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Re: GPS testing [was: How to automatically test applications that use orientation/acceleration sensors]

 

On 01/31/2014 04:06 PM, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hey Alberto,
> 
> Alberto Mardegan [2014-01-31 15:01 +0200]:
>> Are there plans to do something similar with the GPS? That is, having
>> an API backend which reproduces location changes which it reads from a
>> GPX file?
> 
> There are no plans at the moment. But not because we wouldn't want to,
> just because nobody got around to that yet and the whole location API
> still seems to be in flux quite a bit. But I'm happy to sit down with
> someone who is familiar with the GPS handling, and we can discuss how
> to do a sensible simlation/testing of that, of course. Who should I
> talk to about that?

I'm familiar with the GPX file format and *receiving* location events,
but I'm afraid I can't help much with GPS handling.

Ciao,
  Alberto



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