Wrong location / place by GPS - Location Services - GNSS - Maps
03-10-2021, 10:39 AM
https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=location
Short version: unless you're doing manual things to make the AGPS work, your location is probably from IP address, wifi or cell tower lookup. Like almost every other phone, the GPS signal is marginal because the antenna is necessarily small, so the chances of getting a GPS location aren't great unless you're using the downloaded assistance data (AGPS). Use of assistance data isn't yet built into the GUI - it really needs to be added to ModemManager (used by Phosh) or oFono (used by Plasma Mobile) and called from a GUI somewhere. Also ModemManager won't currently let you turn on location if you don't have a SIM, although the hardware doesn't need the SIM to use GPS - this is a ModemManager bug.
Short version: unless you're doing manual things to make the AGPS work, your location is probably from IP address, wifi or cell tower lookup. Like almost every other phone, the GPS signal is marginal because the antenna is necessarily small, so the chances of getting a GPS location aren't great unless you're using the downloaded assistance data (AGPS). Use of assistance data isn't yet built into the GUI - it really needs to be added to ModemManager (used by Phosh) or oFono (used by Plasma Mobile) and called from a GUI somewhere. Also ModemManager won't currently let you turn on location if you don't have a SIM, although the hardware doesn't need the SIM to use GPS - this is a ModemManager bug.
