Tag Archives: gps

Onko sinulla GPS-laite? Tule mukaan tekemään Youloc-palvelua sille!

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Risto H. Kurppa

Short in English: see www.youloc.net! Jotta kiinnostuisit hommasta, vilkaise ensin sivua proto.youloc.net. Klikkaa kartalla näkyvää vihreää pistettä niin näet nimen, nopeuden ja koordinaatit. Jep, se on joku nykyisistä youloc.net -prototyypin käyttäjistä tai simuloitu liikkuja. Klikkaamalla ‘zoom in and follow’ näet … Continue reading →

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GPS fix in less than 20s on Freerunner

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Risto H. Kurppa

It takes usually some 40-120 seconds for Freerunner GPS to get the first fix (TTFF = Time To First Fix) after powering on the GPS (and starting gpsd?). Some months ago I heard about AGPS or Assisted GPS which basically … Continue reading →

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Freerunner compatible GPS software

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Risto H. Kurppa

I have an Openmoko Freerunner phone and I like it a lot. OK, it has some glitches (like I don’t feel comfortable using it as my daily phone because of the bad battery duration and audio quality, both fixable with … Continue reading →

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Invitation for all Open Source GPS software developers and users to join FOSS-GPS mailing list

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Risto H. Kurppa

Yesterday I wrote about this idea to start a mailing list to gather Open Source developers and users to a single mailing list to share their ideas, announce releases, share patches and so on on a single list. Only a … Continue reading →

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A mailing list for the FLOSS-GPS community?

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Risto H. Kurppa

As far as I know, there isn’t any simple or single way to communicate with the people who use GPS devices with Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) or the developers of these programs. Maybe now it’s the time to start one … Continue reading →

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