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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·16 hours agoYeah of course you can, but why?
minus-square154b161@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI think it’s more of “isn’t this really cool” than “this is pratical to use”. It’s a proof of concept of a really cool idea.
minus-squareScott@lem.free.aslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoI’m not sure why anyone thinks receiving GPS data is “bad”. If you’re somewhere where GPS is frequently jammed (such as a warzone, etc.) then it could be useful.
minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours agoEnegy use comes to mind.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoGPS is a passive receiver. There’s processing going on, but you dramatically decrease energy use by just updating less often. It’s not like you’re sending a signal to space.
minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI am aware of that but somehow expected that it still took more energy to receive until there are enough SATs available than to do a BLE scan. Just a gut feeling though and only receiving should have a bigger impact than I thought. Makes sense!
minus-squareRebellionFox@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 hours agoIt can help with location when you’re on a device that doesn’t have a GPS receiver. Like a laptop. It might also help with initial positioning since it can take several seconds or minutes to get a GPS lock. Edit: For anyone who want to contribute to BeaconDB there is NeoStumbler on F-Droid
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoOk but this is Android…? Not a laptop. How does removing WiFi and cell data improve initial positioning?
Yeah of course you can, but why?
I think it’s more of “isn’t this really cool” than “this is pratical to use”. It’s a proof of concept of a really cool idea.
I’m not sure why anyone thinks receiving GPS data is “bad”.
If you’re somewhere where GPS is frequently jammed (such as a warzone, etc.) then it could be useful.
Enegy use comes to mind.
GPS is a passive receiver.
There’s processing going on, but you dramatically decrease energy use by just updating less often.
It’s not like you’re sending a signal to space.
I am aware of that but somehow expected that it still took more energy to receive until there are enough SATs available than to do a BLE scan. Just a gut feeling though and only receiving should have a bigger impact than I thought. Makes sense!
It can help with location when you’re on a device that doesn’t have a GPS receiver. Like a laptop.
It might also help with initial positioning since it can take several seconds or minutes to get a GPS lock.
Edit: For anyone who want to contribute to BeaconDB there is NeoStumbler on F-Droid
Ok but this is Android…? Not a laptop.
How does removing WiFi and cell data improve initial positioning?