[Osmf-talk] Galileo operational

[Gregory]

Hugo,
That app currently shows me it has a fix(is using) about 11 of 26 "visible"
satellites,including ones beginning r (as you describe).

Using the "GPS Satellites Viewer" app by applicality  there also 26
visible, but that is from
12 GPS (i.e. USA), 10 GLONASS, 4 BEIDOU, but none from QZSS or Galileo.

On 18 Dec 2016 11:41 a.m., "Hugo Holscher" <hugoholscher at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi (special at @Simon),

I have used the latest update of the GPS tool on my Android Samsung Tab 2.
The Apps name is: GPS  Status & Toolbox. It states in their latest update:
“Celebrate the start of  EU’s Galileo system”.

If I look at the screen, I see the usual round dots for the GPS system and
now additonally squares with an r in front of the numbers. Those are the
ones I never saw before. I assume that that are Galileo sattelites. I have
a fix on 6 squares and 4 or 5(just above the horizon) which don’t get a fix.

The same app on my Samsung 5 mini does not show this picture with squares
(sofar I hope).

My best guess is that the more recent tab has already received the update
that the chipset can be read out with Galileo data, while the phone does
not.

I have also checked my Orgeon 600 (18 months in my possesoin), which
supposedly should have a Galileo prepared chipset, but that does not show
the same result. So I hope that Garmin is working on a firmware update for
my Oregon 600 as well,

Regards, Hugo

*From:* Simon Poole
*Sent:* Saturday, December 17, 2016 2:59 PM
*To:* osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org
*Subject:* Re: [Osmf-talk] Galileo operational




Have you actually checked that you are receiving Galileo sat signals (by
for example using one of the apps that show NMEA output from the chipset)?
Given that only 11 satellites are operational it seems rather unlikely that
you would be able to achieve a Galileo only fix (which would likely be
required for any improvement in accuracy) for any longer period.

Simon

Am 15.12.2016 um 20:55 schrieb Hugo:

As of today the European position sattalite system Galileo is operational.
Should improve the accuracy from the mapping with relatively new GPS
apparatusses substantially. My Samsung Tab 2 does improve to less than 3 m,
but my Samsung S5 mini does not [image: Bedroefde emoticon].

Here is more to read: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Galileo_
begins_serving_the_globe,

Happier mapping, Hugo


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