[OSM-talk] Making GPS tracks in Android

[Simon Poole]

Non-open apps will typically use googles play services fused location 
provider, which as the name implies doesn't just use GNSS data. For 
generating tracks it is unsuitable in any case so a pure tracker is 
unlikely going to use it.

Simon

Am 21.12.2020 um 01:02 schrieb 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <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.
>>
>>     --
>>
>>
>>     20 Dec 2020, 19:14 by talk at openstreetmap.org
>>     <mailto:talk at openstreetmap.org>:
>>
>>         Gps logger was perfect, unfortunately :
>>         https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/issues/849
>>         <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> <mailto: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
>>             <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)
>>             <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
>>>             <mailto: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 <http://pigsonthewing.org.uk>
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