Lat/lng insufficiently accurate to be useful

[nickevansuk]

Rule name

Lat/lng insufficiently accurate to be useful

Rule type

Data quality warning

Rule hint

Note that latitude and longitude should mostly be at least 4 decimal places in accuracy. Locations are used by apps to show local opportunities, as well as by satellite navigation systems, so accuracy is an important part of the end user's experience.

Examples

• Lat/lng insufficiently accurate to be useful openactive/implementation-tracker#154

[ldodds]

Adding a data quality warning for imprecise lat/long seems reasonable to me. The wording should be along the lines of recommending greater precision, rather than requiring it.

We could similarly add a warning for extremely precise lat/long,