[maemo-users] Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

[From: Bernard Tyers]

----- Original message -----
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Bernard Tyers <b at runningwithbulls.com> wrote:
> > I know how GPS works and have tried some troubleshooting, but I can't find any
> > diag tools. At least on the Symbian OS there is a compass app which will give
> > you your location in long & lat.
>
> Enable extras-devel repo and try gpsjinni, it's a simple view of the
> raw GPS data.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the reply. Ok so I intsalled gpsjinni and it shows that I get a gps lock fairly quickly, and in the majority of locations. So good news- the gps unit is working more or less well.

So what's the issue then with Ovi Maps? It seems completely deaf to the gps data.

If this issue continues when/if Ovi Maps gets proper navigation and becomes actually useful, like on Symbian, this will be a big problem for me.

Any suggestions on fixing Ovi Maps?

Thanks,
Bernard