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Message #13245
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!
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> There is a fix[1] for this problem in the OTA4[2] update, which
> arrives next week.
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> [1]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service/+bug/1426307
> [2]
> https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww22-2015
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> 2015-06-12 18:05 GMT+02:00 meles <themeles@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Does anybody else have this problem or is there even a fix for
> it? Or is there something wrong with my device?
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> meles
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