Hi, i am new here thefore i cant post in "One S Android Development"
I KNOW that (HTC one s)Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 has support for GLONASS. can it be unlock ?
anyone known what soundchip it got onboard also ?
Appreciate the help.
Are you sure it needs unlocking? Mine said on the box "Supports GPS/GLONASS". Not that I have any idea how to check.
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Download GPS test from the market.
Fire it up and see if you log any satellites numbered 65 to 88.
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My Htc one s, havnt arrive yet, i still waiting, i think it would come next week, then i can do the gps testing. It would be nice to hav a good gps.
I am using Samsung galaxy s1 and its worthless in sweden..
Btw i hope Snapdragon s4 get Wolfson audio chips
My HOS IS showing satelites number 69 and 71... are those GLONASS sats
Out of 15 satellites that I could see, 6 were #65 or over. Looks like GLONASS is working fine.
Edit: Just to clarify, I'm in Japan, but my phone came from the UK so is the European model (No One S for the poor Japanese, lol)
So it works completely transparently to the user and does not need special software or adjustments, it will just work by "supplementing" the accuracy reported through the GPS interface and therefore also every navigation software etc. will automatically benefit from it?
That is kinda cool if its the case.
This is going to be GREAT for once i can use "GPS" correctly in sweden, anyone knowns more about the Sound chips onboard the S4 ?
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So it works completely transparently to the user and does not need special software or adjustments, it will just work by "supplementing" the accuracy reported through the GPS interface and therefore also every navigation software etc. will automatically benefit from it?
That is kinda cool if its the case.
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Yup, looks like it. There is no separate setting to "Enable GPS" / "Enable GLONASS". Although rather than being transparent to the user, it is more like hidden from the user. I guess the average user neither knows nor cares about GLONASS, as long as the thing shows them where they are on the map.
I do not get satellites > 28, but total 22 visible and 14 in use.
Don't know if GPS or GLONASS - but 22 are a lot
My HOS consistently sees ~17-21 even when indoors although while indoors I get no GPS lock even though GPS Test says that it uses ~5 satelites. But once I take it to a window it gets a good lock immediatly.
My old Desire and my TF101 only sees ~4-5 when doing the same test. So it seems that the HOS really are using GLONASS too.
Yes they do. With GPS only I never had a situation where I could "see" more than 6-8 sats at once with a mobile and not all of them had a fix/lock because the signal was too weak (only once supposedly had 9, reported by an Audi in-car satnav with dedicated external antenna, but I am not sure if that was fixed sats or just the visible ones). I think as of now I think there are less than 30 functional sats in orbit globally and the GPS architecture hovers around an amount of 32-36 sats maximum (with higher coverage of landmasses and lower coverage on the oceans).
Also, GLONASS will be very beneficial to anyone in the upper northern hemispere, and lower southern hemispheres as the system is of course globally active, but due to sat orbit inclination and distance (orbit heigth) it allows a better coverage of the regions closer to the polar regions, while GPS seem to be more designed to cover the "middle ground" and also have a lower orbit.
And when the US went to war in the middle east, I think I have read about some of the satellites being repositioned to give a better signal feed to the troops and equipment in that area, therefore automatically neglecting the rest of the world a little bit.
This is a really good feature I did not even read about in the reviews prior to purchasing. I pity the folks with the One X who don't have that... It will double satnav usability and accuracy even in less than optimal conditions (cities with high buildings covering satellite line of sight etc.)
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In all the threads I've been reading about the issues with the GPS, I keep seeing a few people chiming in that they have no problem, and other saying that the GPS is so bad it is unusable. Since I'm still up in the air about what phone to get (b/w the Aria and Captivate), I'm wondering how many people have 'working' GPS units vs. not.
In addition to voting in the poll, add a post if you can saying where you are and what kind of environment you're in (urban/rural, indoor/outdoor etc.).
EDIT: Make sure to vote if you post! I see a few posts already claiming good reception, yet the poll still shows 100% unusable.
Mine sucks. If I do get a lock, it takes about 2-5 mins to get one.. I have tried the tweaks posted but did not work for me
I live in the suburbs, (not exactly urban) and it does not work at all. However, upon doing diagnostics in the hidden GPS settings I found more then 7 satellites are in view leading me to believe this is a software problem. Since it will get fixed later this year (and the Samsung Captivate is a far better spec-ed phone) I'd go with the Captivate
I don't think I have any issues. when I'm out in the open the app typically takes less than a minute to acquire my location and I'm off. Even inside my house if I am next to a window I can usually get a signal, which is something I didn't think was possible with GPS. I live in the bottom floor of a two story apartment building and my old phone could just forget about trying to acquire a signal inside any building, and I thought that GPS was pretty solid. I also have not performed any GPS tweaks.
Mine works fine. Gets a lock on 7 sats while inside my house within a minute. Its rooted, but I have done no tweeks to the GPS at all.
(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
I'm n the suburbs. I get 9 satellites and lock in under 30 secs. most of the time. Under 10 secs some times.
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Mine's working amazingly. Connects within 10 seconds and is only off by about 5-10 ft.
I'm rooted and I did the gps.conf hack and these are my current Application and supl/cp settings:
APP>Operation Mode>MS Assisted
APP>Accuracy>20
APP>Use SkyHook>ON
supl>Server>supl.google.com
supl>Server Port>7276
supl>supl Secure Socket>OFF
Crappy. I get 7 sat, but they come and go and never fully lock. Only time it seems to work is when im standing outside in an open field.
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if I'm driving around (when its important) i'll get a lock. I usually have to restart maps or copilot though.
in my house though...forget it haha
TWiG420 said:
Mine works fine. Gets a lock on 7 sats while inside my house within a minute. Its rooted, but I have done no tweeks to the GPS at all.
(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
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I'm n the suburbs. I get 9 satellites and lock in under 30 secs. most of the time. Under 10 secs some times.
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Screenshots or pictures please. I no longer trust anyone. I've seen too many videos of people claiming they have x number of locks when in fact they are confusing the number in view and the number actually locked to. You're probably telling us the number of sats in view, not the number of locks you have.
I had 5 within 10 seconds, 7 at 30secs and 9 after ~90secs. I'm assuming they are locked, correct me if i'm wrong.
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I had 5 within 10 seconds, 7 at 30secs and 9 after ~90secs. I'm assuming they are locked, correct me if i'm wrong.
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You have 9 satellites in view but are only locked to 3 (denoted by *). That is the whole problem with the Galaxy S phones. They have no problem seeing satellites, but they never lock to very many.
Compare to the Aria I had for 28 days, the GPS sucks on the Captivate. It usually take 1-5 min to get a lock while it never took more than 1 min on the Aria. I use RunKeeper to keep track of my walks and I usually lost the first few minutes of tracking.
Voted unusable. Over the weekend on a road trip to the beach I think I was able to get a lock ONCE the entire time.
Right now I'm in GPS Test and I have 8 satellites in view and 0 in use, 6 of which have a signal of 30+. It's been running for about 1-2 minutes. I've never seen that many satellites with that high of a signal and no lock. And just now while I was typing this, it lost all the satellites and dropped to 0 and is only picking up 4 (in view of course, not in use) now after 30 seconds or so.
This needs to be fixed. Messing with those settings isn't fixing the real issue, IF it's doing anything at all.
After trying every rom, modem and so on and so on... i got damn sick of it and went to the store and grabbed myself an Blue-GPS-S3 with SIRSTAR III supporting 20 channels...
You know.. the difference of gps quality is shocking. 12 sattelites at good performance and unbelievably stable. Navigation for four hours straight and not ONE mistake or recalculating required... amazing.
My advise is... get one for those 20 euros and stop wasting your time on trying to get your gps to work.. cause on top of this.. using bluetooth uses less battery then using internal gps asfar i noticed.
Hope this helps someone making this step, you do lose being able to see gps status in navigations progs but Sygic Aura + CoPilot worked flawless, il make an list of working apps
[update]
Okay drove over 800km in two days and what a trip and for once.... yes for once i didnt feel stressed about my galaxy abandoning me somewhere, altought i must admit my gps has not the greatest name and reputation it did its work excellent no matter where i came.
Some info.
APPS:
Bluetooth GPS mouse = GREAT. worked flawless with my external GPS
Bluetooth GPS Provider i didnt have a chance to test with yet, i will soon and report about it. One thing i must add, it remembers your dongle/mouse/external gps and with its simple ugly widget you can quickly turn it on and let it connect with the dongle. unlike gps mouse you gotta open it and turn it on and choose dongle.
NAVIGATION:
Sygic Aura = working great, it was however required to switch GPS on first and wait 15-30 sec to make sure it had atleast 1 signal before starting aura navigation, else it wouldnt pick up the signal
CoPilot = just awesome, worked directly wether i loaded gps mouse after or before.
Google Navigation = no idea, I assume it works as google maps works to with it.
Waze = no idea, I still have to try it but as waze worked most flawless on internal gps i assume no problems at all with external gps
KNOWN PROBLEMS
Programs do not see the GPS status.. signal, altitude etc etc. weirdly enough the navigations work flawless and they do not complain about having no signal either.
SHOPS:
My shop does only send in the netherlands, however... mine is a Qtrek Blue GPS-S3 with a SIRFSTARIII chip. Basicly ANY bluetooth gps mouse works with your phone.
could you please give me a link to where you bought the item?
I've looked, but couldn't find cheap ones..
i got a co-pilot bluetooth gps unit £8 from amazon and its great. a bit tricky to set up but well worth it.
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800km in two days.. man am i exausted but what the heck.. that thing works briljant! il update first post with info
Cheers. This is great to know. Too bad Amazon UK has horrible bluetooth GPS seller reputation. I will have to find one on ebay instead.
I use the Nokia LD-3W gps module and it is fantastic. Easy to set up (takes seconds). I use the bluetooth mouse with "bluetooth GPS provider" which is a free download from the market. Very accurate with google maps, copilot etc.
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I use the Nokia LD-3W gps module and it is fantastic. Easy to set up (takes seconds). I use the bluetooth mouse with "bluetooth GPS provider" which is a free download from the market. Very accurate with google maps, copilot etc.
Bluetooth GPS provider/ market
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Where did you buy this from? Amazon UK?
is it really helpful to use usb bluttooth
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Im using bluetooth gps now as its free and works great however it said that Sygic Aura wouldnt work due it doesnt support mock locations... bummer as its the best gps out there. however the Bluetooth gps mouse app does work with it but then again i noticed that application turns on internal gps... not sure wether it fakes that or actually turns on internal gps... guess only one way to find out. wait for a next trip
I know this topic has been beaten into the ground but I think my problem may be slightly different. Within seconds I get a whole bunch of satellites in view between 22 and 34 SNR but I NEVER get a lock, I can leave it for half an hour and nothing happens.
I know the hardware works because it worked (badly) when I was running Froyo Audiophile. I just flashed Valhalla Black FB Edition and I get the satellites beautifully fast (way better than before) but it just won't lock. I've tried:
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33463758 (Currently have the Google non-SSL set)
A bunch of sites giving different setting configs.
GPS Aids (Paid) w/ it's own GPS Doctor
GPS Doctor (Paid)
One thing I did notice is that in GPS Aids it won't do XTRA data, just LTO, and it's own GPS Doctor couldn't fix it. Another thing I noticed is that in GPS Test, it won't show the satellites on the map, it shows them on top of each other above the map (in the SNR scale box). Below I have a picture and video of this happening.
Picture (numbers a bit lower than they should be, drops when I shake the phone to activate the screenshot)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip23sCSUMmw
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I know this topic has been beaten into the ground but I think my problem may be slightly different. Within seconds I get a whole bunch of satellites in view between 22 and 34 SNR but I NEVER get a lock, I can leave it for half an hour and nothing happens.
I know the hardware works because it worked (badly) when I was running Froyo Audiophile. I just flashed Valhalla Black FB Edition and I get the satellites beautifully fast (way better than before) but it just won't lock. I've tried:
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33463758 (Currently have the Google non-SSL set)
A bunch of sites giving different setting configs.
GPS Aids (Paid) w/ it's own GPS Doctor
GPS Doctor (Paid)
One thing I did notice is that in GPS Aids it won't do XTRA data, just LTO, and it's own GPS Doctor couldn't fix it. Another thing I noticed is that in GPS Test, it won't show the satellites on the map, it shows them on top of each other above the map (in the SNR scale box). Below I have a picture and video of this happening.
Picture (numbers a bit lower than they should be, drops when I shake the phone to activate the screenshot)
Video as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip23sCSUMmw
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Did you do Note 26 per my thread? Did you uninstall all of those APPS you discuss for GPS assistance BEFORE using my patch? Did you try another ROM such as STOCK deoxed to ensure it isn't a bad ROM?
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Did you do Note 26 per my thread? Did you uninstall all of those APPS you discuss for GPS assistance BEFORE using my patch? Did you try another ROM such as STOCK deoxed to ensure it isn't a bad ROM?
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I've been manually copying the files in, and ya I copied them in again after trying all the fixes. I read through the notes thoroughly now, tried the cache wiping, battery out, etc...
Currently I'm trying out a whole bunch of different versions of the file(s), and then I'll try flashing a different ROM. Is there one you can recommend? This is the list I'm going off:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/List_of_ROMs
I'm not sure if I should switch back to Froyo or not, and the only stock Gingerbread one I see doesn't seem to be deodexed.
Thanks for the response.
Alright, well after flashing back to stock gingerbread then stock froyo I got it back to its slow self. Then flashed back up to valhalla and working but slow. Added in google 3.1 no ssl and hasn't done too much, but at least I have GPS again and I can go through all the notes and see if I can get it working a bit faster. At this point it still waited for 9 connections (5-10 minutes) to lock 4 of them.
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Alright, well after flashing back to stock gingerbread then stock froyo I got it back to its slow self. Then flashed back up to valhalla and working but slow. Added in google 3.1 no ssl and hasn't done too much, but at least I have GPS again and I can go through all the notes and see if I can get it working a bit faster. At this point it still waited for 9 connections (5-10 minutes) to lock 4 of them.
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If stock and/or stock plus this patch cannot resolve your problem, I would venture a guess that you have a weak GPS receiver.
Hi,
I have a problem with my mi4c and GPS module.
I compared with redmi 1S a nd Samsung S3 and both of them have better GPS signal.
I have set High accuracy mode and applications has permission to gps.
Is there some ways to detect if my mi4c has defect on gps module?
I am not able to post images so I am posting only links
http://s24.postimg.org/omvdqhr91/mi4c.jpg
http://s24.postimg.org/fqklmk0mt/mi4c.png
http://s24.postimg.org/r1n9ax7hx/mi4c_2.png
http://s24.postimg.org/xj65ufhv9/redmi1s.png
http://s24.postimg.org/lc70qm1bp/redmi1s_2.png
http://s11.postimg.org/5m0txdf8z/2015_12_23_15_52_46.png
http://s24.postimg.org/4w35kmhit/Samsung_S3.jpg
There is comparesd redmi 1s with mi4c same location same time
http://s17.postimg.org/vlh3nficf/1sgps.png
http://s17.postimg.org/8y1uha2sf/mi4gps.png
Doesn't seem to be a problem, connecting to 11 out of 13 satellites is pretty good.
Well it looks like in open are it is not so much problem, but signal is more weak if you compare to another phones.
When I move to center of town it is not very hard to establish gps connection. (I am ingress player and this is important for me)
Can you tell me why Redmi 1S has stronger values even if this is older model and with MTK chipset?
I can try in a week go to town center and try to make some screenshots compared with Redmi 1S and link to google maps or can you give me some advice how to detect what is wrong.... like compare with another mi4c?
Yeah I found out that too... compared to my previous phone (Moto G 1st gen) Mi4c has a weaker GPS reception and causing longer GPS lock.
I'm on Mokee ROM now since I can't stand MIUI and GPS is worse than on MIUI. I managed to make it a bit better by using faster gps apps and gps.conf from MIUI. Also try using GPS status & toolbox app, if that doesn't help at least you got a status notification when the GPS active.
So it looks like mi4c has generally weaker GPS and it is not software or hardware defect, but "feature" from vendor?
I'm under sMIUI and first time GPS lock was very long, but ever since that, it locks in just 1-2 seconds.
Today I was on a trip with car and trying GPS fix...
I recorded video of the screen and very often GPS fix was lost or it was inaccurate.
Video: http://uloz.to/xkEFhqQo/mi4c-mp4
As you can see on the video GPS is useless, I am starting to be disapointed of this model
Route on google maps is here: https://www.google.cz/maps/dir/Zast...3e0!2m2!1d16.3631011!2d49.1879961!1m0!3e0!5i2
Is it possible that the GPS on your unit is defective?
It wasn't that bad on mine. I'm using my phone to track my ride using Strava and the record shows spot on position.
Its really bad on mine. Tried sMIUI, TS CM 12.1 and TS CM 13. Looks like we are doomed
I'm getting awful GPS signal. I connect to 8/13 satellites but my position isn't precise at all -- error of 2.50 km, that's not good at all.
I tried using it today during a car trip and GPS signal would not update.
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I'm also with this problem because of Xiaomi not corrected this I am not playing Pokémon go
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The GPS is weaker than on my Huawei P8 Lite indeed. Haven't really tested it, but signal strength is a bit worse.
Same here. Rarely get less than 30 feet GPS location
This may sound weird, but my GPS actually works pretty well, but ONLY if I disable all NTP_server=xxx.pool.ntp.org listings in gps.conf. Earlier my phone refused to find any gps satellites, but now that I have all NTP_servers disabled (including the test server...time.gpsonextra.net), everything's working like a charm (this with Mokee ROM).
sbasil said:
This may sound weird, but my GPS actually works pretty well, but ONLY if I disable all NTP_server=xxx.pool.ntp.org listings in gps.conf. Earlier my phone refused to find any gps satellites, but now that I have all NTP_servers disabled (including the test server...time.gpsonextra.net), everything's working like a charm (this with Mokee ROM).
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Yes it´s weard, but that´s the solution for that phone. That fixed my GPS! Thanks so much! Just deleted everthing with NTP and now GPS works like a charm. Never worked so fast and precise.
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Yes it´s weard, but that´s the solution for that phone. That fixed my GPS! Thanks so much! Just deleted everthing with NTP and now GPS works like a charm. Never worked so fast and precise.
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Awesome! I'm glad if it solved your GPS issues. It's still not the most powerful GPS out there, but at least it works.
GPS is definitely weaker than other devices indoors. Outdoors is okay. This app helped me get a faster lock in MIUI 8.05 stable:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps
Hi people,
Went on my first big trip with my less than month old unit.
Worked beautifully until this morning.
And this happened.. any ideas?
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Okay.. for hours of driving up the Queensland coast, and bing ..
Dodgy GPS module right.. I need to replace
Very occasionally I need to reboot my unit to get GPS. I don't know what it is. Maybe something going wrong in kernel memory.
As I am a very impatient guy, I reboot my unit already after 3-4 minutes. I think that happened now 3-5 times in the past 7-8 months.
Note that I do not have a Teyes, but the hardware and accessories is/are the same for all FYTs.
Edit: This also happened occasionally on my previous FYT sc9853i.
Thanks Surfer. I hit the reset three times, and checked after five minutes. Then since I needed a rest break driving Brisbane to Bowen (1150km), I reset and turned the car off for five minutes before reboot.
Nothing...
3 and half hours later I physically removed the fuse, but again the gps unit only came back after 30 minutes or so.
You're probably spot on with some kernel bug
mjcummins said:
Thanks Surfer. I hit the reset three times, and checked after five minutes. Then since I needed a rest break driving Brisbane to Bowen (1150km), I reset and turned the car off for five minutes before reboot.
Nothing...
3 and half hours later I physically removed the fuse, but again the gps unit only came back after 30 minutes or so.
You're probably spot on with some kernel bug
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And maybe the simplest reason/issue: Check the connection: Is it correctly fixed?
Check your cable and lead it through your fingers: do you feel sharp bends, or broken fiber/cable inside the cable?
Do you have a GPS antenna from a previous unit? try it with that one.
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And maybe the simplest reason/issue: Check the connection: Is it correctly fixed?
Check your cable and lead it through your fingers: do you feel sharp bends, or broken fiber/cable inside the cable?
Do you have a GPS antenna from a previous unit? try it with that one.
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Thanks man. Love it.
Yes, when I pulled the fuse I checked the security of the SMA connector.
When I started in IT we still had 10BASE2 and 10BASE5 on a Sperry mainframe. So I have the knowledge about bend radius and not over tightening cable ties. Now being an electrical/instrument technician I know the value of treating coaxial cables with care. Really should be something told to newbies in the installation manual, or even to seasoned auto installers.
I don't have a spare, but I am researching the different types and gains. As I am in the southern hemisphere, and we have bugger all satellites to fix too in comparison with our northern cousins. So I need maximum db gain, but not an active antenna of course.
Found out why GPS is so poor in my area. From the "Geoscience Australia Gov Dept":-
Atmospheric (ionospheric) activity north of 20°S will cause issues with maintaining lock on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Space Vehicles (SV) (due to scintillation) and/or introducing large localised gradients (due to plasma bubbles). The former is an issue for most End-Users Services; the latter for single-frequency and Safety-of-Life Services.
Yes, I live at or above 20 degrees south. Pesky plasma bubbles I knew they were a problem.
Don't worry, GeoAus is working to fix it, as they have turned off all other Differential-GPS services in Australia.
They are going to leverage multiple base station working out error correction, and using Australia's phenomenal internet speed to deliver LIVE updates.
If you have an awareness of the Aussie NBN rollout, you will understand the punch line.
And that many people will just have to get used to a roughly 10 metre accuracy. Zero self-driving cars in this country. lol
mjcummins said:
Found out why GPS is so poor in my area. From the "Geoscience Australia Gov Dept":-
Atmospheric (ionospheric) activity north of 20°S will cause issues with maintaining lock on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Space Vehicles (SV) (due to scintillation) and/or introducing large localised gradients (due to plasma bubbles). The former is an issue for most End-Users Services; the latter for single-frequency and Safety-of-Life Services.
Yes, I live at or above 20 degrees south. Pesky plasma bubbles I knew they were a problem.
Don't worry, GeoAus is working to fix it, as they have turned off all other Differential-GPS services in Australia.
They are going to leverage multiple base station working out error correction, and using Australia's phenomenal internet speed to deliver LIVE updates.
If you have an awareness of the Aussie NBN rollout, you will understand the punch line.
And that many people will just have to get used to a roughly 10 metre accuracy. Zero self-driving cars in this country. lol
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Interesting to know. Though that doesn't help you in the least