On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 17:08, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]> wrote: > People, > > I wanted to start using the GPS facilities on my FreeRunner but there is > a Catch 22 situation: > > - If I am inside, there is too much concrete to get GPS signals > > - If I am outside, I don't have a connection to download maps
With TangoGPS you can download maps for whole selected area for offline usage. You can also use Navit and download maps for whole country for it. > I thought if I could get an external GPS antenna connected and lead it > outside to my balcony, I could get GPS reception while I was still > inside (it is not always convenient to go out to the balcony and use > WiFi). I assumed (!) the little antenna connection on the top right > edge of the freerunner was for a GPS antenna but when I went to buy one > the guy told me the connection is for a 3G antenna . . if I look at: > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware#GPS_Antenna_Performance > > it seems to suggest that there IS an external connector for GPS? > > Can someone clarify? It is connector for GPS antenna. For sure. -- Sebastian Krzyszkowiak dos _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
