With JB 4.1.2
Outside without a data connection, I open Google Maps expecting to get current location using GPS satellites as source. I also have local maps cached. I confirm with GPS Test that I have good satellite lock (10 sats, 13' accuracy). But Google Maps tells me I have no data connectivity (as expected) but also continues to show Waiting for Location. And hitting the current location button has no effect other than generating the waiting message. I also confirmed that everything is enabled in Settings -> Location access. So Maps is not getting the data from the GPS. If I open Maps with GPS turned off, Maps tells me that is the case and will take me to Settings to enable it. I have tried with Wifi & mobile network location both enabled and disabled.
Any ideas or similar experience?
Are you sure you have the local area maps cached where you doing this? Do you see any maps when you are 'Waiting for Location'? I only ask because mine works fine with cached maps in terms of showing location.
Groid said:
Are you sure you have the local area maps cached where you doing this? Do you see any maps when you are 'Waiting for Location'? I only ask because mine works fine with cached maps in terms of showing location.
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Yes, I could readily see the cached maps and browse around (for many miles) where I was at.
It appears to be fixed - I cleared data and cache from Maps (including my cached maps) and it now looks to be working correctly.
sparksd said:
It appears to be fixed - I cleared data and cache from Maps (including my cached maps) and it now looks to be working correctly.
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I was wrong - still not getting location. I also tried installing/reinstalling updates to no avail. Also loaded and used CoPilot USA to confirm that live mapping with other apps works under same conditions.
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I've looked around a bit for this, but I can't seem to find any information.
Last night I installed the "leaked official" Sprint update for the touch and the GPS doesn't seem to be working properly. I've tried google maps and live search, but it never locks satellites. I think it might be configured wrong?
Anyone know what to do about this?
Since I understand that most of these site's search capabilities won't give you much, I won't flame you..
Any GPS program that I have tried does not start the internal GPS itself. If the GPS isn't running when the program starts, you will not get a lock.
The most popular way around this is to use a GPS "primer" that will start it for you. I like AstroGPSLauncher. Its a nifty little program that starts your GPS and then your program all with the same shortcut. The ZIP file has a couple common shortcuts included. Do a search for AstroGPSLauncher and I am sure you will come up with the shortcut that you need.
Welcome to the forum!
I use Sprint navigator (New rom) and or MSN live search and neither require a GPS primer, in fact they lock on surprisingly fast.
i am using the same new rom. gps worked once but once i customized my rom and let it go cold, i have a tough time getting the gps to lock. i am using htc gps tool V1.1.1.0 and still have trouble. matter of fact..all the leaked gps roms i have tried its doing the same thing.
GPS works in Google Maps and Live Search Maps
Works in both for me. Didn't have to change any settings.
I thought it wasn't working at first
In Google Maps you have to have My Location enabled and select Use GPS in the menu
In LiveSearch Maps you have to select Center on GPS in the menu to show your position on map
select View, Lat/Lon to display your position
It takes around 30 seconds to get a lock for me in Redmond, Wa area once I select Use GPS
Google maps it shows it's tracking 6 satellites.
LiveSearch map does not show the number of satellites.
How to display GPS coordinates?
see prior post
Hi,
Have anybody tried google navigator on the HD. I heard it's supposed to work with the hd. Anybody know if a dataconnection is needed, or can we download the maps and use it "offline" with the built in GPS reciever ??
anybody know where we can find a trial ?
oldings said:
Hi,
Have anybody tried google navigator on the HD. I heard it's supposed to work with the hd. Anybody know if a dataconnection is needed, or can we download the maps and use it "offline" with the built in GPS reciever ??
anybody know where we can find a trial ?
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Attached Google.
This is freeware
thx for reply. But isn't this the same that came pre-installed with the HD.
I tried Google Maps but that uses the data connection. I heard on google navigation you can save maps on storage and the use it "offline", so no need of data-connection, only GPS reciever.
Sorry, I should have read your thread properly, been a long day.
Google Navigator attached
I haven't used this application to be honest, but just installed it and a data connection appears to be required. I'll play with it and let you know if this can be disabled.
I have also downloaded the trial from http://www.pdafun.net/
and first time I started it I saw it downloded dato. I then used HD tweak to stop all data connection, and went in to Google navigator and changed som settings.
I can still start the prorgam wihtout any problems and activated GPS. It find my postition(still noe data connection used, yet). But don't know how to get a map. I only see a "world" map.
SO would be nice to know how we can download offlien maps so we can use with GPS and not need to use dataconnection, since it says it's possible
Without sounding flipant, the CAB is 1.73Mbs so I would expect it does not contain map data, bearing in mind that TomTom Maps are in the region of 1Gbs.
Maybe you have to download from somewhere else though.
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The map are downloaded using Data connection, they are download on demand by the software.
Google Navigator
the meaning of offline Navigation in this Software is that you can specify an interested area and tell the program to download the related topo, road maps, etc to the device over a data connection at a a given Zoom level. (wifi or gsm)
once the download is complete you can switch off the data connection or remove the sim and use the application to locate/Navigate your self in the downloaded area. The purpose is to enable you to use the phone to navigate yourself in a area without network coverage and/or to cutdown on the data download cost over GSM.
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Google Navigator works fine on the HD except for the 3D view. it creates some areas of the map to disappear. I wrote to the developers on this bug and they said they will correct that error in their 4.9V but till the latest version the problem is still there.
is it just me or is the trial version of this completely useless? what is the point in disabling the only features that actually make this different to google maps? surely a time-limited version rather than feature-limitedwould make more sense?
I for one will certainly not be shelling out for this unless I know it works (and on my phone too).
this is most unlike google, who's software (until now)I have always been most impressed with. google maps is simply phenomenal, but does lack the turn-by-turn voice commands necessary to operate it whilst driving.
the data, for me (and many who own this type of device - why on earth would you have a device this capable without some data included?!) is not an issue. but i need to see it in action before I can abandon Tomtom properly...
is this software actually from google or just based on google maps? I still can't work out why I have to pay for this when everything else google is free (and this looks decidedly shoddier)?!
kindregards
dr_nick
Apparently Google Navigator has nothing to do with Google. The developers are just using the name "Google" because it taps into the Maps database. Caveat emptor.
Google Navigator is one of the worst PDA Apps I've ever seen.
Not only do they #1 -- Use the FREE google maps service, and charge you for their crappy front end, but #2 -- Put the name "Google" in the title of their product, so you think it's actually from a reputable source.
Google really needs to put a stop to this company because they are basically ripping people off.
Hi,
at this moment, i don't have internet access available.
I want to enable the GPS function (not A-GPS)
first of all, can GoogleMap use GPS to locate and find the routes? How?
I have tried the COM port and some other speed, but no luck.
or do i need another apps to have GPS enable.
In GoogleMap, it says searching for GPS, but (0)
Thanks
COM4, 4800baud or anything else, select "Use GPS", and go outside
Without data connection Google Maps wont show any map though, right?
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Without data connection Google Maps wont show any map though, right?
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Right! So, without data connection, it's either a navigation app (TomTom, copilot, igo etc..) or some app that will show you your coordiantes and more (like nonigpsplot)
hi every one, In Google map, how can i save the map for the next time using? i tryed Navigator Map and Tracky but it seem does'nt work to save map for GM.Sorri for bad English.
Google map does save the maps in a cache folder. But even then, internet connection is always needed. It will just not download the tiles you already have.
It puzzles me why some ROMs have better GPS performance than others. I was on JPJPA earlier and had usable GPS navigation experiences in town, I flash JP8 and all hell breaks lose So to me, this ruled out that my phone has a hardware problem.
You can say that I live in a densely populated area in Boston, and after going through a lot of forum literature , today I carried out a little experiment.
I made a round trip to some place here in Boston, selected Copilot on my way to go, and Google Nav on my way back and here are the results:
Google Nav with "Use Wireless Networks" under location settings:
HERE
Google Nav without "Use Wireless Networks":
HERE
CoPilot:
HERE
In both trips, I took Beacon St and Longwood Ave (notice the difference).
Now while CoPilot is not exactly perfect, it performs way better than Google Nav! It didn't have to reroute or recalculate. (The circle you see in the beginning is me stopping by a gas station, yes, it was that accurate, it messes up only at the rail intersection of st paul & beacon)
I noticed a difference in the lock pattern and speed when using different programs. For example, GPS Status seems to take the longest to get a lock from a Cold Start, but once it locks, programs like CoPilot lock quickly using a Hot Start (reusing data from GPS Status)
Google Navigation, and several other programs however, seem to be using something entirely different. It seems Google Nav (and Maps btw) take the same amount of time to get initial lock whether (a) I used GPS Status prior or (b) did not use it at all.
I can only speculate at this point, but I think that Android provides more than one API to obtain GPS accuracy. I suspect that CoPilot and GPS Status (among others) use their own calculations to determine GPS position using raw satellite data, whereas Google Nav uses some built-in APIs in Android that give positioning data that are false. I believe that Google Maps uses some AGPS settings regardless of what you set in "Location and settings", and that, messes everything up. (You can see in my tracks above how google maps have bigger arcs when I made a u-turn, instead of showing a sharp turn).
A nice test would be to disable radio completely; that way Google Nav can't access AGPS data. But of course you run into the problem that Google can't operate without a valid data connection.
I just wanted to share my observations, if you guys have more ideas, lets share
Google Navigator is overrated. Co-Pilot, Navigon, NDrive are far better applications. If Trapster became an integrated layer in Google Nav, I'd use it.
Well written article btw.
Billus said:
Google Navigator is overrated. Co-Pilot, Navigon, NDrive are far better applications. If Trapster became an integrated layer in Google Nav, I'd use it.
Well written article btw.
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Thanks,
thing is, Google Nav did work fine in JPJPA. I'd like to use it instead because it has the latest listings and some pretty accurate traffic conditions. If we can find the problem, or find out what data or files Google Nav accesses, then we could possibly fix this problem on multiple ROMs.
Gmaps is perfect for finding and typing locations to go to, co-pilot more for the actual navigating, .. while you're driving; gmaps is way easier to use then co-pilot. But yea, less inaccuracy probs with co-pilot besides having a slower fix.
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I suspect that CoPilot and GPS Status (among others) use their own calculations to determine GPS position using raw satellite data, whereas Google Nav uses some built-in APIs in Android that give positioning data that are false. I believe that Google Maps uses some AGPS settings regardless of what you set in "Location and settings", and that, messes everything up. (You can see in my tracks above how google maps have bigger arcs when I made a u-turn, instead of showing a sharp turn).
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coPilot and other nav apps force lock on roads besides real position until they can't do it.
Google Maps doesn't do it
And no, they can't access raw gps data, the only way is through google api
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coPilot and other nav apps force lock on roads besides real position until they can't do it.
Google Maps doesn't do it
And no, they can't access raw gps data, the only way is through google api
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see above tracks. While GoogNav might "lock" you on a road, I'm posting the actual GPS coordinates that were received. It may have looked like I was on a road on my screen, but you can see the google nav tracks above that show the points the program received. The pointer hovers all over the place.
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see above tracks. While GoogNav might "lock" you on a road, I'm posting the actual GPS coordinates that were received. It may have looked like I was on a road on my screen, but you can see the google nav tracks above that show the points the program received. The pointer hovers all over the place.
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All the tracks where recorded with the same program?
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All the tracks where recorded with the same program?
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Yup. my tracks
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Yup. my tracks
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So, all the GPS data has nothing to do with the program used (Google Navigation, coPilot), it's collected from the same source, Android GPS API
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So, all the GPS data has nothing to do with the program used (Google Navigation, coPilot), it's collected from the same source, Android GPS API
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Dude, my tracks *listens* to whatever the GPS is receiving when other programs are using it.
So the main program that was running was either CoPilot or Google Nav. They're the ones invoking the GPS location commands (we know that because my two tracks are so different than each others).
My Tracks, in both cases, sits in the back seats and writes notes.
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Dude, my tracks *listens* to whatever the GPS is receiving when other programs are using it.
So the main program that was running was either CoPilot or Google Nav. They're the ones invoking the GPS location commands (we know that because my two tracks are so different than each others).
My Tracks, in both cases, sits in the back seats and writes notes.
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What? My tracks uses GPS API to collect data, it doesn't sniff anything from other programs
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What? My tracks uses GPS API to collect data, it doesn't sniff anything from other programs
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You might be right, but then how do you explain the two different tracks posted above ?
regardless of who is right or who is wrong, using any dedicated offline GPS software is way better than google maps/nav
of all the fews currently available for Android, i find Copilot to be the most accurate one, it shows the speed/stops exactly as when a police have a speed gun tracking me.
It is always in the correct lane of the road.
using the other GPS software have some sort of lags, or performance is poor, or the display is lousy, etc.
I agree with using Copilot
On my AT&T Captivate, my gps lock is hit or miss. I was having some major issues getting a gps lock using Google Nav but when I closed Google and opened Copilot the gps locked in after about 8 seconds and held. Google Nav kept kicking on and off. Google Maps had me doing a U-Turn on my way home taking me away from my destination, Copilot was right on track.
All of a sudden now when I use maps to navigate it uses my start point not from the blue dot which is accurate but from my work location. It says it is using my current location for the starting point but it clearly doesn't and all my travel times and navigation are all now useless. Anyone else experiencing this issue with maps or know how to fix it so it starts with my actual location rather than one I am not at?
Thanks
EDIT: I just deleted my work location from location settings in maps and now it works.