, Yanping Jiang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |