Geocoded location now also appears on map (duplicating device as the device tracker is also there)

Home Assistant Android version: beta-2142-2a2422b6-full

Android version: 12

Phone model: Galaxy A52 5G (SM-A526B)

Home Assistant version: 2022.3.1

Last working Home Assistant release (if known): n/a

Description of problem: Since the latest HA Companion app upgrade (latest beta), a new device shows in the Home Assistant frontend map pane. This is duplicate information, as the device_tracker entity also shows in the map. I actually don’t see the added value of the geocoded location sensor showing in the map, as one cannot attach it to a person (person only allows device_tracker devices) and it now duplicates information. Furthermore, the sensor also isn’t hidden in the home zone:

“Geocoded location” to me insinuates that the source (GPS coordinates) are taken and modified/calculated towards the sensor state value. I don’t see why these GPS coordinates should be attributes of this sensor, because they cause the side effect of being shown on the map with no way to turn this behavior off.

Probable regression of https://github.com/home-assistant/android/pull/2341 (which tried to fix https://github.com/home-assistant/android/issues/2339)

Traceback (if applicable, to get the logs you may refer to: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/troubleshooting/faqs/#android-crash-logs): n/a

Screenshot of problem:

Same device, twice on the map

Additional information:

[hmmbob]

Not much yet, that’s for sure. 😦

[dshokouhi]

Thanks for filing the bug there, lets see what comes of it.