10-19-2021, 12:17 PM
(10-18-2021, 07:05 AM)wibble Wrote: Are you proposing a manual-entry location provider for geoclue so that apps see the location you entered manually?Wibble, I was thinking of giving the GPS its initial fix manually, rather than having it get the info from the cell towers. I do like the thought of having the option to leave GPS off entirely, and provide a manually entered location to any app that wants it.
Here's a practical example of using an iPhone as a sextant. Note the extra optics required, and the limitation of sensor accuracy, but still better than nothing.
http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/CamSextant/
Pinephone beta edition, convergence model, Mobian Bookworm with Phosh.