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, <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > 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 to problems as soon as you start > building against more recent SDK. > > Simon > Am 20.12.2020 um 20:28 schrieb 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 van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> > <m...@rtijn.org> a écrit : > > 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 upload your tracks to OSM in > whatever privacy mode you choose. It can also sync with Nextcloud, Dropbox > etc. > > OSMTracker offers a little more functionality like recording waypoints > with specific, configurable notes, and recording audio notes. > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android) > > I’m not on Android right now but I’ve used both these OSS apps for years. > > Martijn > > On Dec 20, 2020, at 5:36 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > 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 on a local nature reserve. What > app(s) do you recommend for this? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing > listtalk@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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