Hello, guys.
I am experiencing one problem with my HTC 8X with WP8. It seems that my GPS coordinates can only be used by one app. When I try to use 2 apps for my track logging - (like CycleMaster etc.), only one can create gpx file with the GPS data, another app returns the empty track data. When I use one tracking app, it works well but while I am taking photos on my route, the camera app cannot fill GPS coordinates in a file/picture attributes.
Is it a problem of WP8 or HTC 8X? Is there any way to bypass the issue?
Many thanks in advance!
The inability to run two background GPS apps at once (like a track logger + Here Drive) is a platform limitation to keep battery life sane. The thing of not being able to get geotagging in your photos while using a tracking app is very weird though. Either HTC-specific or possibly just an issue with your phone would be my guess...?
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I've enable the ....\Camera\P10 in the registry, the GPS Photo option shows up, I've choose it and then the GPS initialize and there's an icon shows (I guess) GPS signal is ready in the camera mode.
However, I use it to shoot photos (it stores in MYPOI rather than MyPictures)....but when I upload it in picasa, there's NO position information i..e longtitute and latitute.....
Anyone experience the same?
Put GPSToday from GeoTerrestrial on your phone and it will work much better than the inbuilt rubbish, you can grab a copy from here http://www.geoterrestrial.com/ not only is this a cracking application it is free!
Just a small word of warning though it does have use the phones GPRS data connection for the mapping side of the application - not a problem if you have inclussive Data in your phone contract - Mike
yuisony said:
I've enable the ....\Camera\P10 in the registry, the GPS Photo option shows up, I've choose it and then the GPS initialize and there's an icon shows (I guess) GPS signal is ready in the camera mode.
However, I use it to shoot photos (it stores in MYPOI rather than MyPictures)....but when I upload it in picasa, there's NO position information i..e longtitute and latitute.....
Anyone experience the same?
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works for me, dont know whats up with your pics.
Bth methods works as long as it leads to GPS-info in the EXIF...but it doesn't work with FLickr (yes, I have set it right on mu account on flickr)...any one an alternative to get my data read and have it put in a map automaticly...
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Bth methods works as long as it leads to GPS-info in the EXIF...but it doesn't work with FLickr (yes, I have set it right on mu account on flickr)...any one an alternative to get my data read and have it put in a map automaticly...
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flickr works for me, but it reads the data sometimes wrong (only the degrees of latitude and longitude, thought the minutes and seconds are also in the header, but this is a known bug.)
e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/2642258812/meta/
thanks all
I get an exif reader and it shows the long and lat...
maybe just the problem with picasa
I have been searching all overr and I'm yet to see am amswer for my question? So I've cdcided to post it on the best site for htc phones. is there a way aside from the app, Pinpoint to show where you are? I mean like what I want to do is have google maps app be able to save my location and adress using the gps and allow me to save it to a contact so that this way next time I want to get to my aunts house for example I can just go to her info click adress and voila. It has a route sshowing me the route.
A strange sense of deja vu washed over me reading this, I was thinking exactly the same thing a few hours ago.
Being able to save GPS information for contacts would be something of great importance considering the devices capabilities, apps like AndNav2 could then use contact GPS co-ordinates for quick navigation, the same could be said of google maps and other applications that use GPS information.
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Being able to save GPS information for contacts would be something of great importance considering the devices capabilities, apps like AndNav2 could then use contact GPS co-ordinates for quick navigation, the same could be said of google maps and other applications that use GPS information.
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Can't you just save an address to the contact and then click on get directions? Or does the location have no street address?
Well yeaah that too. I was thinking of that but the thing is, my cousins house doesn't show up through maps. But it tells me the coordinates using GPS and yeeah it can still give me directions like that. Soo yeah, its sort of a half and half.
For locations without street addresses, you can still map them using lat/long coordinates. Just enter the coordinates into the address field as x,y. For example, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave would be entered as 38.89767967065576, -77.03656196594238
The My Maps Editor application might be of some use too. Basically it lets you display and edit custom maps (which means overlaid graphics on actual google maps) on the G1. Since these overlays are static, it won't route you from an arbitrary location. However if you want to see a hiking path from say a fixed street address out to a lake in the middle of the woods, this could help.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/12/your-maps-in-your-hands-for-holidays.html
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Can't you just save an address to the contact and then click on get directions? Or does the location have no street address?
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AndNav2 uses OpenStreetMap for it's navigation and metadata retrieval, and currently the UK post code search is limited to a few post codes (Zip codes). Most of my contacts won't show up. It will get better in time.....
Thanks Jashsu. Really, Like That really does help and is a very good substittue for an app. But yet another, question, Is It just my phone or Is it Google Maps, THat has a bug, When i know im home and i just want to mess around and activate gps and see my location. And it shows me some where 20 blocks away, lol i hate that!!!!
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Thanks Jashsu. Really, Like That really does help and is a very good substittue for an app. But yet another, question, Is It just my phone or Is it Google Maps, THat has a bug, When i know im home and i just want to mess around and activate gps and see my location. And it shows me some where 20 blocks away, lol i hate that!!!!
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it's a google maps issue, which really screws with me when tryin to use Locale. i had a situation set to put my phone on silent if it is between 2 am and 12 pm AND i am at home, but since it thinks i'm about 1/4 mi away it hasn't worked yet.
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it's a google maps issue, which really screws with me when tryin to use Locale. i had a situation set to put my phone on silent if it is between 2 am and 12 pm AND i am at home, but since it thinks i'm about 1/4 mi away it hasn't worked yet.
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The more powered off the gps is when you attempt to access it (and also the worse your direct view of the sky is) then the longer it will take to get a good gps lock. If you habitually turn the gps function off (or you have a program that automatically does it) then every time you turn the gps on, it has to perform a cold start. This means it will take between one and five minutes to get a bead, depending on the number of satellites your phone can see at the time.
If you use gps often then don't turn it off. The amount of power saved by fully unpowering the chipset is not worth the amount of power it consumes fully cold starting every time you need it (not to mention the time wasted waiting for it to get a bead).
If you used the gps function and then left the gps-using application or put the phone into standby, the gps chipset remains in standby. The next time you access the gps, it will be considered a warm start and will take between 1-30 seconds, depending on various factors.
i have seen a lot of gps application can do things like record tracking, dislay compass, coordination detail..etc.
but i also looking for gps tool which can tell me how long i have walked/drove? and also how far am i from my destination if i have set the coordination for the destination. i think this function can be archieved without using map. i saw that every nokia s60v3 smartphone with gps has this little gps utility. just wondering is there any similar software in android..thx
This might be of use:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.google.android.maps.mytracks
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-trails-with-my-tracks-for-android.html
You can use BuddyRunner for walking/jogging times etc, I coded a driving app "Speed Proof", although it doesn't record driving times I'll add it to the todo list for the next release.
As for the nokia handset utils, nokia has a big database of mapping information, so they could easily do lots of mapping stuff on their server and spit out basic info on the phones.
like jashu said, check out MyTracks. Its similar to SportsTracker for s60, but not as "jocky". My tracks is nice because if you share teh maps, its via google maps, not some nokia service that everyone has to sign up for.
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like jashu said, check out MyTracks. Its similar to SportsTracker for s60, but not as "jocky". My tracks is nice because if you share teh maps, its via google maps, not some nokia service that everyone has to sign up for.
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MyTracks seems like does not work without network connection. i prefer the application to use the built-in gps module only for positioning.
BuddyRunner seems like satisfying my needs..thx..
My Tracks can still work without network coverage, you just won't be able to get map tiles from Google. For any GPS app, without network coverage you won't have Assisted GPS, meaning your position fix will take longer and be less accurate.
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you just won't be able to get map tiles from Google
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AndNav2 allows you to pre-cache map tiles, I'm hoping they make some library similar to the radar library available to other devs so other applications can make use of their hard work too.
Assisted GPS, meaning your position fix will take longer and be less accurate.
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Not having AGPS may take longer to get fix, and in some case it may slightly increase accuracy, but the GPS chips in the G1 will still give you accurate location data without any network connection.
Also AGPS was only added in Android 1.5 so if you are using 1.0/1.1 you won't have AGPS anyway.
gps measure does what you describe
You can try Sportypal,
It is working for Walking, Running, Cycling....and there is "free style" where you can drive or fly if you want ;-)
Sportypal is great for Android, but also is working for almost all phone platforms like iPhone,MicrosoftMobile,Simbian,Java,Blackberry...
http://www.sportypal.com/Workouts/Details/1016
My walking sesion near the lake.
Also this:
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.sportypal
I am trying to find a simple method for storing GPS exif tags on images captured with my HTC Dream.
It seems that the camera application included with the Rogers retail ROM lacks the 'Save Location to Picture' setting included in other builds.
As there is no full ROM currently compatible with Canadian Rogers HTC Dream I am hoping I can replace the default camera application or perhaps find a second camera application with this functionality that I could install manually. Anyone know anything that might work for me?
My device is rooted.
Thanks
Sorry for the shameless self-bump but does anyone have any suggestions for automatic geo tagging with a Canadian Dream? Even a paid app?
I assume that canadians can buy paid apps right? Maybe one of these will help? Sorry just did a quick cyrket search
I too am interested in this. It seems that none of the ROMs with the new camera have the geo-tagging, so it's something that's been removed from it for some reason.
No app I've found will do it for you unfortunately.
Has anyone discovered another way to do it?
As an interim solution I have been using KOPIKS PhotoMapper in conjunction with My Tracks (Available on the Market)
http://software.copiks.com/photomapper/
Have My Tracks record your journey then export that track as a GPX (using the 'Save to SD' option in the app).
From here you can import the GPX along with any images captured and PhotoMapper will use the timestamp on the image to tag it with the corresponding LONG and LAT.
Though this is a little more of a roundabout way PhotoMapper makes it much faster than manual GeoTagging (ala Google Maps/Earth). This also works great if you are using a separate camera; just syncronize your camera and phone time and shoot away.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for your reply!
It's not an ideal solution, but it's one I'll use for now, thanks! One suggestion I'd make, is to use Track My Life, since it uses much less battery, and you can leave it running permanently. The downside is that it only outputs KML files, so some sort of conversion is going to be necessary to import them to PhotoMapper.
I'm retiring a 32gb Verizon G2. The cell radio stopped working properly, and the dead pixel bar problem arose.
It will never again be used as a cell-phone or for texting.
It's rooted running xdabbeb's last rom, so it has the really nice XCam.
Primary goal: Use it as a camera or video-camera. Strip everything off of it that I don't need. Disable phone radio and other battery-consuming functions.
Secondary goals: use a GPS app, maybe use it as a web-capable browser via wifi, maybe use it for occasional g-mail check, maybe use it for a few other handy apps???
I have no experience with this kind of thing. I want to save a failed but still-nifty electronic device (G2) for various functions other than "phone". I don't know what is possible vs what is not.
I've cancelled the service with Verizon.
My questions:
1 - How to disable "phone functions" to save battery.
2 - Assuming wifi is present, but the phone no longer is attached to any account, can i still use it to access web?
3 - Is gmail still possible via wifi?
4 - Can i still run my favorite GPS app?
5 - Can i still use google maps?
6 - If the goal is to be able to browse, email, use camera, use gps, use google maps, use 2 other favorite apps, and nothing else ever, what are some major items I can strip off the phone to trim it down?
I'm an old guy. email did not exist when i graduated college. So i need help with these things from time to time.
Thanks!
http://joyofandroid.com/use-old-android-phone-as-wifi-only-device/