Since we had an issue with connecting to the Pi through WiFi (stably) James had a great idea of using a smartphone in our Pi's case, since Android phones have data, WiFi, and a GPS.
So for the next little while, each one of us has our own job:
Tyler - Planning our case, getting materials
Kyle - Programming an Android app to send GPS coordinates
James - Setting up a phone to use, also wants to get a way to stream the video from the Pi
So far, I've gotten my GPS app to use the network provider to instantly find GPS coordinates and also set up a way to text the coordinates to a number. It also uses an unexpectedly small amount of data to retrieve coordinates, so we don't have to worry about using too much mobile data on our phone. For the GPS I'm using the network provider, which is known to use very little power, be very fast, but has an accuracy of only 200ft. Although so far that I've used it, it's been so accurate that it knows exactly where I'm sitting in my house.
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