Phonegap, Cordova watchposition fire success every 1 second - ios

Question

Platform: iOS6/OSx Lion.
I'm trying to puzzle out the way Phonegap/Cordova work with navigator.geolocation.watchPosition.
The docs says that the option "maximumAge" is the one that ask the system for retrieve the position.
So with these options:
{ maximumAge: 3000, timeout: 5000, enableHighAccuracy: true }
I espect the position request will be fired every 3 seconds?
And no matter what maximumAge I put the success is fired every 1 second...
Anyone can explain please?
Thanks Bye
Rob

Answer 1

I am currently working around this issue by using getCurrentPosition with a setInterval. I'm not sure what the consequences may be, but this seems to give me the most control and appears to be the most consistent method across platforms.
// call this once
setupWatch(3000);
// sets up the interval at the specified frequency
function setupWatch(freq) {
// global var here so it can be cleared on logout (or whenever).
activeWatch = setInterval(watchLocation, freq);
}
// this is what gets called on the interval.
function watchLocation() {
var gcp = navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
updateUserLoc, onLocationError, {
enableHighAccuracy: true
});
// console.log(gcp);
}
// do something with the results
function updateUserLoc(position) {
var location = {
lat : position.coords.latitude,
lng : position.coords.longitude
};
console.log(location.lat);
console.log(location.lng);
}
// stop watching
function logout() {
clearInterval(activeWatch);
}