<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I have noticed that Google Maps somehow seems to get a location at times when all other apps are struggling. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>I'm not entirely convinced the playing field is level there. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 20 Dec 2020, 18:18 Simon Poole, <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch" target="_blank">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>I don't expect side loading to be a thing for very much longer.
      Given googles crack down on anything using location, see
      <a href="https://twitter.com/vespucci_editor/status/1331541328883298306" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/vespucci_editor/status/1331541328883298306</a> for
      some of the drama, it would seem to be silly to leave that avenue
      open. Definitely you are going to run in to problems as soon as
      you start building against more recent SDK.<br>
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    <p>Simon<br>
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    <div>Am 20.12.2020 um 20:28 schrieb
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      <div>In this case simply use Fdroid. Its not hard and the apps on
        there give you peace of mind.</div>
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      <div>20 Dec 2020, 19:14 by <a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>:<br>
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        <div>Gps logger was perfect, unfortunately : <a href="https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/issues/849" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/issues/849</a><br>
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        <div>Yves <br>
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          <div>Le 20 décembre 2020 19:43:00 GMT+01:00, Martijn van Exel
            <a href="mailto:m@rtijn.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><m@rtijn.org></a> a écrit :<br>
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            <div>Andy, <br>
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            <div>If you would like something lightweight that
              just does GPS track recording, I would recommend GPS
              Logger <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Logger_for_Android" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Logger_for_Android</a> .
              A nice bonus is that you can have the app automatically
              upload your tracks to OSM in whatever privacy mode you
              choose. It can also sync with Nextcloud, Dropbox etc.<br>
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            <div>OSMTracker offers a little more functionality
              like recording waypoints with specific, configurable
              notes, and recording audio notes. <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android)" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android)</a> <br>
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            <div>I’m not on Android right now but I’ve used
              both these OSS apps for years.<br>
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            <div>Martijn<br>
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                  <div>On Dec 20, 2020, at 5:36 AM, Andy
                    Mabbett <<a href="mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk</a>>
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                      <div>Father Christmas came early this year, and
                        has delivered to me a smart<br>
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                      <div>new Android phone, whose GPS is much better
                        than on my old one.<br>
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                      <div>I want to use it to trace some tracks on a
                        local nature reserve. What<br>
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                      <div>app(s) do you recommend for this?<br>
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                      <div>-- <br>
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                      <div>Andy Mabbett<br>
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                      <div>@pigsonthewing<br>
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                      <div><a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk</a><br>
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