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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>

Turning off location detection does this.

>
> 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.
>

There is a task and bug logged to add  an indication of whether location
detection is in use.

>
> 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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