If I walk or run while I'm catching a Pokémon my character moves to the new location very quickly after the catch sequence is over, similarly as when moving by train or recovering from lost GPS. Are the meters I walked while catching still counted towards the Jogger medal, eggs and the 200m increased incense spawn rate?
Pokemon-go – Do eggs incubate if catching while walking
pokemon-go
Related Solutions
The easiest settings to reduce the energy consumption are your Location settings:
->> Settings ->> Location
->> Mode
Here you can choose battery saving which has quite a big influence. Your battery is saved at performance's charge: When I activated the "battery saving" location setting I noticed some huge latencies when walking around whereas I never faced those issues when I played with the "High Accuracy" option.
I think this option is available since Android 5.0. Correct me if I am wrong.
Another option is in the Application's setting itself:
->> Pokemon GO ->> "Pokeball" ->> Settings
I do not know what this option does exactly but I think it also tries to reduce the accesses of Android's Location service (Also look at this topic: What does the battery saver do in Pokémon Go?).
Update June 30, 2016: This Update removed the In-App Battery Saver for iOS.
Tip:
Always carry along a charger and hang around nearby sockets :P
Based upon my time playing Ingress (created by the same company and also using a lot of the same infrastructure it seems), you can go at least 15 mph (~24km/h) and it SHOULD still track you. (This is a little less than the 30 kph someone in the comments mentioned).
Note that 15 mph is a 4 minute mile (or 2.5 minutes per kilometer). This is a little slower than the record running speed, and still over the average biking speed.
It also doesn't tend to lock you until you've made multiple jumps at faster speeds, and it only does so to stop spoofers.
Therefore I doubt it is your walking speed.
If your game isn't registering your distance, I would assume it is either GPS troubles, the game in general, or server issues. The majority of this is handled by Niantic and will likely improve as the game progresses. Unfortunately, that means there is probably little you can do other than contact Niantic to let them know.
Best Answer
Yes they are. The distance is calculated in timed intervals, not real time, so if you catch Pokemon while walking, the app will just calculate the new distance when you exit the encounter screen.
It's yet unclear, but it looks like it is tracking distance passed every 50-60 seconds.