GPS Today

[mobo13]

GPS Today

I am very impressed with this program so far. Found it at

http://www.freewareppc.com/download/travel/gpstoday.shtml

Like Google Maps but with a Today Plugin.

Works easy and fast!!

Try it!

Mobo:)

[JimSmith94]

Sounds cool, I'm trying it now. :) Here's a link to the full page with the description: http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=26396

Application Description
GeoTerrestrial GPSToday is a lightweight today screen plugin that will allow you to utilize the full capabilities of your device.

* It utilizes intelligent algorithms to always maintain and display a fix on your position right on your today screen, without draining the battery.
* Always see your full street address, not just geo-coordinates.
* Currently WORKS in the US only!
* Slide the red icon over to the right to start the GPS in continuous mode, or single-tap the red icon to start the GPS in quick-fix mode.
* GPSToday always shows the distance to the nearest contact from your device's address book.
* Single tap to create a new contact with your current location as the address, or save the current location as an existing contact's address. Imagine not having to type the full street address on the PPC keyboard!
* You will never need the stylus to use GPSToday!
* Speed, heading and satellite data is shown clearly on the today screen whenever the GPS is running.
* In-pocket tap protection. A single tap on the today screen only operates the GPS in quick fix mode. To fully start the GPS in continuous mode requires an iphone like sliding motion, guaranteeing no pocket accidents.
* Single tap from the today screen to access fully draggable online maps!<
* Always see all your address book contacts on the map. Just tap a contact to quickly call/email or send sms.
* Single tap from today screen to quickly do a yahoo local search around your current position and see the results on a live map. Just tap a result to call or open the website.
* High quality Yelp Reviews for local search results!
* Fetch the full street address for any point on the map.
* GPSToday automatically disables data access when your device goes into roaming mode.
* And many more features.
* Best of all, its free!

Update Description
Added Note: Currently Works in the US only!

[zoomy942]

i'm trying t too

[AstronusX]

I'm really curious how can it be "without draining the battery" when internet is active and gps is active. If those two features are active then battery must be drain more than normal usage. Hopefully, someone can measure it. If it is true, we can have GPS open all day long without worry about battery drain and in the same time no need to wait for "cold" boot and have instant gps when open tomtom or other gps application.

[xweaponx]

I had it on my device for the last few days and while it does offer direction, speed, etc it does consume battery life. It stays active and when it hits open sky, begins the search. Several trips home from work monitoring my speed yielded a very warm battery...

[Asphyx]

I'm really curious how can it be "without draining the battery" when internet is active and gps is active. If those two features are active then battery must be drain more than normal usage. Hopefully, someone can measure it. If it is true, we can have GPS open all day long without worry about battery drain and in the same time no need to wait for "cold" boot and have instant gps when open tomtom or other gps application.


There should be no extra Battery drain with GPS on because GPS doesn't require the transmitter to be turned on like the internet access does.

The receiver in the unit always stays on (so you can get calls) so receiving satellite data doesn't require any more power than normal.

The internet connection DOES drain the battery though as it needs to turn on the transmitter each time it sends data.

[zoomy942]

i used it this morning and last night.

first off, it leaves the data connection active while it updates your location/address so yeah, it drains the battery. i lost 10% or so in about an hour of constant use. but keep in mind that also had the screen on while i was watching it. next, its a little buggy because, for me, it would stop GPS'ing when the screen shut off and once the screen came back on, it would get the sats for about 20 seconds then stop. i have to go into the map, choose MORE, and chose run GPS to make it stay on. all in all, its a really neat app, i love the speed part.

[pacmantom]

I just found this the other day and tested it. One problem I had was I had to go to the map to keep my connection open. It kept turning on and off until I clicked on the map and it didn't turn off afterwards. I didn't have to keep it open. I just opened and closed it. It seems to get a pretty quick connection when outside. It seems to be a memory hog I think for what it does. I start at 11 mb with just this on the Today screen using NexVision rom, which I usually started at 15. I like the plugin. I wish it didn't use at much ram as it does.

[RevSand]

OK.. I might just be lame but I ran the cab on this.. Did the soft reset and there is nothing installed for it.. In my programs there is no listing for it and on my storage card (where I installed it) there is only a listing for a help file that does not open...

Any ideas??

[RevSand]

OK.. I might just be lame but I ran the cab on this.. Did the soft reset and there is nothing installed for it.. In my programs there is no listing for it and on my storage card (where I installed it) there is only a listing for a help file that does not open...

Any ideas??

NM... just installed it to the device and it works.. hmmm not a fan of it there but it will have to do...

[Dishe]

There should be no extra Battery drain with GPS on because GPS doesn't require the transmitter to be turned on like the internet access does.

The receiver in the unit always stays on (so you can get calls) so receiving satellite data doesn't require any more power than normal.

The internet connection DOES drain the battery though as it needs to turn on the transmitter each time it sends data.

If you delve a little bit deeper into how GPS receivers work, you'd understand that it actually does draw quite a bit of power. Also, the mogul does not use aGPS, which uses the cellular tower information to help get a faster fix without as much effort on the part of the GPS chip. Your explanation of "The receiver in the unit always stays on (so you can get calls)" doesn't make any sense in this case since the technologies do not rely on each other.

To prove my point:
Turn off the cellular radio on your phone in the comm manager. Turn on Bluetooth. They both use a receiver, however bluetooth uses far less power than the cellular radio. Your battery will last longer. The GPS radio also uses power, perhaps less than cellular, but more than not using it at all.

BOTTOM LINE: Leaving GPS on will eat your battery. Period.

[zoomy942]

it's a today plug in. if it doesnt show up, reinstall it to your device

[indagroove]

This program makes my mogul really slooooooooooow...

[meccanoble]

hmmm, I was really trying to prevent downloading on device but i'll do it and hope all works.

Update. I now see the gps but my phone is slow as dirt. Cant even click on Start or anything....whenever I receive a new message I get same issue...bout to soft reset again to see if it works a little better....

[meccanoble]

seems to be running better just needed time to boot up I guess....should we be changing anything on GPS settings? I feel like I just got a new toy man...

[RevSand]

Seems like a cool new toy.. I cannot wait to get outta the cave I am working in right now and see how well it really works with a sat signal...

[defaultdotxbe]

If you delve a little bit deeper into how GPS receivers work, you'd understand that it actually does draw quite a bit of power. Also, the mogul does not use aGPS, which uses the cellular tower information to help get a faster fix without as much effort on the part of the GPS chip. Your explanation of "The receiver in the unit always stays on (so you can get calls)" doesn't make any sense in this case since the technologies do not rely on each other.

To prove my point:
Turn off the cellular radio on your phone in the comm manager. Turn on Bluetooth. They both use a receiver, however bluetooth uses far less power than the cellular radio. Your battery will last longer. The GPS radio also uses power, perhaps less than cellular, but more than not using it at all.

BOTTOM LINE: Leaving GPS on will eat your battery. Period.
and besides that, even if the gps doesnt need extra power to recieve GPS data it still has to do something with the data, that means the processor is running, stuff is being written to and from RAM, then displayed on the today screen, all this takes more power that doing nothing





anyway, i ended up having to prime the GPS with google maps to get this thing going, and the today plugin flickers rather annoyingly (and its definately eating the battery, i got it charging now but its charging up a lot slower than usual)

[meccanoble]

hmm, i have google maps on my laptop for mobile. I will attempt to install later. as far as the gps working, I was driving to work and it showed me how fast I was going and how far i was from work. I didnt even put it to search for work but it must have found the address somehow in my phonebook?

I'm lookin at the program and its linking to an Autozone that is 5,397.7 miles away from me. I know which one they are referring to since i saved that name and number but i'm pretty sure its closer than 5 thousand miles from me...WTF

i'm still trying to learn how to use this...

[RevSand]

program seemed REALLY cool.. but while it was installed and looking for a signal it seemed to REALLY lock up my phone... I could not do anything on it for a couple mins. :( I will keep an eye out for a newer version when it comes out since I did really like the concept of this program...

[GPSToday]

Hi all,

First, its wonderful to see so many positive comments about the software just days after its first release. Now we know we are on the right track!

Secondly guys, apologies for the bugs/issues you faced, or are still facing. This is still version 0.9, so its actually a beta release (not that that's an excuse!). Also please excuse us for the lack of documentation.

About the "without draining the battery" part, I agree the language is somewhat confusing. It was meant to compare with the consumption that would occur if the GPS were actually running all the time. You'll agree that if you start up the GPS at 8:00 in the morning on a typical Phone-PDA and leave it running non-stop along with an active internet connection, it will not last until noon. With GPSToday one can get the same benefit throughout the entire day. There have been some inconsistencies though, with some users reporting almost no perceptible change in battery life, and some being seriously affected.

Please note that tapping the red icon on the today screen is intentionally meant to temporarily start the gps, obtain a fix if available, and then stop. To start the GPS in continuous mode from the today screen itself, drag the red icon over and drop it onto either of the two icons on the right. Once you are done, you must remember to stop it by repeating the same gesture. Also, try this once if the automatic mode is not able to get a fix the first time you go outdoors.

Memory: our tests indicate significantly less than 1MB consumption when the map window is closed, and about 1.5 Mb overall when the map window is being actively used. We agree this is a bit high (but nowhere close to the 4mb one of you is reporting). Some of this is also an offshoot of the fact that it uses up only a tiny amount of storage memory, < 200kB. Nevertheless, expect to see ram usage being reduced significantly in later versions.

Lastly, please fetch the latest version 0.9.1 which fixes some battery life issues and other minor fixes, from Pocketgear at http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=26396. Make sure the download filename is GPSToday091.CAB. We recommend a soft reset immediately after installtion. We also promise that from v 1.0 onward soft resets will not be required!.

Thanks!
GT, Inc

[meccanoble]

I like this software. I just attempted the update but it seems to take a really long time to install the CAB file. At first I downloaded new CAB and tried to run it, forgot to change name and thought that may be causing long install. So I soft reset and changed name to GPSToay091.CAB but had smae issue so I uninstalled the old CAB and seen that it should have been GPSToday091.CAB. After renaming, i'm going through install process again but it has been on this screen for atleast 3 minutes.

It says:

Installing GPSToday091.CAB ...

in the middle shows the windows circle spinning...i'll keep this going for a little while until I see an update from someone on here...just hanging at work anyway :)

[GPSToday]

meccanoble, you should not rename the CAB file. If the new file you downloaded is not already named GPSToday091.CAB, it means you downloaded the old version all over again.

I recommend you uninstall whatever version you currently have using the Remove Programs applet, and soft-reset your device. Then make sure to download and install the latest version from the link in my previous post. Make sure to refresh the Pocketgear product page by pressing ctrl-f5 in the browser. When the browser prompts to save the file, it should be GPSToday091.CAB. If it is not, please wait a while before refreshing and trying again.

[swanie2000]

Mine just says "Installation of GPSToday091.CAB was unsuccessful"

Tried it many times, rebooting my phone, still no workie. The first file worked for me, but the 91 file doesn't.

[GPSToday]

swanie2000,

I've never heard of anyone having this problem before, neither none of us here have ever had it between various upgrades.
I know its a pain, but here is what I would suggest:
1.) Uninstall whatever version you currently have using the Remove Programs applet in settings, and soft-reset.
2.) Install GPSToday091.CAB, and follow the prompt to soft-reset.

If after this it still doesnt work, I would like to know the make/model/OS of your device to dig deeper.

Thanks!

[mobo13]

The same thing happened on my HTC 6800 running the leaked rom. Uninstalled .9 , soft boot, and attempt to install .91.

Unsuccessful

Tried again after another soft boot with no luck.

Sorry

Mobo

[meccanoble]

meccanoble, you should not rename the CAB file. If the new file you downloaded is not already named GPSToday091.CAB, it means you downloaded the old version all over again.

I recommend you uninstall whatever version you currently have using the Remove Programs applet, and soft-reset your device. Then make sure to download and install the latest version from the link in my previous post. Make sure to refresh the Pocketgear product page by pressing ctrl-f5 in the browser. When the browser prompts to save the file, it should be GPSToday091.CAB. If it is not, please wait a while before refreshing and trying again.

makes perfect sense...lol I did just that, the one i downloaded said GPSToday091.CAB. I already uninstalled older version but I do see a GPSToday cache folder of previous searches I made. I didnt delete this...didnt think it would affect anything.

I have olipro 2.40, win mobile 6.1 custom rom 2.2.6 and i have radio 3.27

I went through process correctly and getting same issue. I will delete that folder, soft reset and try again.

[meccanoble]

Argh, getting same BS. Same exact screen. I dont even get unsuccessful, it just sits on installing screen with the bar not moving...

once again to verify, i downloaded file from listed website, saved it directly to my 512 mb card after verifying file name was correct. clicked on file through file explorer > storage card

and this is the final result...i'll just leave it for like 3 minutes again and see if somjething changes.....

[swanie2000]

The same thing happened on my HTC 6800 running the leaked rom. Uninstalled .9 , soft boot, and attempt to install .91.

Unsuccessful

Tried again after another soft boot with no luck.

Sorry

Mobo

I was hoping it wasn't just me.
Mogul htc6800 Using DCD2.6
I will keep messing with it...

[meccanoble]

I have let this install screen show for about 15 minutes if not longer...still running, no advancement on the process bar...i'm giving up for now and will hope some light is shed on issue.

I have same exact setup as swani, dcd 2.2.6 3.16

[GPSToday]

For all those reading this thread, has anyone gotten 0.9.1 to install successfully?
Meanwhile swanie, meccanoble, please hold off while we dig deeper. Might be an uploading issue to Pocketgear etc.

Thanks

[swanie2000]

For all those reading this thread, has anyone gotten 0.9.1 to install successfully?
Meanwhile swanie, meccanoble, please hold off while we dig deeper. Might be an uploading issue to Pocketgear etc.

Thanks

When I tried to download, it came up as .90. I canceled the pop up "download file" window, and then followed the link, as instructed. Then the correct "download file" box came up. I have downloaded it 3 times, same thing...

[GPSToday]

I confirmed it, the file at Pocketgear is somehow corrupted, and they are still mixing up the versions, almost 1/2 a day after the update :(

Please navigate to http://m.geoterrestrial.com/ from your mobile device to download the CAB file directly to your device. This will work.

Meanwhile I will try to sort this out with pocketgear.

Thanks for your patience guys.

[pacmantom]

I couldn't get the one from pocketgear to work but you know that. It is working from the site. Testing the new one.

[meccanoble]

I got this to work by downloading and installing on the actual phone instead of memory card...I dont want to put anything on phone but if thats the only way, its worth it. It was hot watching my GPS tell me how fast I was going and accurately telling me where I was (full address) and also showed me how far I was from home. I can even see people near me on GPS. Friends I have saved on my phone and businesses. Its so hot.

But address changes for some reason and only gives distance from me and shows some spot i'm not familiar wit by address but somewhat close.

I really have to read up on it to learn how to properly use it...But I'm liking it a lot. Speed was never off more than 2 mph unless I was doing some serious speeding or braking (between 1st and 2nd gear). Same accuracy with house number. Map opens pretty fast and doesnt lag the phone. The map software performs very well with the phone.

If there was anything bad to say, its that the software looks a little complicated since I was unable to understand basic searching. How would I do a search for a location and have the gps assist me with directions? Or is this just software to give locator details but not instructions?

[RevSand]

Good sounding stuff.. Cannot wait to try this again this afternoon... Glad to see the software maker here for feedback and trying to help out..

[defaultdotxbe]

If there was anything bad to say, its that the software looks a little complicated since I was unable to understand basic searching. How would I do a search for a location and have the gps assist me with directions? Or is this just software to give locator details but not instructions?
im not sure about directions but the local search thing is pretty neat, the search terms are persistent, and you can have multiple searches, so basically i can put in some fast food places i like in the search and anywhere i go it will show me how far i am from a mcdonalds :D

[GPSToday]

meccanoble,

Good to see its finally working for you.
Yes, it does not do directions yet. We are looking at some solutions, but it will be a while before we are able to provide that feature. Right now we are focused on completing a rock solid v 1.0 with all help pages, documentation etc, and some additional features.

Thanks!

[JimSmith94]

I think I found a bug. Some of my contacts near me have a home and a mobile number and no work number, but the program shows "first last (w)". Another with only a home number correctly shows "first last (h)". One has only a work number, and his properly shows "first last (w)".

[GPSToday]

Duly noted. Thanks!

[GPSToday]

JimSmith94,

I asked around. Actually, the h/w setting is picked up from the address, as in whether the home or work address is saved, not the phone number. If your contact showing up as (w) has a work address saved, then it is working correctly, as the distance shown on the today screen is calculated from the relevant address. Please let us know if there is still a problem.

[J Raymond]

What's with the "move the red square" thing?? How about putting a "start" and a "stop" or a "on/off" button on the screen and do away with the move the red square thing. It's novel, but dumb.

[RevSand]

What's with the "move the red square" thing?? How about putting a "start" and a "stop" or a "on/off" button on the screen and do away with the move the red square thing. It's novel, but dumb.

They say so its like that so that the GPS does not get turned on with an accidental touch. Makes it harder to do it when you do not want it and to use one handed when you do.


My question is: Is the quick fix supposed to randomly turn on? if so is there a way to have it activate only every XXX mins?

[dschoenike]

i gotta say, i had a heck of a time trying to get this app to work this morning. it kept locking up my mogul, and slowing it down to a crawl. i reinstalled it this afternoon, and it works like a champ now. weird.

[J Raymond]

(friendly :) )
OK, I appreciate that accidential button pressing can be an issue, but I assure you I have a LOT of other buttons or items on my TODAY screen - any one of which I could hit accidently. The TODAY screen real estate is very precious, and having a large slider red square is not ( IMHO) effective use of the real estate. To me, it looks like there is text under it. Maybe they can make the slider smaller (top to bottom) maybe by 1/2, and on the top side of the text. Maybe move it to the center :confused: ??

Outside of that issue, I like the app. I was seeking such a plug in. It links contacts, POI, gMaps, etc... nice. :D

Now, if I can just figure out what the right most three buttons on the map screen do, I'll be happy.

j

[J Raymond]

Oh, and I agree, active for xx minutes would be a very good thing!

j

[JimSmith94]

JimSmith94,

I asked around. Actually, the h/w setting is picked up from the address, as in whether the home or work address is saved, not the phone number. If your contact showing up as (w) has a work address saved, then it is working correctly, as the distance shown on the today screen is calculated from the relevant address. Please let us know if there is still a problem.
Aha, that was it, thanks! I had saved the address in Outlook under Business instead of Home. :rolleyes:

[GPSToday]

"The TODAY screen real estate is very precious.."

J Raymond, from our viewpoint as well, the above sentiment is meant to be one of the defining characteristics of GPSToday. You cannot imagine how much thought/discussion went into placement of every pixel, every piece of text on the today screen. Given that, we are always looking for improvements.

The red button as a slider would definitely be useless on the today screen, IF that were its only function. Right now it:
1) Shows you the current GPS status.
2) Shows the number of active satellites in range.
3) Allows you to obtain a quick fix by tapping it once, without having to worry about remembering to stop it when done.
4) Allows you to start/stop the GPS in persistent mode by the sliding action.

The buttons on the map screen are as follows:
1,2) Zoom-in, Zoom-out
3) The middle button re-centers your map back to the last known GPS location, if you have dragged it to another location. It turns red whenever the map is not synchronized to the GPS location, so you always know.
4) Rexecutes your saved local searches around the current map center.
5) Close the map window.

Its kind of sad that we are having to provide "documentation" this way, but to be honest, we had never thought so many folks will download and use it before 1.0 is out.

[J Raymond]

Wow, :eek: Thanks for the fast reply!

Well, at least you have my input. I appreciate the input channel.

Thanks for the information on what the buttons do! :)

Remember the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!" These groups are probably the best place to get "qualified" input, especially before going retail.

j

[RevSand]

Its kind of sad that we are having to provide "documentation" this way, but to be honest, we had never thought so many folks will download and use it before 1.0 is out.

Its a positive since it shows there is no other products out that are like it and its a wanted item.. Good Work!!

And being on a forum full of phone techs/geeks should be a GREAT way to get some good beta testing in on the software...

[kmartburrito]

After reading these 5 pages for the first time, i will be installing this tonight on my mogul. Thank you so much GPSToday for providing prompt and thorough explanations of your software. Like a previous poster stated, you've definitely come to the right place to get beta testers and quality feedback. We appreciate your work!!

[meccanoble]

"The TODAY screen real estate is very precious.."

J Raymond, from our viewpoint as well, the above sentiment is meant to be one of the defining characteristics of GPSToday. You cannot imagine how much thought/discussion went into placement of every pixel, every piece of text on the today screen. Given that, we are always looking for improvements.

The red button as a slider would definitely be useless on the today screen, IF that were its only function. Right now it:
1) Shows you the current GPS status.
2) Shows the number of active satellites in range.
3) Allows you to obtain a quick fix by tapping it once, without having to worry about remembering to stop it when done.
4) Allows you to start/stop the GPS in persistent mode by the sliding action.

The buttons on the map screen are as follows:
1,2) Zoom-in, Zoom-out
3) The middle button re-centers your map back to the last known GPS location, if you have dragged it to another location. It turns red whenever the map is not synchronized to the GPS location, so you always know.
4) Rexecutes your saved local searches around the current map center.
5) Close the map window.

Its kind of sad that we are having to provide "documentation" this way, but to be honest, we had never thought so many folks will download and use it before 1.0 is out.

after reading these details I love this software even more but I have one question. Maybe its already been answered. I want to find a place by address, not name. Where do I go to type in this address? and how do I start search and can I get directions or will this just tell me how far I am from location in miles?

[kmartburrito]

Guys, this app is friggin MONEY.

I installed 0.91, and it works great. I've been using TomTom since I put on the GPS roms, and even though I've enabled the aGPS registry hack, it usually still takes a heck of a long time to get satellite locks. With this plugin, I get a lock usually within 10 seconds. It takes up very little RAM, and I get it all back when the quick fix turns off. I've noticed that it takes a bit for the battery draw to come back down to normal, but it usually does so within 30 seconds or so, which is still pretty good.

I'm certainly going to follow future versions of this app, and recommend it to anyone I know with a Mogul. Thanks GPSToday!

[AstronusX]

I would be nice if GPSToday can save current coordinate to Google Map -> GPSLocation. If you lost your phone, you would know where is your phone.

[mrmafesto]

wow...tried this on a friends phone...i ranout and bought a mogul!!! Great App!! One thing tho..do i have to intsall GMaps or does this pull up map info automatic like?

Keep up the great stuff!!

[bchipley]

I have been playing with this for a few days, here are a couple of items:

- On my today screen (xv6800/Mogul) since I have too many items on my screen the scroll bar is active and the map/speed box is partially covered. Can this be either autosized or slid over to the left (maybe 10 pixels)
- I was running the today screen piece this morning driving to work watching my speed and it stopped on its own after ~10 minutes. All I had to do was slide the box back over. It was on external power and I had no contact with the phone when it occurred. I did not know if there was an auto-off, or a bug.
- When I go to options/settings in the map and make a change, I expected to hit OK and be returned. It appears one hits ok to accept and cancel to exit. It is not intuitive.
- One other item that may be my mistake, I thought that the address would appear on the screen as I was driving while on the today screen? All I see is Vallejo, CA.

As other people have noted this is an excellent piece of work, I just thought that I would pass along a few items.

[kevank]

I like the app. I had to install it twice to get it to work. First time it was slow and made my mogul in responsive. I did two soft resets and then removed it. I reinstalled the app and now it works fine.

K

[Asphyx]

Turn off the cellular radio on your phone in the comm manager. Turn on Bluetooth. They both use a receiver, however bluetooth uses far less power than the cellular radio. Your battery will last longer. The GPS radio also uses power, perhaps less than cellular, but more than not using it at all.


One Flaw with your test example...Both use transmitters...GPS does not!
The reason there is a difference between Phone and BT is that the Phone uses more power to the transmitter to increase the range...BT does not have to reach the nearest tower and therefore uses less power to drive the transmitter...

GPS does not use the transmitter. If there is any power drain it will be because you are driving the CPU of the unit out of idle (power saving) to process the data the GPS reciever sees...So yes there is a slight drain due to that. But it is hardly the kind of drain you will see from using BT, WiFi or Phone...

The drain is normal for any application that keeps the CPU active and out of idle...

[kmartburrito]

So, today is a whole new ballgame. I went into work at the hospital, and here I don't have the ability for GPS to get a fix as I'm deep in the bowels of the place. What I've found is that the app is constantly trying to get an autofix, but it cannot...at that point my mogul almost comes to a screeching halt, with menus becoming unresponsive, and my power draw sticks around 200-400mA, when it's usually around 70-75. I've tried to turn off the autofix because I'm trying to prevent it from freezing up my phone...I turned off autofix in the settings, and while I can't click 'ok' to exit and confirm, I can hit ok, and then cancel to go out, go back in and my settings seemed to have saved...until I soft reset and the process starts all over again.

I think we definitely need to have the option to adjust the autofix interval. I'd like to control, or turn off successfully, the ability for the app to try and get a fix.

[kevank]

I will second KMB's feedback. My phone started acting the same way this morning. I had to disable auto(daily?)fix to make my phone act right. Is was really slow and unresponsive.

Kevan

[bedoig]

I third that comment. Program runs great when it can get a fix, but when it can't it brings everything to a screeching halt. It needs to be easier/faster to disable. Otherwise, I'm loving it so far.

[kevank]

I restarted my phone and the plugin reverted back to the default settings. (autogps enabled) My phone was slugish again. I went ahead and disabled it for now. I am waiting for the next release.

K

[sovrce]

I fourth Kmart's comment - there really needs to be a way to turn off the auto GPS lock.

[scottdw]

So, today is a whole new ballgame. I went into work at the hospital, and here I don't have the ability for GPS to get a fix as I'm deep in the bowels of the place. What I've found is that the app is constantly trying to get an autofix, but it cannot...at that point my mogul almost comes to a screeching halt, with menus becoming unresponsive, and my power draw sticks around 200-400mA, when it's usually around 70-75. I've tried to turn off the autofix because I'm trying to prevent it from freezing up my phone...I turned off autofix in the settings, and while I can't click 'ok' to exit and confirm, I can hit ok, and then cancel to go out, go back in and my settings seemed to have saved...until I soft reset and the process starts all over again.

I think we definitely need to have the option to adjust the autofix interval. I'd like to control, or turn off successfully, the ability for the app to try and get a fix.

Oh my I thought it was just me not understanding this. I thought that when you turned it off making the icon red that it would not try again until you either hit the red icon or slid it over. I would not mind it checking every once in a while but since it locks the phone up that is no good.

this is still beta and the developer is on the forums so I am sure there will be a solution soon.....we really need documentation/faq's on this as well.


Great App GPSToday!!!!!!

[GPSToday]

From the comments it appears the "getting locked up" problem during auto-fix indoors is specific to the mogul. Has anyone with other models faced the same specific issue?

[J Raymond]

Well, today, it locked up my device, hard. :( I had to press the reset button to get my phone back each time. I tried it several times. It locked my phone hard every time. After rebooting, I launched gMaps - worked fine. I launched Navizon - worked fine. I tried GPSToday - locked up. I don't know what happened since it worked nicely yesterday. I'll try uninstalling it and re-installing it. I hope it works out. When it locked up, it seemed to run for about 30 seconds before it locked up tight. I'm on Alltel and was not roaming and I had a good EVDO connection the whole way. Nothing else was running, not even acive sync was in the background. I'm using the stock Alltel ROM, WM6 (nothing cooked) and an external GPS receiver via bluetooth. I have it installed on the device, not the memory card.

If GPS Today wants to pm me directly, I'd be happy to help in any way I can. I like this program big time (execpt for the big red block on the Today screen ;) ) .

j

[kmartburrito]

From the comments it appears the "getting locked up" problem during auto-fix indoors is specific to the mogul. Has anyone with other models faced the same specific issue?

unfortunately since this is a titan/mogul forum, you won't get much exposure to people with other models.

however, our GPS chipset is the same as some other HTC devices, so I'd be curious to see if people with the same chipset are having issues. I'll look up those devices, I can't think of it at the moment, sorry.

If we could get to where we could adjust the autofix interval, or ensure that the app remembers our settings instead of reverting to defaults, it would be manageable.

Personally, I'd rather turn off autofix altogether, and just be able to manually run autofix before I start tomtom, etc.

Great work by the way though, I'm loving this app with exception of what others have reported in addition to myself. Thanks GPSToday!

[bcothren]

I've been having the same lockup issues, and not just indoors. I just tried it when I went out to get a car mount for the Mogul and it locked up pretty good. TomTom and Google Maps were working fine, but the GPS Today would hang the system for about 45 seconds or so before releasing briefly. I ended up having to uninstall it because it kept freezing the phone. I tried it using DCD 2.2.6 ROM as well as the leaked ROM from Sprint and got the same results with both ROMs. I am up for testing as well. I have a spare phone that's active so I can mess around with that one a good bit without screwing mine up!

Spare phone is loaded with the leaked ROM with junkware loaded and only Google Maps installed.

[kmartburrito]

fwiw, I'm using DCD's 2.2.0 rom.

Looks like we're having the occurrence on both WM6 and WM6.1 Roms so far

btw, I'm FAR too anal about my battery consumption, and I watch the power draw at all times. unless I'm just looking at it every time Activesync is connecting, it seems like there is a residual power drain after installing, and uninstalling this app.

I normally have around 70 percent or so when I go home after the day's done, and here it is 4:00 PM, and I have 30 percent.

PLEASE NOTE that I'm completely speculating at this point, because I haven't had enough time with it to really be sure, but it's something to pay attention to if anyone else has BatteryStatus today plugin or another app that monitors power draw.

Like I said before, I watch my power draw like a hawk. If the phone doesn't stay between 60-75mA when idle, I can tell something else is draining power. As long as it's at that point, I can get almost two days out of my battery. I understand that the GPS will use power, but it shouldn't be using any after I've uninstalled and reset several times.

[meccanoble]

On my way to work, i decided to rape my phone. Had Mp3 use with audio manager, ofcourse GPS today and was running google maps. It ran slow at times but music played constantly with no isues. The Google maps picked up 4 satellites and showed an area near my house but while I was driving, it didnt seem to update on the map. I never used GPS Today to activate my GPS. Could this be the reason why?

[yerp]

The Google maps picked up 4 satellites and showed an area near my house but while I was driving, it didnt seem to update on the map. I never used GPS Today to activate my GPS. Could this be the reason why?

no....but it highlights what i think is the main flaw of this plugin and something i am very suprised noone has yet mentioned.....it doesn't initiate a data connection if one is not active....in order to get maps to work properly, open PIE real quick and have it establish a data connection for GPSToday....

[kmartburrito]

no....but it highlights what i think is the main flaw of this plugin and something i am very suprised noone has yet mentioned.....it doesn't initiate a data connection if one is not active....in order to get maps to work properly, open PIE real quick and have it establish a data connection for GPSToday....

I will second that...I played with this on my 3 our plane ride home from North Carolina :)

It was cool to see that I was going 450mph! I'm thinking that the today plugin redraws itself quite often, and that's why I'm seeing the 20-40mA jump in power draw when I'm using it. Still need some more time to play though.

[meccanoble]

no....but it highlights what i think is the main flaw of this plugin and something i am very suprised noone has yet mentioned.....it doesn't initiate a data connection if one is not active....in order to get maps to work properly, open PIE real quick and have it establish a data connection for GPSToday....

open PIE? What is PIE? sorry keeping up with terminology :)

[c@rL0$]

open PIE? What is PIE? sorry keeping up with terminology :)

PIE = Pocket Internet Explorer :D

[RevSand]

I used this program for two days and saw a MAJOR draw on power... Example.. Each night I charge my phone fully before I go to sleep at night, when I get up 5 hours later (on average) my phone is still at 90-100% power.. The nights I had gptoday installed I woke with only 60-70% power. Thats a big draw considering since I am in bed asleep I am not using any apps on the phone.

Love the program when its running but the power draw and lockups at times when I am inside make it so its not worth running.. I will keep watching for new versions and give them a try as they come out since the concept is awesome..

[gbenj]

Guys, this app is friggin MONEY.

I installed 0.91, and it works great. I've been using TomTom since I put on the GPS roms, and even though I've enabled the aGPS registry hack, it usually still takes a heck of a long time to get satellite locks. With this plugin, I get a lock usually within 10 seconds. It takes up very little RAM, and I get it all back when the quick fix turns off. I've noticed that it takes a bit for the battery draw to come back down to normal, but it usually does so within 30 seconds or so, which is still pretty good.

I'm certainly going to follow future versions of this app, and recommend it to anyone I know with a Mogul. Thanks GPSToday!

how did you enable the aGPS hack? and what exactly should i expect it to do?

[rmancl]

how did you enable the aGPS hack? and what exactly should i expect it to do?

not sure what the hack was but it is included in dcd's new rom and kitchen 2.3.1.
aGPS means assisted gps. basically it uses the standard satelites for gps and your providers cell towers to help fix on your position.

hope that helps

[kmartburrito]

It's just a registry edit to the SUPL AGPS folder, where it enables aGPS mode. There's a thread on the topic if you want to take a look for it.

[GPSToday]

Guys, please try out the latest version 0.9.2 at http://m.geoterrestrial.com/

(filename should be GPSToday092.CAB)

The big one: It should fix the "lock-up" issue. We didn't have a "cooked-rom" mogul to test with, but we believe it'll work. It had something to do with interoperating with other applications wanting to use the GPS.

Also, a bunch of other fixes and enhancements, We also added the "Initiate Connection If Needed" option, although we've left if off by default until you want to turn it in settings.

Hopefully this version will function more like the way you had thought the original one would :)

Thanks!

[kmartburrito]

Guys, please try out the latest version 0.9.2 at http://m.geoterrestrial.com/

(filename should be GPSToday092.CAB)

The big one: It should fix the "lock-up" issue. We didn't have a "cooked-rom" mogul to test with, but we believe it'll work. It had something to do with interoperating with other applications wanting to use the GPS.

Also, a bunch of other fixes and enhancements, We also added the "Initiate Connection If Needed" option, although we've left if off by default until you want to turn it in settings.

Hopefully this version will function more like the way you had thought the original one would :)

Thanks!


Downloading as we speak :D

I'm excited!!!

Also guys, if you haven't tried DCD's 2.3.1 yet, get it, it's way better than 2.2.0. The 1% battery increment fix makes it worth it alone. Plus I can get to 24mb free on soft reset. Great job DCD ;)

[kmartburrito]

update:

It took me a bit to get my first lock, I had to run it in persistent a couple cycles, but after that, it seems to be working great.

Most importantly, the OK button on the settings page seems like its working, and the app is remembering my settings after reboot. Also, there is an "initiate connection if needed" option. Nice improvement!!

Looking forward to the 1.0 release!

K

[yerp]

Guys, please try out the latest version 0.9.2 at http://m.geoterrestrial.com/

(filename should be GPSToday092.CAB)

The big one: It should fix the "lock-up" issue. We didn't have a "cooked-rom" mogul to test with, but we believe it'll work. It had something to do with interoperating with other applications wanting to use the GPS.

Also, a bunch of other fixes and enhancements, We also added the "Initiate Connection If Needed" option, although we've left if off by default until you want to turn it in settings.

Hopefully this version will function more like the way you had thought the original one would :)

Thanks!

awesome, i just installed but won't really get to play around with it outside until tomorrow.....this app is now officially my second must have today plugin(the first being cLaunch)....keep up the good work guys!

off topic: anyone have a nice car mount for our phone?....

[dschoenike]

Very nice! 0.9.2 is definately working smoother for me over the last version. No lockups and like mentioned before, its nice to have the "ok" button functional. Definately one of my must-have apps. Great work guys!

[dschoenike]

Great work guys. 0.9.2 is definately working smoother for me over the previous version. No lockups and having the "ok" button work is nice. Its one of my must have apps. Thanks again

[dschoenike]

double post

[gbenj]

im still getting some lockups...when i turn it on, and i guess it goes to get a quickfix...it freezes it, and sometimes it comes out of it, sometimes i have to soft reset. one time, i guess when the phone was woken by a new email notification, the vibrate got stuck. had to soft reset to get it to stop, ive never had this happen before, so i have to assume it might be related. i love the functionality, just not completely solid enough yet. also, it does take more battery than normal

[kmartburrito]

im still getting some lockups...when i turn it on, and i guess it goes to get a quickfix...it freezes it, and sometimes it comes out of it, sometimes i have to soft reset. one time, i guess when the phone was woken by a new email notification, the vibrate got stuck. had to soft reset to get it to stop, ive never had this happen before, so i have to assume it might be related. i love the functionality, just not completely solid enough yet. also, it does take more battery than normal

Do you still have your autofix parameters set to normal? I've changed mine to only autofix between 8:00 AM and 8:05 AM so I only have to worry about it doing it once per day. Since it remembers the settings now, it's helped with the lockups.

I noticed the other day when I was on the plane that it seems to attempt to get an autofix once per minute (0.91 anyway.) This seems like a lot for me, and could be the attributing factor as to why so many are saying they're experiencing large power drains. I figure though, as long as I can control the autofix the way I mentioned above, I can do my own autofix before I use the app or another GPS app.

[meccanoble]

nice, I will be grabbing this later tonight if not tomorrow, definitely happy with the feedback i'm seeing from everyone.

[gbenj]

Do you still have your autofix parameters set to normal? I've changed mine to only autofix between 8:00 AM and 8:05 AM so I only have to worry about it doing it once per day. Since it remembers the settings now, it's helped with the lockups.

I noticed the other day when I was on the plane that it seems to attempt to get an autofix once per minute (0.91 anyway.) This seems like a lot for me, and could be the attributing factor as to why so many are saying they're experiencing large power drains. I figure though, as long as I can control the autofix the way I mentioned above, I can do my own autofix before I use the app or another GPS app.

i guess i didnt read that carefulyl, ill try that tomorow, hopefully thatll solve the issues. thanks alot.

[billblack]

Most of my contacts are Company only (no actual "name"). It would be nice if it could pull the Company field if a name doesn't exists. Great program!

[GPSToday]

gbenj,

Are you absolutely sure you have version 0.9.2? Can you double check the version you have in the About page?

Thanks

[bchipley]

GPSToday,

Nice work on the update. 2 things that I still have problems with

- Since I have cramed too much stuff on my today's screen the scroll bar is activated and the speed box is partially covered. Can this be auto adjusted with the scroll bar?

- The address that I am currently at when driving is not showing up on the screen, the distance to the nearest contact is working, but not my physical address. Any help?

Thx

[Draken]

Most of my contacts are Company only (no actual "name"). It would be nice if it could pull the Company field if a name doesn't exists. Great program!

And/Or a setting to disable showing the contact in the today screen please .

I'm running now 0.9.2 without lockups in my Mogul...

Looking forward to try it on the plane this evening! Great app so far !

[gbenj]

gbenj,

Are you absolutely sure you have version 0.9.2? Can you double check the version you have in the About page?

Thanks

im definitely on 0.9.2, but the fix that kmart gave me to disable the autofix seems to have solved my problem. whenever it was fixing, either when it was on autofix, or when i tapped it once, it wouldnt let me turn the device off until it was done. so basically when the device turned on, it would start to fix and that would sometimes lock it up. especially when it was woken by a notification, specifically email, it would not stop vibrating. but disabling the autofix solved this problem.

[bedoig]

I'd be interested to know how many people are running a Mogul with the leaked 3.16 vs. a Kaiser (or other device) with an officially released GPS activation. I've noticed that the lockups sometimes occur with other programs that use the GPS chip. I think it is more a product of the GPS implementation in the leaked ROM than something specifically to do with GPSToday.

I've turned off the auto fix function all together, and only activate it when desired. Not a perfect solution, but it works for now.

.92 seems to be running well for me so far.

[GPSToday]

im definitely on 0.9.2, but the fix that kmart gave me to disable the autofix seems to have solved my problem. whenever it was fixing, either when it was on autofix, or when i tapped it once, it wouldnt let me turn the device off until it was done. so basically when the device turned on, it would start to fix and that would sometimes lock it up. especially when it was woken by a notification, specifically email, it would not stop vibrating. but disabling the autofix solved this problem.

gbenj,

Did you see the lockup when its just trying(red button with small green square in the middle), or does it happen only AFTER the gps has obtained a lock(full green)? Also, is your "initiate connection if needed" turned on?

Thanks

[chadman]

Nice today application! It seems to work, but I can not seen any address in my contact list. The application seems to hang endlessly saying "processing addr book...". I am also not sure what the read slide button does. I read you slide it to the right to make it on persistently, but it does not seem to work correctly for me. I slide it to the right, but it stays the same color and seems to work the same. Chad

[mbartels]

Nice today application! It seems to work, but I can not seen any address in my contact list. The application seems to hang endlessly saying "processing addr book...". I am also not sure what the read slide button does. I read you slide it to the right to make it on persistently, but it does not seem to work correctly for me. I slide it to the right, but it stays the same color and seems to work the same. Chad

Exact same things happens for me. It endlessly says "Processing addr book..." but never actually does anything.

I love the software and think it works remarkably well for a beta stage. I do think it take up too much realistic on the Today Screen however. I'd love to see it take up 10-15% less space horizontally.

[gbenj]

gbenj,

Did you see the lockup when its just trying(red button with small green square in the middle), or does it happen only AFTER the gps has obtained a lock(full green)? Also, is your "initiate connection if needed" turned on?

Thanks

it occurs, after it has obtained a lock, when the square is full green, and also when it is trying to get one. its not a permanent lockup most of the time, it just takes a few minutes for it to finish and then i can set it back to the red square, or once it goes back there on its own i can use the device again, but when its frozen i get nothing for a few minutes, have to wait to even turn the device off.

[GPSToday]

gbenj,

At this point we will have to realistically entertain the idea that there might be some other app on your device which is not cooperating well with other GPS enabled apps, or there is some other issue. We will continue to dig deeper on our end, but on your end if you are able to isolate another application or configuration that contributes its share to the problem, we might be able to build in a workaround into GPSToday.

mbartels,chadman:
Either your device doesn't have a good 3g connection, or you have really large address books, or both. The first time after installation or after a soft-reset, you need to give it time to complete processing the address book once, which requires a constant good connection. If it gets interrupted in between, it has to start all over again.

[mbartels]

gbenj,

At this point we will have to realistically entertain the idea that there might be some other app on your device which is not cooperating well with other GPS enabled apps, or there is some other issue. We will continue to dig deeper on our end, but on your end if you are able to isolate another application or configuration that contributes its share to the problem, we might be able to build in a workaround into GPSToday.

mbartels,chadman:
Either your device doesn't have a good 3g connection, or you have really large address books, or both. The first time after installation or after a soft-reset, you need to give it time to complete processing the address book once, which requires a constant good connection. If it gets interrupted in between, it has to start all over again.

3g connection? I don't even know what you mean by that.

I plugged my phone in and am making sure it's keeping powered on. It's been 25 minutes and still says "processing..." I have about 170 contact so it doesn't seem like it should take that long. I'll let it go another 30 minutes or so before giving up.

Thanks for the response!

[GPSToday]

3g connection? I don't even know what you mean by that.


mbartels, you need to make sure your device is connected to the internet. Without that GPSToday cannot function. Open the web-browser and make sure you can browse web-pages, eg: http://www.google.com/m

Which device and service do you have? Do you see a "3G" or "U" or "H" or "EV" in the status bar next to the start button? Or is your device connected via wi-fi wireless?

[mbartels]

mbartels, you need to make sure your device is connected to the internet. Without that GPSToday cannot function. Open the web-browser and make sure you can browse web-pages, eg: http://www.google.com/m

Which device and service do you have? Do you see a "3G" or "U" or "H" or "EV" in the status bar next to the start button? Or is your device connected via wi-fi wireless?

It says "EV." I checked the status and I've been connected to the internet for 40 minutes and counting...

[chadman]

gbenj,

At this point we will have to realistically entertain the idea that there might be some other app on your device which is not cooperating well with other GPS enabled apps, or there is some other issue. We will continue to dig deeper on our end, but on your end if you are able to isolate another application or configuration that contributes its share to the problem, we might be able to build in a workaround into GPSToday.

mbartels,chadman:
Either your device doesn't have a good 3g connection, or you have really large address books, or both. The first time after installation or after a soft-reset, you need to give it time to complete processing the address book once, which requires a constant good connection. If it gets interrupted in between, it has to start all over again.

I have tried with a my phone data connection and a wireless connection. Both are fast, but it still just hangs trying to process the address book. I do use PockectCM for my contacts. Does that matter? I only have about 40-50 names in the address book. I also have a bunch that do not have addresses if that matters. Chad

[chadman]

I have tried with a my phone data connection and a wireless connection. Both are fast, but it still just hangs trying to process the address book. I do use PockectCM for my contacts. Does that matter? I only have about 40-50 names in the address book. I also have a bunch that do not have addresses if that matters. Chad

Ok it worked! I got my address's finally after using my wireless connection. I was using a cooked rom and the Rev A data connection is kind of flaky. That might be why I had to do it via a wireless connection. I still do not get that silly slide button. I read that you slide it to the right to stay on, but it never seems to work. Is there a trick to the slide thing? Chad

[GPSToday]

.. I still do not get that silly slide button. I read that you slide it to the right to stay on, but it never seems to work. Is there a trick to the slide thing? Chad

You can accomplish the same thing by going into the Map window>More>Run GPS. If it doesnt work there as well, then there might be a problem with your GPS device configuration.

Are you able to use your GPS in other apps(e.g Google Maps)? If your GPS is not configured correctly in StartMenu>Settings>GPS, then GPSToday will not be able to find it. In that scenario it will stop immediately upon starting up.

[pearljamaaron]

This seems to work well, but I live in windsor, ontario and when i search for certain things, example, tim hortons, it just shows the ones in Detroit when i know there is one down my street, is there any setting to set it to canada, or north american wide? And it doesnt show the address that i am at either, Maybe I am missing something? has anybody else in canada tried this out?
:confused:

[kevank]

This seems to work well, but I live in windsor, ontario and when i search for certain things, example, tim hortons, it just shows the ones in Detroit when i know there is one down my street, is there any setting to set it to canada, or north american wide? And it doesnt show the address that i am at either, Maybe I am missing something? has anybody else in canada tried this out?
:confused:

First page - Second post says that is US only right now.

K

[GPSToday]

pearljamaaron, we are seriously looking at supporting countries outside the US, and Canada will be the first. But we dont have a specific timeline on that yet.

Also folks, v 0.9.3 is almost ready, please be sure to check back in a few days. It includes all the features everybody has been asking for (the big one: quickly and easily change/specify the frequency of fix attempts, without having to leave the today screen!)

Thanks.

[bcothren]

Also folks, v 0.9.3 is almost ready, please be sure to check back in a few days. It includes all the features everybody has been asking for (the big one: quickly and easily change/specify the frequency of fix attempts, without having to leave the today screen!)

Thanks.

Sounds great! I'm looking forward to the new release. It's nice to see fixes and updates so quickly.

[spediegunz]

can any one post or point me in the direction of tomtom 6 us canada maps download the tom tom app was included in nexvision latest rom but no maps to go with it

[rayden25]

can any one post or point me in the direction of tomtom 6 us canada maps download the tom tom app was included in nexvision latest rom but no maps to go with it

Nice hijack attempt! Why not start a new thread or search?

[knytphal]

This is a really cool app and seems to work really nicely.

The only problem that I am having with it is that it will not load any map data nor will it tell me what address I am near. After getting a lock I started up PIE to get a data connection going, and I also selected for it to initiate a connection if needed. it still doesn't load up data.

[kmartburrito]

waiting with baited breath... :D

[GPSToday]

waiting with baited breath... :D

By end-of-day Monday 03/03 if all goes well :)

[GPSToday]

Version 0.9.3 can now be downloaded onto your mobile device from http://m.geoterrestrial.com/
(filename should be GPSToday093.CAB)

To check out what all is new in this version, visit http://www.geoterrestrial.com/download/

Thanks!

[bcothren]

Got it installed on my phone with no problems. I can't test it until tonight when I leave work, but I'll report on it tomorrow.

[JimSmith94]

I just installed Version 0.9.3 and it seems to pick up satellites quicker than previous versions. :) I have a couple issues though. :(

1) Previously, it showed my closest contact as a person in the same apartment complex, but it doesn't show me. Now it shows me as the closest contact, and the other person doesn't even show on the map. I did leave "Closest Contact on Today Screen" checked.

2) In Settings>Personal>Today>Items, it takes many tries to rearrange the order of the items. Eventually I get the changes to stick, but it seems that GPSToday doesn't play nice with the other plugins. I never had this problem before installing it.

[GPSToday]

1) Previously, it showed my closest contact as a person in the same apartment complex, but it doesn't show me. Now it shows me as the closest contact, and the other person doesn't even show on the map. I did leave "Closest Contact on Today Screen" checked.
When you have two contacts at the same or very close-by address, one of the markers may totally obscure the other. Previously you were obscuring your neighbor, now he/she is obscuring you :) We will try to fix this either by making the markers semi-transparent, or by stacking the markers when they overlap. Next release.


2) In Settings>Personal>Today>Items, it takes many tries to rearrange the order of the items. Eventually I get the changes to stick, but it seems that GPSToday doesn't play nice with the other plugins. I never had this problem before installing it.
Actually it shouldn't need many tries, it is just slow. The today screen applet actually loads/unloads all plugins with every move. Once we figure out a way to handle this in a snappy manner, we will also stop officially requiring soft-resets after installation.

[DaveAz]

Just loaded Version 0.9.3 on my Alltel ppc6800. Played a little tonight with no troubles. Will play more with it tomorrow and report.

Thanks

[JimSmith94]

When you have two contacts at the same or very close-by address, one of the markers may totally obscure the other. Previously you were obscuring your neighbor, now he/she is obscuring you :) We will try to fix this either by making the markers semi-transparent, or by stacking the markers when they overlap. Next release.
Thanks, I zoomed in enough to see my neighbor's marker under mine. :) However, unchecking "Closest Contact on Today Screen" doesn't remove either mine or my neighbor's marker. :( Shouldn't it?

Actually it shouldn't need many tries, it is just slow. The today screen applet actually loads/unloads all plugins with every move. Once we figure out a way to handle this in a snappy manner, we will also stop officially requiring soft-resets after installation.
It failed when I tried to move one item up or down only one or two slots. When I moved it three or more, it did stick. Maybe it's a bug with HTC Home. :confused:

[GPSToday]

... unchecking "Closest Contact on Today Screen" doesn't remove either mine or my neighbor's marker. :( Shouldn't it?

JimSmith94, "closest contact on today-screen" referes to the feature whereby the closest contact is shown below your current location on the today-screen plugin item. It does not refer to the showing the contacts on the map window.
In a later release we will expose a way to selectively enable/disable showing specific contacts in the map window.

[JimSmith94]

JimSmith94, "closest contact on today-screen" referes to the feature whereby the closest contact is shown below your current location on the today-screen plugin item. It does not refer to the showing the contacts on the map window.
In a later release we will expose a way to selectively enable/disable showing specific contacts in the map window.
Ah, I see now, and that does work correctly. :)

[bcothren]

I was able to try it out on the drive home yesterday and in to work this morning. It seems to run very smooth, and I don't have the lockups that I was getting in the previous release. One thing that I would like to see is a smaller footprint. A multi option would be fantastic where you could select between normal (default as it is now) or other options like narrow or wide. That's just my two cents though...

[holmanm]

Thanks, I zoomed in enough to see my neighbor's marker under mine. :) However, unchecking "Closest Contact on Today Screen" doesn't remove either mine or my neighbor's marker. :( Shouldn't it?

You can uncheck "Show Contacts" under map options to do this.

[GPSToday]

I was able to try it out on the drive home yesterday and in to work this morning. It seems to run very smooth, and I don't have the lockups that I was getting in the previous release. One thing that I would like to see is a smaller footprint. A multi option would be fantastic where you could select between normal (default as it is now) or other options like narrow or wide. That's just my two cents though...

bcothren,
By narrow/wide do you mean the height of the plugin on the today screen? Or something else?

[bcothren]

Yes, I meant the height. SPB Weather has this option, and it is very useful. Not sure how easy it is to scale the plug-in though.

[GPSToday]

Yes, I meant the height. SPB Weather has this option, and it is very useful. Not sure how easy it is to scale the plug-in though.

Will need some clever UI engineering. But if having this feature reduces the chances of you uninstalling it in the future because of lack of space on the today screen, sure, we will evaluate it.

[bcothren]

If it isn't an option, I'm not sure how much of a difference it will make because it is a nice plugin. My today screen (and I'm sure plenty others) is very valuable space for getting information at a glance. I'm constantly re-arranging it and trying new plugins. I don't like having scroll bars on the today screen because it kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion. The more that I can fit on the screen the better and I wish HTC Home didn't take up most of it. A suggestion for making it not as tall would be to remove the City, ST and zip from the today portion as most people will know which city they are in, and if they need to find out, opening the map can still provide that information. I don't travel as often as other may, so it might not be beneficial for some. But if the option is there to make it smaller and that could be removed, it may be better suited for those that don't have a lot of room to add the plugin.

[kmartburrito]

Will need some clever UI engineering. But if having this feature reduces the chances of you uninstalling it in the future because of lack of space on the today screen, sure, we will evaluate it.

Hey GPSToday, I thought you were saying that this release would have the autofix interval adjustment option? I haven't played with it too much yet as I'm traveling for work, but thought I would ask in case I missed it. Thanks again for this great app!

[bcothren]

Hey GPSToday, I thought you were saying that this release would have the autofix interval adjustment option? I haven't played with it too much yet as I'm traveling for work, but thought I would ask in case I missed it. Thanks again for this great app!

It is in this release, if you click on the timer (icon to the left of the map) the options can be set there. Works nicely too!

[chadman]

What causes the "processing addr book"? I have my address book processed and it seems to work fine. Then for no reason it tries to process it again. Is this info saved anywhere? If so, once it's done can I suppress that and then force it again if I want it? Chad

[GPSToday]

What causes the "processing addr book"? I have my address book processed and it seems to work fine. Then for no reason it tries to process it again. Is this info saved anywhere? If so, once it's done can I suppress that and then force it again if I want it? Chad

If everything is working fine, you should see processing addr book again only if the first run failed because of a bad connection, or briefly if something has changed in your address book.

BTW, are you using a "DCD" rom? A couple of other users with large address books using this ROM have also complained.

[chadman]

If everything is working fine, you should see processing addr book again only if the first run failed because of a bad connection, or briefly if something has changed in your address book.

BTW, are you using a "DCD" rom? A couple of other users with large address books using this ROM have also complained.

I am using a DCD rom. I think the slow address book update has to do with the beta radio and not really the rom. The new radio can download fast, but it seems to disconnect a lot and will not aways reconnect. I have had similar issues with PIE, Opera, and large email attachments with any ROM I tried. This includes the Official Sprint beta Rom. To bad I need it for the GPS to work! Chad

[kmartburrito]

If it isn't an option, I'm not sure how much of a difference it will make because it is a nice plugin. My today screen (and I'm sure plenty others) is very valuable space for getting information at a glance. I'm constantly re-arranging it and trying new plugins. I don't like having scroll bars on the today screen because it kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion. The more that I can fit on the screen the better and I wish HTC Home didn't take up most of it. A suggestion for making it not as tall would be to remove the City, ST and zip from the today portion as most people will know which city they are in, and if they need to find out, opening the map can still provide that information. I don't travel as often as other may, so it might not be beneficial for some. But if the option is there to make it smaller and that could be removed, it may be better suited for those that don't have a lot of room to add the plugin.

Try using Ultimate Launcher today plugin. you can set up as many tabs as you like, and you can use today plugins on each tab. you can even combine tabs, so that you have several today plugins on each tab. it uses very little memory, and has a slick cube animation between tabs. I too hate scroll bars, and this allowsme to put everything i want on the today screen.

[DV8Ways]

Try using Ultimate Launcher today plugin. you can set up as many tabs as you like, and you can use today plugins on each tab. you can even combine tabs, so that you have several today plugins on each tab. it uses very little memory, and has a slick cube animation between tabs. I too hate scroll bars, and this allowsme to put everything i want on the today screen.

What I just found out today with UltimateLaunch is that you can also combine multiple Today plug-ins into one tab, which I think is AWSOME... Talk about total customization and the cube effect is a definite plus...

I highly recommend this app as an addition to anyones collection...

DV

[bcothren]

Try using Ultimate Launcher today plugin. you can set up as many tabs as you like, and you can use today plugins on each tab. you can even combine tabs, so that you have several today plugins on each tab. it uses very little memory, and has a slick cube animation between tabs. I too hate scroll bars, and this allowsme to put everything i want on the today screen.

I installed that launcher the other day on a spare phone that I have. It's a very nice launcher, and I am still trying to figure out how to configure it to meet my needs. I know there is a long thread about it on the forums, but to save some time and skip the posts that just say "Nice App" and that kind of stuff, is there a good post that gives some explanations on configuring it?

I don't want to high-jack this thread as it should be dedicated for GPS Today, so if anybody does know where to get this info, please PM me. Thanks.

*Edit- I found some good stuff at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366796 so you can disregard that previous request. I think I got it figured out.

[liquidsilver]

I started using GPSToday this week. It's an excellent supplement to the MS or Google map tools. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of those two companies offer purchase it!

[GPSToday]

Hi all,
The next release will have a way to automatically geocode/geotag the pictures you take from your device camera, with the latitude/ longitude/ altitude of your current position. Since every device's camera has its own peculiarities, and we cannot possibly buy each and every device model to test it on, it will be helpful if owners of devices with built-in GPS *AND* camera can snap one picture, and email it to us at the email address on the geoterrestrial website support page http://www.geoterrestrial.com/support/ . Please make sure to capture something totally obscure without any identifying information in the picture whatsoever, and just include the model-name and the word "picture" or "pic" or "photo" in the subject. e.g "xv6800 pic", or "mogul pic" or "att tilt pic" etc. This will allow us to specifically certify the geocoding functionality for a wide variety of devices. We will post daily on the website when we no-longer need sample pictures for a particular model.

As always, thank you for your support!

[GPSToday]

Please download the latest version 0.9.4 from http://m.geoterrestrial.com

Here is the list of new features:
1) Now optionally set the device to autonomously wakeup before attempting a periodic fix.
2) Now optionally prevent the device from going to sleep when running the GPS in persistent mode.
3) Tap the address area in the today screen to display geo-coordinates and time of last fix.
4) Find an address on the map.
5) Too many contacts? Now you can find a specific contact on the map.
6) Now international users can conserve battery strength by disabling the street address display on the today screen, so as to always see geo-coordinates.
7) Single tap from today screen to copy the geo-coordinates to the clipboard!
8) Now you can set a map position as you current GPS position
9) Configure GPS sensitivity vs. Accuracy
10) Now configure the minimum battery strength below which GPSToday will automatically turn off periodic quick fixes.

No pictures geo-tagging yet, but coming soon!
Thanks.

[lifeisfun]

Hmm, it doesn't work for me :(
Before installing GPSToday my Google maps and TomTom would get fix on satellites within 10 sec upon installing GPSToday I couldn't get satellite fix for 30min .... than I gave up.

[GPSToday]

Hmm, it doesn't work for me :(
Before installing GPSToday my Google maps and TomTom would get fix on satellites within 10 sec upon installing GPSToday I couldn't get satellite fix for 30min .... than I gave up.


lifeisfun, are you saying after installing GPSToday, google maps and tom tom didnt get a fix for 30 minutes, or GPSToday didn't get a fix for 30 minutes? Is your device configured to share the GPS port through Windows settings? Which device do you have?

Thanks

[lifeisfun]

Thanks for reply !
I have P4000 (Telus)
After installing GPSToday I couldn't get GPS fix with any software installed on the phone including GPSToday. Immediately after removal everything works again without any setting changes.

[GPSToday]

Isn't the P4000 telus the same underlying device as the Mogul, the Titan etc? In that case, it should be compatible with GPSToday. Did you install it to device memory, and soft-reset after installation? If you are willing to give it another try we could help in troubleshooting. Main thing to try would be to run the GPS simultaneously in multiple GPS related programs, except GPSToday, and see if they run ok at the same time.
Thanks.

[lifeisfun]

Hi, yes, P4000 is same as Mogul
I installed it again today and it works perfect now :)
Perhaps something didn't go well yesterday.

Thanks for your time !

[drgreenberg]

Please download the latest version 0.9.4 from http://m.geoterrestrial.com
No pictures geo-tagging yet, but coming soon!


I know your stated plan is to geotag phone images, but I think it would also be fantastic to offer the option to simply record an NMEA or other format log in a folder/file of one's choosing so that the GPS track could later be used to tag photos from ones other cameras as well. An option to record location every fixed interval or after moving a fixed distance would help keep down the length of the log file. To work, the phone would need to be kept out of standby while the logging was active (perhaps logging would go along with persistant mode).

One other feature that I'd really love and would make a *huge* usability difference would be the ability to "collapse" the GPSToday section of the Today screen so as to take up almost no space. I need to use my Today space efficiently since I have a large set of tasks and calendar entries each day and find it wasteful to consume space with software that I use only periodically. Using Settings to check/uncheck GPSToday from the Today screen is a bit awkward, but some way to collapse/expand the panel or even to move the basics into a drop-down from the title bar, etc. would help a lot.

Thanks for entertaining this suggestion.

[GPSToday]

drgreenberg,

Thank you for excellent suggestions. User feedback such as yours is precisely what has contributed to GPSToday being used by thousands of users already.

Actually, we already do have the logging feature on our plate. We also have the collapse-today-plugin-when-not-needed feature on our plate, a couple of other users have asked for this previously. There are actually 7-8 compelling feature-sets that are pending.

The problem is, if we added all of these blindly, then GPSToday would no longer remain viable for its core use, it would be just another bloated piece of software trying to do everything, and it will start consuming too much memory and cpu all the time etc.

Make no mistake, we do want it to do everything, but we are looking at ways to keep bloat to a minimum for folks who don't need additional functionality. We are looking at ways to release it in bundles or with add-ons, such that folks with specific needs can download and install features on demand( for example GeoTerrestrial GeoTagger, GeoTerrestrial GeoTracker, GeoTerrestrial GeoTalker, GeoTraffic and so on:). Everything that users are saying or thinking "that additional feature would be obvious, I wonder why aren't they doing that", please note that we WILL do all of "that", it just will not be at the expense of the core today screen plugin's usability.

Thanks!

[teddgram]

Please download the latest version 0.9.4 from http://m.geoterrestrial.com



Does this fix some of the issues with 0.9.3 where it would lock up when the power saving would turn the screen off? Even after I un-installed 0.9.3 it would still not wake up when I pressed the power button. I had to reset it, and then there was a 50/50 chance that it wouldn't happen again the next time it went to sleep.

I've seen other posts about this problem.

I ended up doing a hard reset, which meant I had to re-install everything (just a tip, keep all your cabs on your SD card, it makes things go faster).

It's a neat program, but I'm afraid to try the new version if it doesn't fix the previous version's issues.

[GPSToday]

Even after I un-installed 0.9.3 it would still not wake up when I pressed the power button.

teddgram,

Even if GPSToday did somehow cause a wakeup problem earlier, there is no way it could continue to cause a problem after you uninstalled it using the "Remove Programs" applet and did a soft-reset. Most likely you also have/had some other program on your device trying to do something at wakeup.

Given that, AND if you have the latest offical ROM on your device, we do urge you to try out 0.9.4.

Thanks

[mr.ellsworth]

I have only used this for a few minutes but so far, this is way cool!!!!
Thanks a Bunch GPStoday!

Is it possible to submit corrections to the maps? My address is 134 but it is coming up as 154.

Can anyone tell me if there are GPS maps specifically for Hiking/Off Roading in the middle of Nowhere or Nautical?

mr.ellsworth

[GPSToday]

I have only used this for a few minutes but so far, this is way cool!!!!
Thanks a Bunch GPStoday!

Is it possible to submit corrections to the maps? My address is 134 but it is coming up as 154.


Hi mr.ellsworth,

Thank you for your comments, they are appreciated.
Regarding the address, the maps themselves are google maps and hence pretty good, but the position to street-address mapping is not hundred percent accurate, simply because most data sources only have accurate information about starting/ending house numbers in small street blocks, not necessarily information about every individual house (which would significantly increase the size of the data and the expense of looking up a position). We could use a more accurate service, but then GPSToday wouldn't be free.

Thanks

[wisedesi]

Hi Guys,

I have HTC Mogul and I am trying to use NAV4ALL. I though I will use this app with nav4all to keep gps alive but as soon as I go to nav4all, it says no gps active. Also there is RED square on the screen, if I tap on it it will acquire satellites but after few minutes it will again become red. Does this mean it is no longer active. How can I keep it on all the time.

[gbenj]

Hi Guys,

I have HTC Mogul and I am trying to use NAV4ALL. I though I will use this app with nav4all to keep gps alive but as soon as I go to nav4all, it says no gps active. Also there is RED square on the screen, if I tap on it it will acquire satellites but after few minutes it will again become red. Does this mean it is no longer active. How can I keep it on all the time.

need to slide the icon from the left and drop it on one of the two icons on the right to keep it going in "persistent mode" tapping it once only does a "quick fix" which will stop after a few seconds, but is useful to keep the gps semi active and speeds it up if you want to lock or track with something else. plus keeps the adress more up to date.

hope this helps

[GPSToday]

Hi all,
Please download the latest version 0.9.5 from http://m.geoterrestrial.com. It fixes some issues that have been cropping up with previous versions over the last few days caused by a data provider changing service parameters.

Thanks!

[gc14]

Hi all,
Please download the latest version 0.9.5 from http://m.geoterrestrial.com. It fixes some issues that have been cropping up with previous versions over the last few days caused by a data provider changing service parameters.

Thanks!

Would this happen to fix the bug that completely fubars the phone when you try and search an address? Just started using it friday night and everything else was perfect except this. Everytime I tried to search an address it would lock up the phone, forcing a stylus soft reset.

EDIT: Ha, just read the changelog when I went to download it, and noticed it did address issues with the "Find Address" feature, haven't tried it yet, but I hope it does the trick.

Also, wisedesi is right when it comes to Nav4all. My gps has been flawless since day 1 with every app i've tried it with. Second I got nav4all on, I got a gps fix with gps viewer and gpstoday, then started up Nav4all and it wouldn't even try to lock any satellites. Under gps settings, just says connection lost: gps com 4. Then when I would go back to the today screen, gps today would be off too (even when running in persistent mode). Gpsviewer keeps on trucking if left open, but nav4all never locks anything, and it turns off gpstoday.

[GPSToday]

gcincotta, yes this upgrade will fix the hiccups caused when searching for an address on the map using "Find Address" introduced in 0.9.4. For some users it was benign without any side-effect, for some it was causing a total lockup.

We sincerely hope you will try out v0.9.5 as it resolves the problem.

Thank you for your patience!

[mbritten]

Great program, I noticed a new option to use cell tower positioning. with my phone (tilt) the gps does not stay active when in standby, just wondering if there is anyway to have this program use gps when the phone is awake, and cell positioning when asleep? also any chance in the future of haveng the copy to clip board copy a google maps link instead of just coordinates, that would very useful for sending an email of your location to someone.

[GPSToday]

Great program, I noticed a new option to use cell tower positioning. with my phone (tilt) the gps does not stay active when in standby, just wondering if there is anyway to have this program use gps when the phone is awake, and cell positioning when asleep? also any chance in the future of haveng the copy to clip board copy a google maps link instead of just coordinates, that would very useful for sending an email of your location to someone.

mbritten,
There is no way to make the device do anything when it is asleep.

Otherwise in answer to your question, even when you turn cell-positioning on, a fresh gps signal will always take priority if available, so you should never need to worry about that. Plus, it is currently very conservative in overriding your last known GPS position with a new cell-tower based fix. Also, to let the user know, the satellite dish icon in the main red button changes to a cell-phone whenever the current fix is derived from the cell-tower.

About sending a google maps link of your position via email, we are working on a similar solution for that.

Thanks

[auto_exec]

Hey GPSToday,

Let me start by saying I installed this tonight after reading through this forum, seems like a sweet program so far. Keep up the good work. Now, without further ado, on to the feature request.........

Here's a problem we (as Mogul users) have: our clocks do NOT automatically update to the local time when we enter a new timezone. We have to manually set them each time the time zone changes.

I think your program is the perfect place to offer us with a solution.

Here's the idea: Check out the EarthTools page at http://www.earthtools.org/webservices.htm#timezone ... Basically, you can feed the latest GPS fix coordinates from GPSToday to their server via a link (in format http://www.earthtools.org/timezone/<latitude>/<longitude>). It will then return some XML containing info on the UFC offset in that location, the local time (including DST offsets), etc. From there, I imagine it'd be pretty simple for you to set the phone's "visiting time" to that value (and then make it the display the visiting time by default).

Since your program is something that users would be running constantly (via the Today screen), I think it would be an AWESOME feature to include, and a perfect fit... you can probably just give users a settings option to "auto-update local time based on last GPS fix", or something similar.

What does everyone think? Yay or Nay?

[Alex_electro]

Since i tried i realise that for a little more RAM than astroGPSLauncher it add a pretty look to today screen and start iGO so i OEMixe it to include it in my DCD Kitchen so if some chefs wanna try it it work for me with no conflict with htc home 2.0(6 icons)OEM81666OEM
Good snack.

[Alex_electro]

Dont know why everytime i post in a thread it become like a ghost-town....
Honestly just try to know if sombody try the OEM... To know if it's conflict-proof....
Have a Good SPRING Week-end (at least for us in North America how had a hard winter time)

[rajuabju]

Very cool program, works well for me. Quicker than Google Maps

[Alex_electro]

Did you cook it in your ROM.... (rajuabju)

[rajuabju]

Did you cook it in your ROM.... (rajuabju)

No, not yet anyhow. Just installed the CAB.

Right now, I'm just going through various programs and testing them all out before decided on which to include in my rom.

[pdaod]

I installed .95 and it's been great so far. Thanks so very much !!! One question I have is if another app enables the GPS receiver and leaves it powered after closing, and then enabled by GPSToday and then disabled will the GPS receiver actually be turned off? I suppose I could look at current consumption but I wish there was a true indication of whether the GPS receiver is powered.

[del4]

Hey GPSToday,

Let me start by saying I installed this tonight after reading through this forum, seems like a sweet program so far. Keep up the good work. Now, without further ado, on to the feature request.........

Here's a problem we (as Mogul users) have: our clocks do NOT automatically update to the local time when we enter a new timezone. We have to manually set them each time the time zone changes.

I think your program is the perfect place to offer us with a solution.

Here's the idea: Check out the EarthTools page at http://www.earthtools.org/webservices.htm#timezone ... Basically, you can feed the latest GPS fix coordinates from GPSToday to their server via a link (in format http://www.earthtools.org/timezone/<latitude>/<longitude>). It will then return some XML containing info on the UFC offset in that location, the local time (including DST offsets), etc. From there, I imagine it'd be pretty simple for you to set the phone's "visiting time" to that value (and then make it the display the visiting time by default).

Since your program is something that users would be running constantly (via the Today screen), I think it would be an AWESOME feature to include, and a perfect fit... you can probably just give users a settings option to "auto-update local time based on last GPS fix", or something similar.

What does everyone think? Yay or Nay?

I think that would be a great idea. As a Mogul user myself, I hate the fact that the network time doesn't update automatically and this would be a great way to fix that. GPSToday is a great utility and I especially love the integration with Google Maps.

Thread's been quiet lately; wondering about an update to include the photo geotagging functionality mentioned awhile back???

[del4]

Similar to the way that contacts can optionally be displayed on the map, I was wondering about the possibility of having a user-defined set of waypoints/locations displayed on the map. As a geocacher, I would love to have the option of displaying the locations of nearby geocaches on this map using the standard .gpx file format, similar to the functionality offered on the geocaching.com site itself (see attached)...

[olshaj]

No, not yet anyhow. Just installed the CAB.

Right now, I'm just going through various programs and testing them all out before decided on which to include in my rom.

How did you get RevA and GPS on your Verizon XV6800?

[gbenj]

How did you get RevA and GPS on your Verizon XV6800?

there is alot to read. try the wiki, and basically, you need to install a rom and new radio...read the stickys for options.
But since this doesnt have anything to do with GPSToday, you should probably limit your general comments to another thread or forum.

just so im not posting about non GPStoday related things...i actually was wondering if we could get a reply from the developer, who has been truly great in keeping us up to date with their progress...

anything interesting currently in development, or other interesting news to report?

thanks

[olshaj]

Is their a consistent way to add Rev A and GPS to the Verizon XV6800?

[gbenj]

Is their a consistent way to add Rev A and GPS to the Verizon XV6800?

you need to either refine your question to something much more specific or move to another thread,

please read this http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Titan
THOROUGHLY, then read the forums for rom upgrading, then hopefully you will feel confident enough to try it.

good luck

[gbenj]

GPStoday, i was wondering if you have any new info. we haven't heard from you in a while and wanted to know if everything is going well, if gpstoday is still in development, what you are working on...

thanks

[GPSToday]

Hi All,

Sorry for the blackout. Today we released version 0.9.8, along with the GeoTagger add-on, and xda-developers is the first to know! Here are some details. As always, we would love your feedback. About the other feature suggestions in this thread, we will respond in a separate post.

1) The GeoTagger add-on can be set to automatically geo-tag (aka geocode) your device pictures as soon as they are taken.

2) The geo-location is added to your pictures' JPEG Exif data so you don't need to perform any extra steps or maintain additional pieces of data.

3) Flickr will automatically recognize the geo-location of pictures geo-tagged with GPSToday GeoTagger.

4) Flexible: You are not restricted to automatic geo-tagging with GPS location only. You can also geotag specific pictures with whatever location you want, by selecting the location on the GPSToday map.

5) Coming Soon: View your geo-tagged pictures on the map itself within GPSToday. Find pictures "near" a location, from within GPSToday.

6) To install the GeoTagger add-on, update to the latest version of GPSToday, and simply select "GeoTag Pictures" from the Map>More menu in GPSToday.

Visit: http://m.geoterrestrial.com

Thanks!

[bedoig]

Sweet! Glad to see this is still in development. Downloading new version now.

[gbenj]

thanks...havent really tested anything out yet, just installed though.

one minor bug you should know about, doesnt affect program at all, just that theres a popup that comes up that tells you that unlike the regular program, the geotag add-on can be installed on the storage card to save memory. the problem is that it comes up on the screen right AFTER you click either device or storage card in the installation. assuming its supposed to be one step earlier.

no big deal, and it does say it when you are downloading the cab, but just thought to let u know.

cant wait to try the geotagging.

thanks

p.s. any new features other than the geotagging?

[vaxick]

I take it the GeoTagger works with the camera software that comes with your phone? My phone is in the mail right now so I can't find out for myself, but it sounds very cool and is something I've been looking for.

[madjokeer]

what i noticed if you have the option for auto fix in the today plugin for a certain time or on the actual auto setting, when you put ur phone on stand by and come back to it after a while, the gps will not lock, you have to soft restart the phone. When it powers back up, it works just fine again..

I just turned the auto fix to off on the today screen plugin (the stop watch looking like button) and now the gps works even when i come back after 8 hrs from not using the phone at all.

[GPSToday]

madjokeer, do you have an HTC-6800 derived device? The various ROM's out there for this platform have not been able to solve the GPS come-back-from-standby issue. This problem happens with all GPS software on this platform. Start the GPS in any software and let the device go into standby, after a few times the GPS locks up. This is not a problem with GPSToday itself, rather, its very nature of