[android-developers] Re: Gps Signal Strength

2010-05-10 Thread JP
Signal strength isn't really a factor except for the visibility of satellites. As Lance indicates, multipath through reflection weight down on accuracy. So do urban canyons, bodies of water as well as shadowing by trees or even just overcast skies. What you can use programatically is the measure

[android-developers] Re: Gps Signal Strength

2010-05-09 Thread Lance Nanek
Watch out using the satellite count if you end up using that. I've seen the accuracy get worse at the same time as the sat count goes up before. I was walking inside, so I guess the phone started seeing signal reflections or something. On May 5, 5:15 pm, Tommy droi...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a

[android-developers] Re: GPS signal strength

2009-07-10 Thread John Smith
2009/7/10 kalyan simhan kalyansim...@gmail.com hi all.. how can i get the gps signal strength.. and the number of satellites.. im using android 1.1 sdk.. kindly help! thanks in advance!! You need to grab GPS status messages, and are you after signal strength or something more useful like

[android-developers] Re: GPS signal strength

2009-07-10 Thread Sujay Krishna Suresh
@kalyan Thnx for the reply John... I need both informations and any kinda sample code would be of gr8 help... Regards, Kalyan Simhan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To