RE: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Does GPS work if the phone is in Airplane mode? From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 8:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Question About GLPS Hello, GPS accuracy varies depending on how clear

Re: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
Message - From: Richard Petty To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 12:02 PM Subject: RE: Question About GLPS Often when I ride in a taxi I overhear the driver’s GPS. Their GPSs, Tom Tom, Garmin and the like, seem to have about the same accuracy as the iPhone

RE: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Richard Petty
:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Question About GLPS Quite often, I am told that I'm 2 or 3 doors away from where I actually am. It's not just the iphone that's given me these slightly off results either. I've accepted it as inherent inaccuracy in GPS. Mind you, I have sometimes

Re: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Christopher Chaltain
- *From:* Richard Petty mailto:richard.pe...@earthlink.net *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, June 08, 2015 12:02 PM *Subject:* RE: Question About GLPS Often when I ride in a taxi I overhear the driver’s GPS. Their GPSs, Tom Tom

Re: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Question About GLPS It's true that most devices will only give you about 15 meters of accuracy, but this isn't because the earth and satellites are in motion. This has to do with time keeping, transmission/reception speeds

RE: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
allowed it. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terry-Ann Saurmann Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Question About GLPS Since the earth, as well as the satellites on which the GPS information is dependent

Re: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hello, GPS accuracy varies depending on how clear a view of the sky you have. So if you're in a vehicle, you can often improve accuracy by putting your device near a window. On the street, there's not much you can do. The weather can affect accuracy, for instance. So maybe you'll get a better

Re: Question About GLPS

2015-06-08 Thread Vincent Thacker
to judge anything like that. Vince. Message Received: Jun 08 2015, 02:25 PM From: Woody Anna Dresner To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Subject: Re: Question About GLPS Hello, GPS accuracy varies depending on how clear a view of the sky you have. So