Are you there yet Steve? -Renuka Prasad
On Sep 11, 12:09 pm, Renuka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > The program works fine in windows mobile 6.1 emulator. > > But still the position fix is my IP. > > Can Gears assume the fakeGPS to be a possible position fix? > > I will start a new thread for this > > regards, > renuka prasad > > On Sep 9, 4:50 pm, Renuka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Steve, > > > Thanks again for the reply :) > > My emulator could access the internet. > > > I opened the sample page for Geolocation..... The page loaded but the > > status message showed : 'Getting location...'Neithor the emulator's > > browser notr my emulator hanged, but the status always remained > > 'Getting location...' for, I waited for 15 minutes and once even 30 > > mins. :) > > > But, strangely and incredibly, Google seems to have fixed this now. I > > havent done any changes, in the internet settings of my emulator. > > Today, the GeoLocation sample worked on my mobile and I could get my > > location. > > Here, apparently, the position fix is my IP address. I get the > > location, the same as that of my desktop. (Bangalore, Karnataka, India > > (12.971606, 77.594376) ). This location would be around 10 Kms from my > > actual location in the city, which again complicates things I have > > been trying to do. > > , > > > But Steve, I have got another query again. (plz try to be patient with > > this) > > > Can the position fix for the sample application I referred to earlier > > be set as my fakeGPS program ? > > I hope you are aware of the fake GPS program in the windows Mobile 6 > > sdk inbuilt tools.... or, plz let me know. > > > Can Gears on my emulator consider the fakeGPS to be a possible > > position fix? > > > Thanks again in advance, > > Renuka Prasad. > > > On Sep 9, 3:58 pm, Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Renuka, > > > > It seems there are two problems here. First, the emulator should be > > > able to get a fix from the network server using IP. Given that the > > > host desktop machine gets a valid fix with IP, and your emulator can > > > clearly access the internet, I'm not sure what the problem is. If you > > > can capture the HTTP traffic (with Ethereal or similar) to and > > > fromwww.google.com/loc/json, I'll take closer look. > > > > Second, from what you have described, Gears should be able to use the > > > GPS emulator you're using. However, I've never tried this, so I can't > > > say what the problem is. > > > > In any case, the sample page should never hang indefinitely. It should > > > report either a position fix or an error. Is an error reported in your > > > case? > > > > Steve
