Peter

I mean showing which sats are being received, and how well.

I have looked at a number of apps and none of them show any info on
the quality of the fix. Apps which in pre-IOS versions had such
display (all half serious moving map GPS apps have that feature) no
longer have it.

I wonder if Apple's GPS API blocks this info from the app?

Howard Brazee

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:25:03 +0100, Peter <nospam@nospam9876.com>
wrote:

>I mean showing which sats are being received, and how well.
>
>I have looked at a number of apps and none of them show any info on
>the quality of the fix. Apps which in pre-IOS versions had such
>display (all half serious moving map GPS apps have that feature) no
>longer have it.
>
>I wonder if Apple's GPS API blocks this info from the app?

I'm confused. I thought the Apple's positioning software did not use
GPS satellites. Am I mistaken in this?

(Unless you buy the dongle from Bad Elf).

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

nospam

In article <6toq57l9pvnjplticqdio93cjtkkq6b8mb@4ax.com>, Howard Brazee
<howard@brazee.net> wrote:

> I'm confused. I thought the Apple's positioning software did not use
> GPS satellites. Am I mistaken in this?

yes.

if there's a gps in the device (iphone & ipad 3g) then it can use gps
satellites. if not, it doesn't.

Michelle Steiner

In article <6toq57l9pvnjplticqdio93cjtkkq6b8mb@4ax.com>,
Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:

> I'm confused. I thought the Apple's positioning software did not use
> GPS satellites. Am I mistaken in this?

The iPhone 3GS and later, as well as the iPad 3G, do.

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

nospam

In article <michelle-E385C2.16215330082011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> > I'm confused. I thought the Apple's positioning software did not use
> > GPS satellites. Am I mistaken in this?
>
> The iPhone 3GS and later, as well as the iPad 3G, do.

iphone 3g also has a gps.

Michelle Steiner

In article <300820111635587496%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> > > I'm confused. I thought the Apple's positioning software did not use
> > > GPS satellites. Am I mistaken in this?
> >
> > The iPhone 3GS and later, as well as the iPad 3G, do.
>
> iphone 3g also has a gps.

Thanks. I couldn't remember, but I knew that the 3GS did.

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

Wes Groleau

On 08-30-2011 17:25, Peter wrote:
> I mean showing which sats are being received, and how well.
>
> I have looked at a number of apps and none of them show any info on
> the quality of the fix. Apps which in pre-IOS versions had such
> display (all half serious moving map GPS apps have that feature) no
> longer have it.

Motion-X GPS will not show which satellites, but it will show how many,
and will show them as red, yellow, or green signal bars. When first
launched and asked for position, it will say "searching" with no bars.
Then a few red ones, then a few more, and yellow, and finally several green.

Whether that is believable or just for show, I do not know.

I am puzzled that their free "lite" version usually told me its
accuracy was 56 feet, but the three dollar full version _always_
says 256 feet.

--
Wes Groleau

There are two types of people in the world …
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157

Peter

Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote

>Motion-X GPS will not show which satellites, but it will show how many,
>and will show them as red, yellow, or green signal bars. When first
>launched and asked for position, it will say "searching" with no bars.
>Then a few red ones, then a few more, and yellow, and finally several green.
>
>Whether that is believable or just for show, I do not know.
>
>I am puzzled that their free "lite" version usually told me its
>accuracy was 56 feet, but the three dollar full version _always_
>says 256 feet.

I have just looked up that app - many thanks for that tip.

I had a lot of trouble working out which maps are available for it...

Wes Groleau

On 08-31-2011 02:28, Peter wrote:
>
> Wes Groleau<Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote
>> Motion-X GPS will not show which satellites, but it will show how many,
>
> I had a lot of trouble working out which maps are available for it...

They have NOAA marine charts, Bing and Google maps and aerials, and
their own derived from OpenStreetMap

--
Wes Groleau

There are two types of people in the world …
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157