What is active GPS effect on mobile devices battery life?

Question

How much does active GPS drain the battery? Without the overhead of the gps navigator software. s ay I want to sample the gps every 2 minutes and save it to a file. how much

Answer 1

It will be noticeable by the user. You definitely don't want to do this kind of thing unless it is a feature the user is explicitly aware of and able to clearly turn on and off depending on whether at any particular time they think that feature is worth the impact on their battery.