Closed TripodKnight closed 5 years ago
gdt
commented
5 years ago It's certainly possible, but the point of something like dejavu is to run in the background without consuming significant resources.
If you want to turn on the GPS, you can just start up satstat or something like that. If you use osmand to navigate to someplace, that will result in dejavu acquiring data on the way, including the last few seconds.
n76
commented
5 years ago I have been thinking about this request and have decided that it is out of scope. My reasoning is pretty much the same as @gdt lists.
The other one is that I can come up with scenarios where turning on the GPS when you have RF signals that you can't identify will not work which means that a control panel would be needed to enable/disable the feather. Since I am trying to avoid having a control panel (the goal is to make it "just work") that is another reason to avoid implementing this.
Lee-Carre
commented
2 years ago There are apps which have a feature to toggle GNSS on (and keep it enabled), without doing much more (low memory usage).
Start G[NS]S, which is distinct from starting to record a track)Lock G[NS]S) (has other useful features, including the ability to query UnifiedNLP backends)I use such an app when I'm out, for a whole variety of reasons (besides for n76's backends to collect data, also other data-collectors (e.g. Tower Collector), map surveying, and not having to wait for GNSS to stabilise when I want to use various (e.g. navigation) apps).
However, I also use an external battery, so the extra power usage isn't a concern for me. It might be for others.
Current functionality:
DejaVu requires another app to request GPS location in order for database to begin being built (eg: Maps.me)
Desired functionality:
A toggle is made in DejaVu to actively build a database by requesting GPS on its own. Ideally this would be ran by the user for the first while in a new location to build new database entries.
I'm sure this would be a drain on battery however its implemented. Is this possible, or is this beyond the scope of this project? Thank you very much for this backend!