[OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

[Alan Mackie]

I have noticed that Google Maps somehow seems to get a location at times
when all other apps are struggling.

I'm not entirely convinced the playing field is level there.

On Sun, 20 Dec 2020, 18:18 Simon Poole, <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

> I don't expect side loading to be a thing for very much longer. Given
> googles crack down on anything using location, see
> https://twitter.com/vespucci_editor/status/1331541328883298306 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.
>
> Simon
> Am 20.12.2020 um 20:28 schrieb ipswichmapper--- via talk:
>
> In this case simply use Fdroid. Its not hard and the apps on there give
> you peace of mind.
>
> --
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>
> 20 Dec 2020, 19:14 by talk at openstreetmap.org:
>
> Gps logger was perfect, unfortunately :
> https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/issues/849
> Yves
>
> Le 20 décembre 2020 19:43:00 GMT+01:00, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
> <m at rtijn.org> a écrit :
>
> Andy,
>
> If you would like something lightweight that just does GPS track
> recording, I would recommend GPS Logger
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Logger_for_Android . 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.
>
> OSMTracker offers a little more functionality like recording waypoints
> with specific, configurable notes, and recording audio notes.
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android)
>
> I’m not on Android right now but I’ve used both these OSS apps for years.
>
> Martijn
>
> On Dec 20, 2020, at 5:36 AM, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Father Christmas came early this year, and has delivered to me a smart
> new Android phone, whose GPS is much better than on my old one.
>
> I want to use it to trace some tracks on a local nature reserve. What
> app(s) do you recommend for this?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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