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Implement bad GPS signal reception alarm #27

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Sometimes the phone or external GPS receiver is located in a place where 
good GPS satellite signal reception is problematic. Some receivers are very 
good at capturing the signal almost everywhere, below in the pocket or deep 
inside a bag. The others, unfortunately, are very finicky. Keeping the 
phone/receiver in a wrong spot means you will get no meaningful traces, 
even if the GPSLogger faithfully logged all that junk that came from the 
GPS.

The alarm could be timer-based, that is, if no solid signal has been 
received in a user-selectable time-out period, the GPSLogger could issue a 
warning/audio alarm, bringing user attention.

Very often, just receiver repositioning is all that is needed to catch that 
elusive signal...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sergeb...@gmail.com on 27 Jan 2010 at 7:29

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by sergeb...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2010 at 9:48