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[Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx>]

Turning off location detection disables access for last know position for a
map. I would like to stop only gps, not diasble access for last known
position to applications.

And one more nearly offtopic question. Today I tried to use gps with
osmscout and sensor status. I was not able to get fix for a long time. More
than one hour. After I got fix with Sensor status, it looked like osmscout
still is not aware of the position. I also tried to reboot the phone and
the status was the same. Senserstatus had fix and osmscout did not know
where I am. Is not this information global for all apllications?

Marek


2016-02-06 17:52 GMT+01:00 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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