Lat/lng insufficiently accurate to be useful

[nickevansuk]

Applying rules:

• Lat/lng insufficiently accurate to be useful ( Lat/lng insufficiently accurate to be useful openactive-archive/developer-microsite#39 )

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.

Example:

 {
    "@context": "https://www.openactive.io/ns/oa.jsonld",
    "type": "Event",
    "identifier": "event-9923",
    "url": "https://www.gotri.org/events/go-tri-with-georgia_9923?utm_source=openactive&utm_medium=referral",
    "name": "GO TRI with Georgia",
    "description": "The Georgia Williams trust is proud to announce “ GO –TRI With Georgia” event as part of the “ GO TRI scheme”.The event will be an Aquathlon ( Swim + Run ) event and is perfect for complete beginners to multisport and novice triathletes who want a go at a friendly, low distance event. As a real beginners event, we are offering further support in giving you swim aid equipment and flotation devices to help you enjoy your first experience and free your spirit and join in. The race distances are: 9-10 years: 100m swim and 1.5km run11-12 years: 150m swim and 2km run13-14 years: 200m swim and 3km run 15-19 years 250m swim and 5km run  19+ years: 250m swim and 5km runThe Swim is pool based in the Abraham Darby Leisure Centre with the adult run taking place in the world renowned Ironbridge Gorge, as a Participant you will cross the bridge and up the hill to the finish! All people who finish the event will receive a medal and small goody bag.Registration is at 9.30am with the briefing at 10.40am.. The event will then start at 11am.",
    "image": "https://uploads.britishtriathlon.org/events/g/52288b59e2a720a217f5c179fdd619b239e9832bec840505a8aaf2b2dd5169da.jpg",
    "startDate": "2018-07-08T00:00:00+01:00",
    "endDate": "2018-07-08T00:00:00+01:00",
    "location": {
      "type": "Place",
      "name": "Abraham Darby Leisure Centre",
      "address": {
        "type": "PostalAddress",
        "addressLocality": "Telford",
        "addressRegion": "Shropshire",
        "postalCode": "TF7 5HX",
        "streetAddress": "Abraham Darby Sports & Leisure Centre, Ironbridge Road, Madeley",
        "addressCountry": "GB"
      },
      "geo": {
        "type": "GeoCoordinates",
        "latitude": 52.63,
        "longitude": -2.47
      }
    }
  }

Not like this:

  "geo": {
    "type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 52.63,
    "longitude": -2.47
  }

Like this:

  "geo": {
    "type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.5149121,
    "longitude": -0.0329988
  }

[matthew-coffey]

Afraid that this is the accuracy the data is being saved in our database so it's either this or not latitude/longitude data at all?

I have made a change so that from now they are being saved to 6 decimal places so any future events created will have these to greater degree of accuracy but it is not possible to go back through existing events and update them.

[nickevansuk]

No problem, great you've made the change now - yay for community feedback on data :) - are you ok to note this in the documentation?

[matthew-coffey]

Yeah of course, will do.

[nickevansuk]

Leaving this open as a reminder to add to docs