Methods and apparatuses are provided that include selecting measurement types for measuring neighboring cells based in part on a change in device location. Where a change in location is relatively small, a device can perform less precise more efficient measurements of the neighboring cells to conserve power and/or processing time than where the change in location is larger. The neighboring cells can operate on a difference frequency than a serving cell; thus, measuring the neighboring cells using more precise measurements can utilize radio frequency (RF) calibration over the different frequency. Where a change in device location is below a threshold, however, less precise measurements that do not use RF calibration can be utilized to measure the neighboring cells.