Eris and GPS

[byteware]

Works good for me. I'm pursuing my private pilots license and recently I used "My Tracks" app on a flight. Stuck the phone on the floor behind my seat, hit record and I was able to see my entire flight from wheels up to parking it.
It was pretty cool to see my maneuvers on google maps.

I've started biking to work (both to lose weight and save money). It's a 25 mile bike ride, and I use "My Tracks" to keep up with my stats during my ride (speed, etc...). love that app.

You can upload your stats to Google Docs and track your progress from day to day.

 

[Jethro]

My GPS was also very buggy. It used to think I was about 30 miles offshore often, even though I don't drive an amphibious vehicle! And it may have been worse at night.

But after the 2.1 update, using Navigator was perfect last night. Too soon to tell if it was update, or running Navigator which may keep polling the GPS or something to keep a lock.

But I can attest that it is possible for the GPS to be very buggy or inconsistent. May be a hardware issue, we'll see.

 

[tr11]

I think the GPS works great. We live in an amazing age of technology. If a little device that I carry in my pocket can get me to within a half mile of someplace I've never been before, I would be perfectly happy with that. But it is pretty accurate. I've been using it since Saturday and it's been right on.
I don't know how they do it but I'm glad they do.

 

[hendrickson.dj]

have you tried the app gps status? it will show you the signal strength of the various satellites and the rest of the raw gps data. if its not locking in the gps satellites, then it'll never be accurate.

qrcode for gps status.

GPS Status is a very cool app ... thanks for the suggestion.

 

[CampD]

have you tried the app gps status? it will show you the signal strength of the various satellites and the rest of the raw gps data. if its not locking in the gps satellites, then it'll never be accurate.

qrcode for gps status.

Very cool app. thx