But for a lot of purposes – e.g. tracking the locations of animal migration, this could be a huge development.
This is where it would really come into its own. From what I've worked out in the past, best-case for battery life today for trackers is to record a coordinate roughly every 4 hours and sleep. Longer than 4 hours, and you have to do a cold lock, which as discussed takes significantly longer. With my GPS unit, this translated to around 3-6 months of battery life with 1000mAh capacity, depending on how good you are at optimizing power.
This is where it would really come into its own. From what I've worked out in the past, best-case for battery life today for trackers is to record a coordinate roughly every 4 hours and sleep. Longer than 4 hours, and you have to do a cold lock, which as discussed takes significantly longer. With my GPS unit, this translated to around 3-6 months of battery life with 1000mAh capacity, depending on how good you are at optimizing power.