Petr Vanek wrote: >> you might be allowed to. but i have yet to actually get a gps lock >> after leaving the terminal. so whats the point? >> i tried on several occasions to get it to work. even with a lock in the >> terminal, after sitting in the plane waiting to taxi i loose the signal >> > > hi, i track flights on regular basis :) what you might find out is: > > - in terminals, the glass has metal coating so no fix > - you can get a fix on a plane easily and track your flight even with > fr in the pocket in the seat in front of you (just needs to stick out > a bit). make sure you get a fix before departing (see bellow) > - during the flight, the blinds get usually shut, but you can stuck > your fr right behind it (with a bit of force :) > - FSO has a bug in reporting the speed - you will notice in speed > above 200km - check between shr settings and tango > - FSO is quite unable to get a fix while in 10000m altitude and (or) > high speed. it sees the satelites, get's a fix and then for some > reason something happens and no satelite is being seen anymore. this > will repeat fo as long as you leave it. > If you want to use the Openmoko GPS on the plane some ublox woodo might be handy. I have seen some messages on mail-lists about Antaris chip modes and one was suitable for planes (2g). Unfortunately I can't find it now.
> - shr settings would allow you to switch gsm off but unfortunately, > although it's fso based, it is too much related to ophonekitd and > therefore the whole work will have to be duplicated in distros not > using ophonekit. so now the same settings are being worked on for > om2009. what a shame... _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
