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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I run OSMtouch app and it is able to locate me. I do get a popup
> saying "No GPS available. Position is approximate" but the location
> on the map is roughly accurate.

I had a look at OSMtouch’s code, and this message indicates that the app
failed to get a position fix from the location service, and fell back to
GeoIP, which does a simple query to http://geoip.ubuntu.com/lookup (and
thus doesn’t go through the location service at all).

See
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~yohanboniface/osmtouch/trunk/view/head:/OSMTouch.qml#L50
and
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~yohanboniface/osmtouch/trunk/view/head:/models/GeoIPModel.qml.

At least this indicates that getting a position from the location
service fails both in OSMTouch and in oxide.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1375896

Title:
  location not working reliably in browser or webapps

Status in Web Browser App:
  New
Status in “location-service” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  krillin build 72
  - I have not wiped my phone in quite a while but instead have been doing OTA updates
  - I manually re-ran the setup wizard to ensure the HERE location stuff was enabled, which it is
  - reboot the phone

  I launch Google Maps webapp and it tells me "Your location could not
  be determined". I try this repeatedly over the course of many minutes
  with the same results.

  I do the same with HERE maps webapp and I get the same message.

  I run OSMtouch app and it is able to locate me. I do get a popup
  saying "No GPS available. Position is approximate" but the location on
  the map is roughly accurate.

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