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GPS Logging #25

Open brettmarl opened 1 year ago

brettmarl commented 1 year ago
Pachena commented 1 year ago

Does this include tracking - drawing a line on the map like in other trail apps?

brettmarl commented 1 year ago

Does this include tracking - drawing a line on the map like in other trail apps?

don't think so - mostly just error-logging for troubleshooting purposes. doing the trail-marker thing would require people use the active-tracking mode (current long-press) and i'm thinking of pulling that feature out, as seems to be more of a battery drain. my guess is that for folks that want true gps tracks - on a very long trail like the WCT - they are using something like a garmin/spot vs. using phone apps (&battery) to do it for them.

Pachena commented 1 year ago

agree with the tracking. Phones are not made for long duration battery use like watches and GPS devices which are purpose built for that.

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Does this include tracking - drawing a line on the map like in other trail apps?

don't think so - mostly just error-logging for troubleshooting purposes. doing the trail-marker thing would require people use the active-tracking mode (current long-press) and i'm thinking of pulling that feature out, as seems to be more of a battery drain. my guess is that for folks that want true gps tracks - on a very long trail like the WCT - they are using something like a garmin/spot vs. using phone apps (&battery) to do it for them.

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brettmarl commented 2 months ago

one hiker reported GPS failures between Nitinaht and Cribbs - tried 5-6 times and got cryptic errors. think logging errors and having a way to report them via diagnostics would be super handy.

brettmarl commented 2 months ago

1.16.17+ added support for logging GPS errors that are retrievable with a user initiated diagnostic report.