What is the difference between approximate and precise location?

Approximate and Precise answer the same question with different detail: what location may the active paired person see right now?

Approximate

Approximate mode reduces coordinate detail and expands the reported accuracy before partner access. StrideSafe applies this in Postgres, so client rounding is not the only privacy boundary. It is useful when a broad area is enough.

Precise

Precise mode shares the latest approved precise point. It can help when meeting at a specific entrance or when a broad area would be confusing, but it reveals more and should be chosen deliberately.

What both modes have in common

Both require an active pairing and current approved sharing state. Both can be paused or stopped. Both use the same replaceable latest-location record rather than a coordinate trail. The interface also distinguishes stale and unavailable states from a current location.