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[Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I realize that GPS has improved, but it still takes over 10 minutes to get a
> A-GPS location for a single app
>

Hmmm, that's a little long. If you feel like running a test, would you
mind running:

  sudo GTEST_logtostderr=1 GTEST_v=1000 ubuntu-location-serviced-cli
--bus system --test

on your device? Please note that you need to restart the phone after
having run the test.

Thanks,

  Thomas

> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Felipe De La Puente <fdelapuente@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a place where I can find documentation about the current API
>> available to consume the location-service from a C++ app?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Felipe.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:16 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.
>>> >
>>>
>>> There are two aspects to this problem:
>>>
>>> (1.) The system should clearly indicate the status of the positioning
>>> engine. We are in the progress of surfacing the status more clearly.
>>> (2.) The respective application you are using should not use the
>>> positioning engine until it actually has to. As Pat pointed out, you
>>> can completely
>>> switch off the positioning engine to prevent buggy apps from accessing
>>> the engine without a real need.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>   Thomas
>>>
>>> > 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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