Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-21 Thread Simon Poole
Non-open apps will typically use googles play services fused location provider, which as the name implies doesn't just use GNSS data. For generating tracks it is unsuitable in any case so a pure tracker is unlikely going to use it. Simon Am 21.12.2020 um 01:02 schrieb Alan Mackie: I have

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Alan Mackie
I have noticed that Google Maps somehow seems to get a location at times when all other apps are struggling. I'm not entirely convinced the playing field is level there. On Sun, 20 Dec 2020, 18:18 Simon Poole, wrote: > I don't expect side loading to be a thing for very much longer. Given >

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Simon Poole
I don't expect side loading to be a thing for very much longer. Given googles crack down on anything using location, see https://twitter.com/vespucci_editor/status/1331541328883298306 for some of the drama, it would seem to be silly to leave that avenue open. Definitely you are going to run in

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Stefano
Il giorno dom 20 dic 2020 alle ore 13:41 Andy Mabbett < a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto: > Father Christmas came early this year, and has delivered to me a smart > new Android phone, whose GPS is much better than on my old one. > > I want to use it to trace some tracks on a local nature

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread ipswichmapper--- via talk
In this case simply use Fdroid. Its not hard and the apps on there give you peace of mind. -- 20 Dec 2020, 19:14 by talk@openstreetmap.org: > Gps logger was perfect, unfortunately : > > https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/issues/849 > Yves > > Le 20 décembre 2020 19:43:00 GMT+01:00, Martijn

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Yves via talk
Gps logger was perfect, unfortunately : https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/issues/849 Yves Le 20 décembre 2020 19:43:00 GMT+01:00, Martijn van Exel a écrit : >Andy, > >If you would like something lightweight that just does GPS track recording, I >would recommend GPS Logger

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Martijn van Exel
Andy, If you would like something lightweight that just does GPS track recording, I would recommend GPS Logger https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Logger_for_Android . A nice bonus is that you can have the app automatically

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Hauke Stieler
Hi, there are some information about this on learnOSM [0] including apps to create GPS tracks. I used OsmAnd, GPSLogger (nice for hiking because it has a lot of power saving options) but currently I use OSMTracker to just create tracks. Sometimes I want to create notes or photos but I use

Re: [OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread James
OSMAnd With GPS status (to force redownloading gps hints) On Sun., Dec. 20, 2020, 7:41 a.m. Andy Mabbett, wrote: > Father Christmas came early this year, and has delivered to me a smart > new Android phone, whose GPS is much better than on my old one. > > I want to use it to trace some tracks

[OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

2020-12-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
Father Christmas came early this year, and has delivered to me a smart new Android phone, whose GPS is much better than on my old one. I want to use it to trace some tracks on a local nature reserve. What app(s) do you recommend for this? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing