Nokia N900 // & GPS, again

[Bill Ricker]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
<rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:
> How's the GPS? I heard from someone that the N810's GPS was lacking,

I had heard same on N810 and N900, so didn't have high expectations
and so haven't tested extensively. I vaguely think it's supposed to be
quicker than 810 but still not a terribly precise (by GPS nerd
standards).
     Only time I tried it half-seriously I had horrible skies, indoors
near window with 3G, and was pleasantly surprised it was able to be
crudely off-position quickly. Since I was thinking of getting a logger
(screenless) GPS anyway, for use with camera geotagging, having a
logger bluetooth bond with the N900 only when I want to do precision
mapping live & online doesn't seem unreasonable for me.

 I myself would not plan on using my phone for navigation, as for that
I use a sportsman's Garmin which is differently hackable (OSM.ORG
maps, freebeer downloaded POI files, custom by me POI files with my
own icons).  I use range&azimuth more often than turn-by-turn, and
when using street routing it's more for amusement or for debuging the
OSM import of MASS GIS or TIGER data than for actual guidance. I also
wouldn't want my phone loose on the dash either, it rides on the
console on an antiskid mat (bought in kitchen gadget aisle at grocery
who think its a drawer liner).

 (In that position, a Bluetooth screenless GPS  several feet forward
at the base of the windscreen would help sky visibility too., but not
safely viewable by driver for Nav.)

-- 
Bill
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