On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:45:00AM -0700, Andrew Daviel wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Frederic Crozat wrote: > > > Once you get the almanac downloaded, fix time can be shorter (5 > > minutes to 10 minutes in bad conditions). And if you got a fix in the > > Any idea where the almanac is stored ? In the GPS chip itself ? Does it > survive power-down or dead battery ? I gather it's a Texas device > (GPS5300) with not a lot of info on the Web (contact TI if you're a > cellphone maker wanting millions of the things, hobbyists need not > apply). The 2-page teaser suggests that it communicates over a serial > bus, maybe native NMEA0183. ... > - I'm curious. What time-to-first-fix are people experiencing ? 3-4 minutes. My GlobalSat BT-308 (SiRF StarII) gets the fix in 1-2 minutes in the same conditions, which is (a) better, (b) still disappointing. Both are pretty much useless when walking around on foot in the city. Marius Gedminas -- 9. Okay, then, what do you think about "syntactic noise" in config files? !@#@!#(#%^!%$@#';,!@# -- http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=RetchMail -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20080331/dc94f883/attachment.pgp
