回答前两点:

GPS总是会给你一个更精确的位置，如果它被启用，如果周围没有厚墙。 如果位置没有改变，那么您可以调用getLastKnownLocation(String)并立即检索位置。

使用另一种方法:

您可以尝试获取正在使用的单元格id或所有相邻单元格

TelephonyManager mTelephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
GsmCellLocation loc = (GsmCellLocation) mTelephonyManager.getCellLocation(); 
Log.d ("CID", Integer.toString(loc.getCid()));
Log.d ("LAC", Integer.toString(loc.getLac()));
// or 
List<NeighboringCellInfo> list = mTelephonyManager.getNeighboringCellInfo ();
for (NeighboringCellInfo cell : list) {
    Log.d ("CID", Integer.toString(cell.getCid()));
    Log.d ("LAC", Integer.toString(cell.getLac()));
}

然后，您可以通过几个开放数据库(例如，http://www.location-api.com/或http://opencellid.org/)引用单元格位置。

策略是在读取位置时读取塔id列表。然后，在下一次查询中(在你的应用程序中10分钟)，再次阅读它们。如果至少有一些塔是相同的，那么使用getLastKnownLocation(String)是安全的。如果不是，那么等待onLocationChanged()。这避免了对位置的第三方数据库的需要。您也可以尝试这种方法。

这是我的解决方案，效果相当不错:

private Location bestLocation = null;
private Looper looper;
private boolean networkEnabled = false, gpsEnabled = false;

private synchronized void setLooper(Looper looper) {
    this.looper = looper;
}

private synchronized void stopLooper() {
    if (looper == null) return;
    looper.quit();
}

@Override
protected void runTask() {
    final LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) service
            .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    final SharedPreferences prefs = getPreferences();
    final int maxPollingTime = Integer.parseInt(prefs.getString(
            POLLING_KEY, "0"));
    final int desiredAccuracy = Integer.parseInt(prefs.getString(
            DESIRED_KEY, "0"));
    final int acceptedAccuracy = Integer.parseInt(prefs.getString(
            ACCEPTED_KEY, "0"));
    final int maxAge = Integer.parseInt(prefs.getString(AGE_KEY, "0"));
    final String whichProvider = prefs.getString(PROVIDER_KEY, "any");
    final boolean canUseGps = whichProvider.equals("gps")
            || whichProvider.equals("any");
    final boolean canUseNetwork = whichProvider.equals("network")
            || whichProvider.equals("any");
    if (canUseNetwork)
        networkEnabled = locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
    if (canUseGps)
        gpsEnabled = locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    // If any provider is enabled now and we displayed a notification clear it.
    if (gpsEnabled || networkEnabled) removeErrorNotification();
    if (gpsEnabled)
        updateBestLocation(locationManager
                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER));
    if (networkEnabled)
        updateBestLocation(locationManager
                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER));
    if (desiredAccuracy == 0
            || getLocationQuality(desiredAccuracy, acceptedAccuracy,
                    maxAge, bestLocation) != LocationQuality.GOOD) {
        // Define a listener that responds to location updates
        LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {

            public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
                updateBestLocation(location);
                if (desiredAccuracy != 0
                        && getLocationQuality(desiredAccuracy,
                                acceptedAccuracy, maxAge, bestLocation)
                                == LocationQuality.GOOD)
                    stopLooper();
            }

            public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
                if (isSameProvider(provider,
                        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER))networkEnabled =true;
                else if (isSameProvider(provider,
                        LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) gpsEnabled = true;
                // The user has enabled a location, remove any error
                // notification
                if (canUseGps && gpsEnabled || canUseNetwork
                        && networkEnabled) removeErrorNotification();
            }

            public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
                if (isSameProvider(provider,
                        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER))networkEnabled=false;
                else if (isSameProvider(provider,
                        LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) gpsEnabled = false;
                if (!gpsEnabled && !networkEnabled) {
                    showErrorNotification();
                    stopLooper();
                }
            }

            public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status,
                    Bundle extras) {
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Provider " + provider + " statusChanged");
                if (isSameProvider(provider,
                        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER)) networkEnabled = 
                        status == LocationProvider.AVAILABLE
                        || status == LocationProvider.TEMPORARILY_UNAVAILABLE;
                else if (isSameProvider(provider,
                        LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER))
                    gpsEnabled = status == LocationProvider.AVAILABLE
                      || status == LocationProvider.TEMPORARILY_UNAVAILABLE;
                // None of them are available, stop listening
                if (!networkEnabled && !gpsEnabled) {
                    showErrorNotification();
                    stopLooper();
                }
                // The user has enabled a location, remove any error
                // notification
                else if (canUseGps && gpsEnabled || canUseNetwork
                        && networkEnabled) removeErrorNotification();
            }
        };
        if (networkEnabled || gpsEnabled) {
            Looper.prepare();
            setLooper(Looper.myLooper());
            // Register the listener with the Location Manager to receive
            // location updates
            if (canUseGps)
                locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                        LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1000, 1,
                        locationListener, Looper.myLooper());
            if (canUseNetwork)
                locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 1000, 1,
                        locationListener, Looper.myLooper());
            Timer t = new Timer();
            t.schedule(new TimerTask() {

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    stopLooper();
                }
            }, maxPollingTime * 1000);
            Looper.loop();
            t.cancel();
            setLooper(null);
            locationManager.removeUpdates(locationListener);
        } else // No provider is enabled, show a notification
        showErrorNotification();
    }
    if (getLocationQuality(desiredAccuracy, acceptedAccuracy, maxAge,
            bestLocation) != LocationQuality.BAD) {
        sendUpdate(new Event(EVENT_TYPE, locationToString(desiredAccuracy,
                acceptedAccuracy, maxAge, bestLocation)));
    } else Log.w(LOG_TAG, "LocationCollector failed to get a location");
}

private synchronized void showErrorNotification() {
    if (notifId != 0) return;
    ServiceHandler handler = service.getHandler();
    NotificationInfo ni = NotificationInfo.createSingleNotification(
            R.string.locationcollector_notif_ticker,
            R.string.locationcollector_notif_title,
            R.string.locationcollector_notif_text,
            android.R.drawable.stat_notify_error);
    Intent intent = new Intent(
            android.provider.Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
    ni.pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(service, 0, intent,
            PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
    Message msg = handler.obtainMessage(ServiceHandler.SHOW_NOTIFICATION);
    msg.obj = ni;
    handler.sendMessage(msg);
    notifId = ni.id;
}

private void removeErrorNotification() {
    if (notifId == 0) return;
    ServiceHandler handler = service.getHandler();
    if (handler != null) {
        Message msg = handler.obtainMessage(
                ServiceHandler.CLEAR_NOTIFICATION, notifId, 0);
        handler.sendMessage(msg);
        notifId = 0;
    }
}

@Override
public void interrupt() {
    stopLooper();
    super.interrupt();
}

private String locationToString(int desiredAccuracy, int acceptedAccuracy,
        int maxAge, Location location) {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.append(String.format(
            "qual=%s time=%d prov=%s acc=%.1f lat=%f long=%f",
            getLocationQuality(desiredAccuracy, acceptedAccuracy, maxAge,
                    location), location.getTime() / 1000, // Millis to
                                                            // seconds
            location.getProvider(), location.getAccuracy(), location
                    .getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()));
    if (location.hasAltitude())
        sb.append(String.format(" alt=%.1f", location.getAltitude()));
    if (location.hasBearing())
        sb.append(String.format(" bearing=%.2f", location.getBearing()));
    return sb.toString();
}

private enum LocationQuality {
    BAD, ACCEPTED, GOOD;

    public String toString() {
        if (this == GOOD) return "Good";
        else if (this == ACCEPTED) return "Accepted";
        else return "Bad";
    }
}

private LocationQuality getLocationQuality(int desiredAccuracy,
        int acceptedAccuracy, int maxAge, Location location) {
    if (location == null) return LocationQuality.BAD;
    if (!location.hasAccuracy()) return LocationQuality.BAD;
    long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    if (currentTime - location.getTime() < maxAge * 1000
            && location.getAccuracy() <= desiredAccuracy)
        return LocationQuality.GOOD;
    if (acceptedAccuracy == -1
            || location.getAccuracy() <= acceptedAccuracy)
        return LocationQuality.ACCEPTED;
    return LocationQuality.BAD;
}

private synchronized void updateBestLocation(Location location) {
    bestLocation = getBestLocation(location, bestLocation);
}

protected Location getBestLocation(Location location,
        Location currentBestLocation) {
    if (currentBestLocation == null) {
        // A new location is always better than no location
        return location;
    }
    if (location == null) return currentBestLocation;
    // Check whether the new location fix is newer or older
    long timeDelta = location.getTime() - currentBestLocation.getTime();
    boolean isSignificantlyNewer = timeDelta > TWO_MINUTES;
    boolean isSignificantlyOlder = timeDelta < -TWO_MINUTES;
    boolean isNewer = timeDelta > 0;
    // If it's been more than two minutes since the current location, use
    // the new location
    // because the user has likely moved
    if (isSignificantlyNewer) {
        return location;
        // If the new location is more than two minutes older, it must be
        // worse
    } else if (isSignificantlyOlder) {
        return currentBestLocation;
    }
    // Check whether the new location fix is more or less accurate
    int accuracyDelta = (int) (location.getAccuracy() - currentBestLocation
            .getAccuracy());
    boolean isLessAccurate = accuracyDelta > 0;
    boolean isMoreAccurate = accuracyDelta < 0;
    boolean isSignificantlyLessAccurate = accuracyDelta > 200;
    // Check if the old and new location are from the same provider
    boolean isFromSameProvider = isSameProvider(location.getProvider(),
            currentBestLocation.getProvider());
    // Determine location quality using a combination of timeliness and
    // accuracy
    if (isMoreAccurate) {
        return location;
    } else if (isNewer && !isLessAccurate) {
        return location;
    } else if (isNewer && !isSignificantlyLessAccurate
            && isFromSameProvider) {
        return location;
    }
    return bestLocation;
}

/** Checks whether two providers are the same */
private boolean isSameProvider(String provider1, String provider2) {
    if (provider1 == null) return provider2 == null;
    return provider1.equals(provider2);
}

我在互联网上搜索了一个更新的(去年)答案，使用谷歌建议的最新位置提取方法(使用FusedLocationProviderClient)。最后我想到了这个:

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-location/tree/master/LocationUpdates

我创建了一个新项目，并复制了其中的大部分代码。繁荣。它的工作原理。我想没有任何不赞成的台词。

而且，据我所知，模拟器似乎没有GPS定位。它确实在日志中报告了这一点:“所有位置设置都满足要求。”

最后，如果你想知道(我做了)，你不需要谷歌地图api密钥从谷歌开发控制台，如果你想要的只是GPS位置。

他们的教程也很有用。但我想要一个完整的一页教程/代码示例。他们的教程堆栈，但当你是新手时，你会感到困惑，因为你不知道你需要从前面的页面中获得什么。

https://developer.android.com/training/location/index.html

最后，记住这些事情:

我不仅要修改mainActivity.Java。我还必须修改Strings.xml, androidmanifest.xml和正确的build.gradle。还有activity_Main.xml(但这部分对我来说很简单)。

我需要添加像这样的依赖:实现'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.8.0'，并更新我的android studio SDK的设置，以包括谷歌播放服务。(文件设置外观系统设置android SDK SDK工具检查谷歌播放服务)。

更新:android模拟器似乎得到了一个位置和位置变化事件(当我改变sim设置中的值时)。但我最好的和第一个结果是在实际设备上。所以在实际设备上进行测试可能是最简单的。

根据我的经验，我发现最好使用GPS修复，除非它不可用。我不太了解其他位置提供商，但我知道对于GPS来说，有一些技巧可以用来提供一个小范围的精确测量。海拔高度通常是一个符号，所以你可以检查一些荒谬的值。Android定位修复有准确性测量。此外，如果你能看到使用的卫星数量，这也可以表明精度。

要更好地了解精确度，一个有趣的方法是快速地请求一组修复，比如10秒内每秒1次，然后休眠一两分钟。我参加过的一个演讲让我相信一些android设备无论如何都会做到这一点。然后，您将剔除异常值(我在这里听到过卡尔曼滤波器)，并使用某种集中策略来获得单个修复。

显然，你能达到的深度取决于你的要求有多难。如果你对尽可能获得最佳位置有特别严格的要求，我想你会发现GPS和网络定位就像苹果和橘子一样相似。另外，GPS在不同的设备上也有很大的不同。

Skyhook (http://www.skyhookwireless.com/)提供的位置提供程序比谷歌提供的标准程序快得多。也许这就是你要找的。我和他们没有关系。

看起来我们在编写相同的应用程序;-) 这是我当前的实现。我的GPS上传应用程序仍处于beta测试阶段，因此可能会有许多可能的改进。但到目前为止，它似乎运行得很好。

/**
 * try to get the 'best' location selected from all providers
 */
private Location getBestLocation() {
    Location gpslocation = getLocationByProvider(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    Location networkLocation =
            getLocationByProvider(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
    // if we have only one location available, the choice is easy
    if (gpslocation == null) {
        Log.d(TAG, "No GPS Location available.");
        return networkLocation;
    }
    if (networkLocation == null) {
        Log.d(TAG, "No Network Location available");
        return gpslocation;
    }
    // a locationupdate is considered 'old' if its older than the configured
    // update interval. this means, we didn't get a
    // update from this provider since the last check
    long old = System.currentTimeMillis() - getGPSCheckMilliSecsFromPrefs();
    boolean gpsIsOld = (gpslocation.getTime() < old);
    boolean networkIsOld = (networkLocation.getTime() < old);
    // gps is current and available, gps is better than network
    if (!gpsIsOld) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Returning current GPS Location");
        return gpslocation;
    }
    // gps is old, we can't trust it. use network location
    if (!networkIsOld) {
        Log.d(TAG, "GPS is old, Network is current, returning network");
        return networkLocation;
    }
    // both are old return the newer of those two
    if (gpslocation.getTime() > networkLocation.getTime()) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Both are old, returning gps(newer)");
        return gpslocation;
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "Both are old, returning network(newer)");
        return networkLocation;
    }
}

/**
 * get the last known location from a specific provider (network/gps)
 */
private Location getLocationByProvider(String provider) {
    Location location = null;
    if (!isProviderSupported(provider)) {
        return null;
    }
    LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    try {
        if (locationManager.isProviderEnabled(provider)) {
            location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
        }
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Cannot acces Provider " + provider);
    }
    return location;
}

编辑:这里是请求位置提供者定期更新的部分:

public void startRecording() {
    gpsTimer.cancel();
    gpsTimer = new Timer();
    long checkInterval = getGPSCheckMilliSecsFromPrefs();
    long minDistance = getMinDistanceFromPrefs();
    // receive updates
    LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    for (String s : locationManager.getAllProviders()) {
        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(s, checkInterval,
                minDistance, new LocationListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onStatusChanged(String provider,
                            int status, Bundle extras) {}

                    @Override
                    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}

                    @Override
                    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}

                    @Override
                    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
                        // if this is a gps location, we can use it
                        if (location.getProvider().equals(
                                LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER)) {
                            doLocationUpdate(location, true);
                        }
                    }
                });
        // //Toast.makeText(this, "GPS Service STARTED",
        // Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        gps_recorder_running = true;
    }
    // start the gps receiver thread
    gpsTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            Location location = getBestLocation();
            doLocationUpdate(location, false);
        }
    }, 0, checkInterval);
}

public void doLocationUpdate(Location l, boolean force) {
    long minDistance = getMinDistanceFromPrefs();
    Log.d(TAG, "update received:" + l);
    if (l == null) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Empty location");
        if (force)
            Toast.makeText(this, "Current location not available",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        return;
    }
    if (lastLocation != null) {
        float distance = l.distanceTo(lastLocation);
        Log.d(TAG, "Distance to last: " + distance);
        if (l.distanceTo(lastLocation) < minDistance && !force) {
            Log.d(TAG, "Position didn't change");
            return;
        }
        if (l.getAccuracy() >= lastLocation.getAccuracy()
                && l.distanceTo(lastLocation) < l.getAccuracy() && !force) {
            Log.d(TAG,
                    "Accuracy got worse and we are still "
                      + "within the accuracy range.. Not updating");
            return;
        }
        if (l.getTime() <= lastprovidertimestamp && !force) {
            Log.d(TAG, "Timestamp not never than last");
            return;
        }
    }
    // upload/store your location here
}

需要考虑的事情:

不要太频繁地要求更新GPS，这会消耗电池电量。我目前 使用30分钟作为默认的应用程序。 增加“到最后已知位置的最小距离”检查。没有这个，你的分数 当GPS无法使用，位置被三角定位时，会“跳来跳去”吗 从发射塔传来的。或者您可以检查新位置是否在精度范围之外 最后一个已知位置的值。