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[Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I would prefer to have control over gps, whether it is ever user or not. I
understand your reasoning, but what if I want to start mapping application
without gps starting? I just want to search the map, not to navigate and
drain battery.

Also I added comment to the bug you mentioned, that it would be nice to see
what state the gps currently is. Whether it has fix or searching or
powersave and so.

Thanks.

Marek

2016-01-28 17:26 GMT+01:00 Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, royden yates <royden.yates@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:19:56 +0100
>> Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On 28.01.2016 14:21, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
>> > > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote:
>> > >> Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that
>> > >> actually manages to get a GPS fix for me. I haven't ever
>> > >> seen a GPS fix in OSMScout or any other app.
>> > >
>> > > It shouldn't make any difference, which app you are using.
>> > > It may be that the only thing that changes is how you use
>> > > the phone while location service is on:
>> > >
>> > > - The app must be active on the foreground, and the screen
>> > > must be on
>> > > - For AGPS to work, you need to have WIFI on and be
>> > > connected to the internet (either wifi or cellular data, it
>> > > doesn't matter)
>> >
>> > Yes, that's what I would think too. But well, not what my
>> > device agrees with... I just opened Here. It loaded, 3 secs
>> > later it painted where I am. I closed it again, opened
>> > OSMScout and well, in the meantime I've typed this mail with
>> > the display on and OSMScout in foreground and it still thinks
>> > I'm sitting on the north pole...
>> > >
>> > > Ciao,
>> > >   Alberto
>>
>> Another issue, is that since the change to the notification drop
>> down, the gps chip itself is not seen to be enabled/disabled,
>> but "location detection" may be shown as enabled there,
>> perhaps confusingly. For gps chip status, one must know to go
>> to System Settings -> Battery screen.
>>
>> This situation is inconsistent, as wifi and bluetooth chip power
>> states ARE shwon in notifications.  Why not gps?
>>
>> cheers Royden
>>
>
> We recently updated the spec to remove the GPS control entirely as
> explained in
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-system-settings/+bug/1533837
>
> Cheers
> Pat
>
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