Adaptive data rate must be only used for static/fixed nodes. If you use a moving node you must disable ADR and use slowest DR (SF12). In this case more gateways will receive the data but higher power used.
A node you need to locate is often a moving one, not a static/fixed one.
And as seen in the slideshare, SF12 gives better accuracy than SF7.
About RFI Engineering simulator, a SX1301 has a 32MHz clock source, it gives a timestamping resolution in the PPS signal of 31.25ns or 9.375 meters in linear location.
(1/32MHz=31.25ns)
(31.25ns * 3E8 = 9.3685m)
(3E8 = 300000000m/s = speed of light)
A timestamping error of 500ns can be taken as good approximation (error and resolution are different concepts). It gives a error of 150 meters in linear location for every pair of gateways. The simulation results look good. There are more gateways in Amsterdam than Rotterdam and messages are received by more gateways. Location in Amsterdam is often more precise than Rotterdam, but if the gateway constelation is not favorable, it can be very imprecise.