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Re: GPS precision is awful

 

Great to hear, thanks for the information!


Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:37 +0200 schrieb Richard Somlói:
> Hello!
> 
> 
> There is a fix[1] for this problem in the OTA4[2] update, which
> arrives next week.
> 
> [1]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service/+bug/1426307
> [2]
> https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww22-2015
> 
> 
> 
> 2015-06-12 18:05 GMT+02:00 meles <themeles@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
>         Yesterday I tried the GPS on my BQ Aquarius 4.5 again in the
>         field, on a place where I had no WIFI signal and which is
>         offroad. According to Sensor Status the accuracy was 3-5km.
>         This was firmed by the Google Maps App and the OSM App which
>         positioned me on the complete opposite side of the valley.
>         
>         Indeed it was a bad location - the north side of a hill - but
>         my Garmin GPS had at least a  precision of 15m and for the
>         phone I would expect a value smaller than 150m.
>         
>         Does anybody else have this problem or is there even a fix for
>         it? Or is there something wrong with my device?
>         
>         meles
>         
>         
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