Ecke, this is exactly why I bought a 'real' gps (a Garmin GPsMap 60cx). It is not that much more expensive and it can be used a gps in car, trekking or cycling.
It logs for 18 hours on two AA alkalines. 2011/2/11 eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com>: > I just read in a post about system-on-chip based smart phones that gps > activation is usually restricted to the higher power levels meaning a > lot of other modules are also forcibly enabled and eating battery > power. my motorola defy by way of example will not acquire first fix > w/o the wwan module enabled, i.e. not in flight mode. strangely, once > ff was taken, flight mode will work. or so the forums have it... and > they also say standby life with gps is under 8 hours as opposed to > just under 10 days w/o gps in lab or 6 days in real life conditions. > my old bt gps mouse and (now dead) hp hx4700 did much better logging > data in tinystocks navio over the bt link... not good > > 2011/2/11, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com>: >> On 11 February 2011 11:52, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >>> In that case, it should be fairly straightforward to set up an Android (or >>> iPhone) to record gps data periodically, and go from there. I tried to >>> see if such a program already existed, but most of what I got was about >>> using the internal camera. >> >> GPSTracker Lite too >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) >> Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours >> Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > Cheers > Ecke > > ----------------------------------------- > Cameras don’t shoot people. > Photographers shoot people. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs ---------------------- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
