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==GPS== | ==GPS== | ||
GPS (Global Positioning System) is used in the [[Waze app]] to get your position and display it on the map. Your phone receives the GPS signal from a number of satellites via a GPS antenna which passes the signal via a driver through to the app. The Waze app | GPS (Global Positioning System) is used in the [[Waze app]] to get your position and display it on the map. Your phone receives the GPS signal from a number of satellites via a GPS antenna which passes the GPS signal via a driver through to the app. The Waze app maps the ''raw gps location'' to the map as the blue arrow (if using the standard pointer).<br /> | ||
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Possible problem sources: | Possible problem sources: | ||
* the number of satellites | * the number of available and used satellites | ||
* your phones GPS antenna | * your phones GPS antenna (beware of metallic objects blocking the antenna) | ||
* . | * the software on your phone (beware of battery saving turning off GPS, switching between apps) | ||
* Phone settings: sensure that your location services are enabled. | |||
===GPS tracks=== | ===GPS tracks=== | ||
In the [[Waze Map Editor]] a GPS layer is available which will show tracks from Waze users as they drive with Waze running.<br /> | [[File:Gps-tracks.png|right|400px]] In the [[Waze Map Editor#Layers_menu|WME]] a GPS layer is available which will show tracks from Waze users as they drive with Waze running.<br /> | ||
Travellers by train also often use Waze, so not all GPS tracks refer to drivable roads. Sometimes the phone's GPS | Travellers by train also often use Waze, so not all GPS tracks refer to drivable roads. Sometimes the phone's GPS signal is interrupted: the GPS track shows a straight line, a shortcut to the next received position. Sometimes the GPS track is shifted for hundred meters or more because of a faulty signal. <br /> | ||
===##@rawgps=== | ===##@rawgps=== | ||
Versie van 28 apr 2018 09:27
GPS
GPS (Global Positioning System) is used in the Waze app to get your position and display it on the map. Your phone receives the GPS signal from a number of satellites via a GPS antenna which passes the GPS signal via a driver through to the app. The Waze app maps the raw gps location to the map as the blue arrow (if using the standard pointer).
Possible problem sources:
- the number of available and used satellites
- your phones GPS antenna (beware of metallic objects blocking the antenna)
- the software on your phone (beware of battery saving turning off GPS, switching between apps)
- Phone settings: sensure that your location services are enabled.
GPS tracks
In the WME a GPS layer is available which will show tracks from Waze users as they drive with Waze running.
Travellers by train also often use Waze, so not all GPS tracks refer to drivable roads. Sometimes the phone's GPS signal is interrupted: the GPS track shows a straight line, a shortcut to the next received position. Sometimes the GPS track is shifted for hundred meters or more because of a faulty signal.
##@rawgps
Searching on ##@rawgps will disaply first Raw GPS is ON and add a yellow arrow on your app screen: the location of the raw unprocessed GPS signal as your phone provides it. Searching again on ##@rawgps will deactivate rawgps. The text Raw GPS is OFF is displayed and the yellow pointer of rawgps is removed again
