I know many people that use gps features and also I use it. But on the other hand I fully understand so ditching the code seems logic. Integrating get location from picture on mobile seems the way to go.
On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 03:20 Dirk Hohndel via subsurface < [email protected]> wrote: > The more I think about it the less I like the idea of leaving it in. > The code has already atrophied badly because Linus and I no longer use it. > And the sad reality is that things that I don't use don't get tested and > fixed in the mobile apps (with very few exceptions). > I can tell you for a fact that the current code has several massive bugs > and that the background service doesn't work on a ton of recent Android > phones (but oddly does work on others, including my Pixel5) > > So yeah, the solution will have to be to find ways to import GPS tracks > from other apps. > > In the meantime, you of course always have the option to not update this > app. > > /D > > > On Sep 11, 2021, at 3:34 PM, Steve <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I use this feature all the time, only yesterday in-fact. Yet to load > dives from yesterday that will be done today sometime. > > Also lots of other people I know really like the GPS tagging but of > course not a lot of boat diving going on in the last 18 months, 99.9% of > these people aren't on the mailing list or check the Google group. > > > > Very few people have dive computers that record GPS position. > > > > It is such a great feature to be able to set the phone going and then > just leave it in the dry bag and concentrate on the rest of the dive & not > have to worry about touching it again on a rocking boat until getting back > to shore! > > > > I don't build mobile or side load mobile app at present (I only compile > for desktop atm). > > > > So I would say don't take the code out and I would side load to be able > to keep the GPS features. > > > > Cheers, > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > subsurface mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface >
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