Signal strenght when you're in a train depends essentially on how much lead is present in the window glass: the hull of the coach is made of steel, and it's a natural screen against the radio waves (especially for GPS, wich has a very low intensity), so the only way for a signal to get in is mostly through the windows.
When traveling in some old Italian trains I have almost no issue with gps, but the newer ones' windows have a stronger anti-UV treatment (--> more lead percentage in the glass composition), and my smartphone barely acquires the minimum number of satellites; Better luck with my Garmin GLO v.1 (external, Bluetooth) receiver, which has a higher sensitivity and works a little better... but it needs to be very close to the window. Il giorno martedì 27 agosto 2024 alle 18:34:10 UTC+2 [email protected] ha scritto: > Hello, > I have been in India last February, and I neverr had problem in trains to > get a good reception of the GPS signal. Even in buses. In fact I always > choose to be near a window. > If that can help. > A frenchie traveler. > Have a Good trip, Indian people and country are fabulous. > > > Le 26 août 2024 04:29:15 GMT+02:00, Neville MADDEN <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> Good morning, >> I have OSMAND+ on my tablet and plan to travel around India by train. A >> test here in Brisbane Australia, showed that the tablet could not pick-up >> the GPS signal inside the electric train. But with a Holux GR 213 mouse >> GPS in a laptop it works OK with the mouse stuck to the train window. >> >> I don't want to lug a tablet and a laptop around India so I'm looking for >> any suggestions. >> Thanks >> Neville QLD Australia >> >> -- Envoyé depuis /e/OS Mail. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/e821f710-d4c5-43e0-a5d5-cd9fea7b4c3bn%40googlegroups.com.
