What are Reddit's favorite android apps in the category travel and local?

Copying my comment from the past:

> There's an app called "WiFi Map". The largest database of WiFi networks and passwords I know. And it can work offline, if you pre-load specific area you're interested in. Never disappointed me in my trips. Oh, and it has not only airports, but every possible WiFi network. Some people even give access to their home WiFi.

Android | iOS

I think a lot of Google apps do this. It's so frustrating because you tap on one to zoom in, and instead you get blurry, slanted text that cuts off quickly, and virtually no UI to look at period!

Here is a reference that shows Google saying NOT to use device art in screenshots. And here is a Google app, Maps that violates the rule. I'm not sure which Google apps do the slanty fake screenshot mess, but I swear I came across that yesterday.

Sadly, a GPS is only as good as its map.

There is an app called "GPS Status" for Android and I'm sure an equivalent exists for iOS. It can display the raw GPS and compass data. It gives you your latitude and longitude (which you can reference on a paper map), elevation, and other data. It can be used without a map, as you can drop waypoints and it will always be able to tell you where the points are relative to you.

It can do this without access to any data or cell service. It only needs reception from the GPS satellites, and that only needs a clear view of the sky virtually anywhere.

I very much recommend having such an app.

Late edit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mendhak.gpslogger&hl=en_US

https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger

Pretty niche, but I love it. I just simply takes your GPS coords at intervals and logs them. It's really customizable, open source, and you can have it auto-upload to dropbox/google drive when you get internet service again. I use it a lot for offroading and hiking. The app itself doesn't have a map, it's just points.

Most apps will drain your battery faster than as short hike, but with this one you can set it to only take them at an interval you're most happy with in a way that doesn't really hurt your battery.

Maps.me is quite good, imo. Sure, some features are missing compared to Google maps, but they often have small data that you just won't find on Google Maps,e.g. bins, benches, public toilets,...

Maps.ME

Offline maps from OpenStreetMaps. You can download by country or by state in large countries, they're a few 100 MB each. They're often more detailed than google maps; you can see individual water fountains/benches/trees. And you can of course edit them yourself if you do find a mistake.

There's also has offline navigation, which is obviously not as handy as google maps when it comes to real time traffic info, but provides great routes nonetheless, especially considering it's offline.

It always worked fine for me.

And if you don't want to use up your roaming data, Maps.me is just as good (Android / iOS, it downloads the entire country map in advance).

1) always use a VPN

2) you are always responsible for what other people do on your network

3) don't give out your password

4) if you have to give out your password to help someone, change it before and change it back

5) forget all that and just tell your neighbor you don't have wifi

6) My apartment router had a password set by my ISP that followed a pattern with my apartment number in it. Between that and default passwords you probably know half of the wifi passwords. And they have maps of known passwords. And you can crack weak passwords in minutes or hours with a little Google-fu and the right wifi card.

maps me

I don't understand how this app is not overtaking Google Maps or Waze for GPS / navigation. It works offline so it doesn't consume data, which is great especially when you're overseas. It came with voice navigation way before Google Maps did.

I've done a couple of events in Ingress and my 20kmAh has always served me well. Anything that can charge your phone 2 or 3 times is generally good enough. Also knowing how to lower your phone's power consumption is good; disable wifi (even though it may help with position, it eats battery), turn on power saver, lower screen brightness, disable background apps etc.

Also, if you're on Android, GPS Status and Toolbox is a great tool for increasing your phones accuracy without wifi.

What are you struggling with? GPS Status and and Toolbox is an app available here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

When you get a notification from PokeNotify, click it, and it will ask you if you want to open the location with Google Maps or Radar. Choose Radar and it will display the location with that app as opposed to Google Maps.

I did some googling... apparently the Street View app has similar photosphere functionality?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.street&hl=en

> create photo spheres to add your own Street View experiences. Start with your phone’s camera or add a one–shot spherical camera (like the RICOH THETA S) for easy 360º photography. Then, you can publish to Google Maps to share your photo spheres with the world.

I'm surprised to learn both that there's a dedicated street view app, and that it has a built in photosphere feature...

...typical google with their incoherent approach to software support...

Check out Field Trip. It's made by Niantic, the people who made Ingress and Pokemon Go. It has all the Atlas Obscura information plus a lot of other stuff. You can even set it up to notify you when something interesting is near by.

My own comment from the past:

> There's an app called "WiFi Map". The largest database of WiFi networks and passwords I know. And it can work offline, if you pre-load specific area you're interested in. Never disappointed me in my trips. Oh, and it has not only airports, but every possible WiFi network. Some people even give access to their home WiFi.

Android | iOS

The GPS Status & Toolbox app will show you.

> GPS satellites (with IDs 1-32) are represented by disks. GLONASS satellites (with IDs r1-r25) are shown as rectangles, BEIDOU satellites (with IDs c1-c33) are shown as crosses (x) while GALILEO sats (with IDs e1-e35) are displayed as plus (+) signs.

The makers of Pokemon Go already have something like this. It's called Field Trip. It also gives you places to shop and eat and the like.

Android link, iPhone link.

Honestly, no. AllTrails will eat your battery if you use it as a GPS and the maps are not good. The milages on the site aren't to be trusted, but it's pretty good for doing basic research to see what's around you. The trail reviews are also pretty good.

If you're doing anything more than a couple miles, do independent research on your own after finding one because the information on AllTrails is often wrong by a considerable amount. It's crowdsourced data and I've made corrections based on provable documents from multiple official resources all saying the same thing, just to have the corrections denied and entirely different distances put up instead... which were still wrong and I wasn't able to figure out where they even came from. Totally arbitrary numbers.

For GPS, Gaia is a much better app.
https://www.gaiagps.com/

Backcountry Navigator is also good if you're good at reading Topo maps. It's a little confusing, but good once you understand it.

For just basic tracking (no maps) I love GPS Logger.

Airline boarding passes are starting to show up on Google Pay - I know Southwest added it recently in their app.

For other things, you can use WalletPasses. It will literally open Apple Passbook attachments from e-mail and websites, and add them to a clone of Apple Wallet (minus the credit cards). Even has location-based persistent notifications like Apple Wallet.

The problem is the AGPS data server.

You can get an external AGPS grabber. I'm using "GPS Fix", but every time that I open the GPS app I need to open the GPS fix first and wait like 15 seconds to get the AGPS data and a good GPS lock.

When you change from high accuracy to Device only you are telling your phone to ignore AGPS data and use just the GPS signal from the satellites.

USUALLY this is SLOWER and it has lower precision. Especially in cities with not a lot of sky visible. BUT, if the AGPS data is just not there (or just wrong), ignoring the AGPS data is a lot quicker and using a bogus one. This is a huge problem from OnePlus and they have absolutely no escuse to get this wrong.

just deleted the GPS fix to see if the update solved this. Still too ealy for a veridict, maybe in a couple days.

EDIT> No, it did not solved the issue. If you want a no hands approach i suggest changing from "High accuracy" to "Device Only". If you can deal with opening an app every time that you want to use the GPS, I use this, where you can reset AGPS data, download the right data and get a fix really quick. I'd say don't bother to get the paid version, for me it didn't helped with the Oneplus problem.

I really like GPS Logger on Android. It's really simple, highly configurable, and open source. Plus, it's not like I'm using my phone anyway. Setting it at 10-30 second intervals in airplane mode will last me a couple days. I haven't found a watch that won't break the bank that can do that.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mendhak.gpslogger

It's just GPS points though. If you want to see them on map, you'll have to open it in a map program. I use GPX Viewer, but I don't think it's anything extra special. I also upload them automatically when I get internet again to Google Drive and Dropbox.

I pretty much have used my phone for everything since smart phones have been a thing. They are the ultimate multipurpose devices. I've never really felt the need or been able to justify things like smart watches, E-Readers, Cameras (once smartphones hit 5mp or so).

OsmAnd+ for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus&hl=en and also for iOS https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS are tracking-free to my best knowledge, of course, what Google or Apple does it unknown.

Is there anything similar to Niantic Labs' Field Trip but where I can put my own locations in?

I have a list of cafes/restaurants that I want to visit but since they're all over town I can hardly remember where they are. I'd love it if I could get a notification (or just open a map at lunch/dinner time) and see what locations are near me that are on my list.

It wouldn't do to put location reminders through Google Keep as I have well over 50 locations and even if I walk past I might not intend to go in at that point.

A bonus would be if I could mark it visited and perhaps add photos/notes. Another plus would be if I could tag locations for easy filtering.

A lot of versions of Android didn't handle the leap second that was added on January 1st properly. This wrecks havoc with GPS, you can fix this by updating to the latest verison of Android or go get GPS Status & Toolbox and reset your A-GPS XTRA Data. Either method should fix it.

It will also likely fix itself as eventually it will clear the incorrect data but it could take a week or two, depends how often you actually have your GPS in use.

That sounds like a device issue, not a Google issue. I haven't experienced any GPS issues in the past few weeks on my OnePlus 6.

Maybe run GPS Status and Toolbox and check what your GPS signal is like, and when the signal drops off in Google Maps, see if the same happens in the GPS Status app.

> Called A-GPS

That's actually doing everything but using cell tower triangulation/cell tower location. It's using the cell tower and its much bigger bandwidth to transmit all the GPS assistance data, like time, orbital data, almanac, etc, because to grab that stuff straight off the satellite is going at 50b/s.

I remember I had an old digital camera that wanted you to pull that data off the internet manually, by connecting the camera to the PC, running the software, and telling it your city. You had to do this once a month, and if you didn't, it would take the GPS 5+ minutes to get a proper fix.

You can also do it manually on your smartphone using this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en

...and tell it to download the A-GPS data. But it's not something it's grabbing every time you request GPS coordinates, it's a periodic assistance cache updated once in a while to help the GPS get a fix much more quickly.

Flightradar24

I don't fly myself, but this little app is pretty sweet. It uses location and motion tracking to allow you to point your phone camera at a plane in the sky and see the make/model, as well as their departure/arrival cities.

Again - I don't "need" this, but it is a very good cool concept.

Good to note that OsmAnd is Free and Open Source and as such available on F-Droid. There is also Maps.me that uses the same back end as OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap) and also works completely offline : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro

You might want to look into maps.me. It offers more flexibility in which maps you can download. Whole countries, states, cities, etc.

For me it's wifi map, users share wifi passwords to wifi in your GPS location. Saves a lot of hassle and money. Android link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.wifimap.wifimap&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dwifi+map&pcampaignid=APPU_1_IddQVYPJDYqwuAThvIHQBw

We want to improve the functionality of our maps app (maybe add a compass, voice commands for directions etc.) We haven't been able to find any APIs that let us download a map for offline use yet, but we are keeping an eye out for that. In the mean time, we have found maps.me is a great offline maps solution when you need something a bit more visual.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro&hl=en

The functionality is there in Google Pay, but it's entirely up to third parties to implement it in their sites/apps.

Alternatively, if you have access to the PKPASS file (i.e., what Apple Wallet uses), you can try using apps like this.

Android users only need to download Wi-Fi Map.

It has an impressive amount on wifi passwords from all over the world, even residential ones.

I'm not affiliated to that app btw.

I install this app (play store link) on all my Android phones, starting way back with the OnePlus One.

I helps with gps positioning by downloading aGPS data. It automatically starts in the background whenever you start an app using GPS (maps, waze, any running aps)

I have used OsmAnd which uses open street map and allows you to download maps for different parts of the world. Downloads are limited in the free version IIRC but I got the New Zealand map without paying.

Can only speak to my own experience, but I had GPS problems on OOS 4.5.0. Using GPS Status & Toolbox helped me keep a lock (had switch between google maps/waze sometimes to get it to lock). I have noticed on Oreo (OOS 5.0.0) that my GPS lock has improved greatly (is currently a non-issue). Maybe Oreo will help you too.

Mostly for foreign travel, where you may not have phone service, but download maps.me. Download the offline map of the city you're in. Find all the cool landmarks, add them as dots on the map.

Then go running. GPS works on phones without data, so your point on the map will be accurate. And go run tour the city.

I seldom if ever force close Ingress and I've always used rooted devices. Those in and of themselves shouldn't be enough. Same with Cargressing. In and off itself shouldn't cause a ban. (There is an internal speed limit to the game, but it doesn't result in an email ban, just temporary error messages that clear up in a matter of minutes.) And plenty of people use Google Maps or similar to navigate to portals if they don't know the way.

I'm thinking it has to do with the large GPS drift you were experiencing. Sucks, because you can't do much about that, other than not play when you experience it. There is an app that a lot of people use for GPS stabilization, GPS Status and Toolbox. But it's usually recommended for people who's GPS takes a long time to resolve a "fix" on their position. Regardless, couldn't hurt.

I don't know of a lot of things within a 3 hour drive, but check out the book Weird California or just start driving somewhere while running Field Trip and see what it points out (preferably with a passenger so they can read out interesting things as you go by).

Install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en

clear A-GPS Data and redownload it. Then wait a bit until it connects and finds satellites. I am indoors next to a window right now with a 4 m accuracy connected to 13/21 satellites. When disabling and enabling GPS it only takes 3 seconds for a fix.

Never had any issues with maps using this method. Sometimes maps takes a bit longer to find a gps fix so I am using this app to speed this up. But as soon as I have a fix, maps is rocksolid.

Also your build is pretty old. CM included a couple fixes for location in March, although I don't know if sultan put them in his builds too.

I had a friend recommend Maps.Me for offline maps. Does navigation as well for driving/walking.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro

It exists, it's called Field Trip:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.scout

I used it in Chicago and New York, was really cool walking around listening to the city's history!

On your phone, download and install the Field Trip app. It's made by Niantic Labs, a little startup within Google, who also makes an ARG called Ingress.

Niantic has curated a massive, massive list of basically everything interesting in America. Field Trip goes off whenever you get near one of those things. Most of the things it alerts you to are free, national monument type things, or museums and such. It's a very frugal way to have a good time on the road.

One thing that is NOT frugal about it is it's battery life, so make sure you disable the app when you're not looking for something to do.

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Yes, it's the same as the paid version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus

It also has the osmlive subscription for free.

All the data is from https://www.openstreetmap.org so if something is wrong or missing you can join and fix it.

1. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps

2. Boots 79-81 High St, Bromley BR1 1JY 020 8290 6958 https://maps.app.goo.gl/fLwuyYhPkTK38viU6

3. Thanks for using reddit navigation. Please walk carefully.

GPS is your phone problem, not the games. The game takes the data from the GPS.

You have android. Download this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

or something similar... it will tell you everything about your GPS, you can also reset it and do some calibrating

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps

Find it hard to imagine that people don't know Google Maps can do this. You're in for a surprise with how good it is. You pretty much don't need a dedicated GPS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps

Find it hard to imagine that people don't know Google Maps can do this. You're in for a surprise with how good it is. You pretty much don't need a dedicated GPS.

Maps.me uses offline OpenStreetMap data and has a toggle for live traffic. It can calculate driving, biking, and walking directions all on your phone itself too.

It might be what you're looking for.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro

(It also happens to be open source under the Apache license and has a ton of features while still being lightweight and easy to use http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Maps.Me )

I've used GPS Status & Toolbox with some success over the past few years. The app automatically updates the A-GPS information on your phone depending on the interval you've set.

I can't guarantee that you'll see immediate success, but it should help your situation improve.

You don't need to have a cellphone signal to use the navigation features if you have offline maps. Google Maps lets you save regions to use while offline. There are also a handful of navigation apps that use saved maps, but these tend to cost money and the maps might not be as accurate.

In fact, before smartphones and data plans in the GBs were common, this was the only way to go. You either had a standalone GPS navigator, or one came built-in in nicer cars, and for a while smart-ish phones had navigation apps using saved maps. I recall using my Nokia N95 a few times.

If all you want is your geographical coordinates, not navigation, an app like GPS Status & Toolbox will give you that and much more. No internet connection required.

Om kartdata från Lantmäteriet inte är ett krav så skulle jag rekommendera Maps.me. Det använder data från Open Street Map och är ofta bättre än Googles kartor, särskilt om man lämnar städerna.

Jag har nog inte sett någon app som använder Lantmäteriets data, jag vet inte om den är tillgänglig för sånt till ett vettigt pris. Men det finns appar som kan använda georefererade bitmapbilder om du har inscannade kartor du vill använda.

Du känner kanske till att Lantmäteriet har kartor på sin hemsida om du bara vill titta på dem innan du ger dig iväg hemifrån?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus

Open Street Map based App, support offline navigation. I'm using it for hiking and car navigation, on and offroad. You can even navigate along a imported gpx track

GPS doesn't use data.

Download an offline map app (Maps.ME is really good, or you can just use Google Maps and download the areas you'll need over wifi). The only thing a map app would use data would be for loading the route (if it's server-based directions, like Google Maps is) and loading the Earth vs Map view (that can be disabled in Google Maps, and you can download areas to use offline).

Someone else mentioned GPS Logger for Android, which seems to have very similar functionality to My Tracks. I just installed it and it seems pretty good...

Edit: Another option is to use an app like GPS Status. It also should fix that bug.

> Here is some temporary solution that would work for certain people. Anyways the development team is working on this in parallel.

> Go to your Settings Tap "More" (in the section Wireless & networks)
Go to "Mobile networks"
Then, go to "Access point names"
Tap on the access point name that is currently selected for you
You will enter a screen that enables you to edit the access point. Search the field "APN type" and tap on it.
The field has to contain the following text: default,supl (no space, no brackets etc. only the two words divided by a comma)

> Usually this field just contains default. Adding supl (Secure User Plane Location) will enable your phone to create a connection to obtain location data from the carrier network, f.ex. to obtain A-GPS information.

> This change might have an influence or not depending on your phone carrier. since then, it seems to have :
- Accelerated the initial connection of GPS
- Made the disconnects disappear (temporarily or not, let's hope it's the second one)

Yes. Note 8 and S8 apparently has a bad update that broke their GPS. Likely won't be fixed forever by Samsung as it's EOL.

The only known workaround is to install GPS Status & Toolbox and install it's proxy upon initial launch or via the provided link.

The best advice I have been given is take a photosphere. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.street unfortunately the app is a bit buggy. Not saying you want to spend anywhere $500 to $1,000 on Google Street View approved Photosphere cameras. The app also allows you to take a photosphere using just your cell phone. Photospheres go a long way in getting approvals. Some rejections I have received are people trying to let you know something isn't right. My resubmission is approved once I figure out what the biggest problem was in the rejection. Not everybody is out to deny all submissions. Hope this helps.

Did you try calibrating the GPS sensor via Google Maps? I think it's under settings and then you stick out your phone and do three (?) infinite signs in front of you. If that doesn't work then try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2 word to the wise the app only works when on as in the active app but it's dirt cheap to get it working in the background. After all that, it still doesn't work send it back to T-Mobile and get yourself a OnePlus 8 Pro from the OnePlus website because the OnePlus 8 doesn't have wireless and you're going to want it unless you want that LG V60 same price point.

I wonder if your Note has the same problem as my Pixel 2. Sometimes when I enable my Pixel 2's hotspot, it kills the GPS. It's hard to notice sometimes because location services still works without an actual GPS signal (going by cell towers and wifi signals), but sometimes it's very obvious that the location is wonky. I can confirm whether GPS is working by using an app like GPS Status.

The only fix for this problem that I'm aware of is to reboot my phone.

OsmAnd~ (free) or OsmAnd+ (same app, $9 for the convenience of installing it from Google Play).

Open-source OFFLINE maps, navigation, points of interest, Wikipedia POI, hill shading, contour lines, wikivoyage.

I've used Maps.me, but I've never had much love for it. I've not touched it since discovering OsmAnd~.

If you're on Android I highly suggest GPS Logger.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mendhak.gpslogger

No map included, but you can configure it to take your position every 3-10 seconds and then load that up on a viewer when you get home and see how much you did.

3 seconds was accurate enough for me at a 4mph pace (which is damn near jogging) and battery is basically un-effected. But longer intervals = longer battery life.

Give "GPS Status and Toolbox" a go.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

My circumstance has been precisely the opposite to that /u/DagFizz mentioned - to each their own I guess.

Have the phone set to highest sensitivity setting and have that app download the AGPS state hourly. I am still running a S5 and I'm rock solid on location.

OK, then it's not really a Google Maps issue.

It will either be hardware or software. You might need to wipe your phone and reload Android, but that's a bit drastic and you might want to try other things first.

This app used to help, but from it's current description it wouldn't seem like it would. Try it and please report back if it made a difference.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

I use an app called 'GPS status' if you open it you can see what your GPS is doing etc

If GPS status is showing a good signal and the app isn't tracking, you'll know the problem is with the app/permissions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

I don't know if there's a similar apple app.

I can help with point one! On Android I use GPS Status (Note: I use the paid version, but the free version is pretty feature packed as well IIRC) for DOP/HDOP/VDOP etc.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

I too have never really had issues, but after putting a new OS on my phone I suddenly did have issues that manifested itself as drift/mislocation in Maps. I found out that an app I'd installed for other reasons before I wiped my phone is what many with similar issues use as a solution; so I put it back on and haven't had issues since then. Try GPS Status, the free version should be all you need. It acts as an interface between your GPS and GPS requesting app; you should notice it appearing in the status bar when you use an app that uses GPS. I've had no issues since then.

If it solves your issue I'd love to hear back so I know whether to recommend it to others, and also so I can mention it to Google as something for them to look at adopting.

You'll laugh... "WiFi Map" :)

But I also have "WiFi Space" - it has smaller wifi database, but as a backup or complement

Not directly related but I use the Pro version of GPS Status & Toolbox by MobiWIA - EclipSim. It keeps the A-GPS data on my phone fresh, and is useful as a general diagnostic by showing how many satellites I'm seeing and their signal strengths.

I'd like to piggyback off your comment and say that Maps.me is my app of choice for offline maps and navigation for Japan and elsewhere. I've used it for the past two vacations in Japan without any issues. I can highly recommend it.

As a brief example, Osaka is 27mb worth of map data, Kyoto only 24. I already had Tokyo downloaded so can't say exactly how much that takes (I guess around 40-50mb).

Pour moi l'app indispensable, la première que j'installe, et la seule sans laquelle je ne pourrais pas survivre est MAPS.ME : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro

Cartes mondiales, basées sur openstreetmap, accessibles offline, avec gps et navigation. Chargement très rapide y compris sur les téléphones un peu plus vieux. Je ne me sers quasiment jamais de Google Maps. Indispensable en voyage. Oh, et c'est gratuit.

This app has the best compass calibration tool. After calibrating your compass in that app, your Google Maps experience will be greatly improved.

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I've been using GPS status and toolbox, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

Gives access to the location and orientation related sensors and lets you calibrate them .

I have always used the app GPS status along. It features an aGPS feature that springs up when you launch the gps itself and it helps super well with a quick and consistent fix. It also allows you to recalibrate any motion sensors.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en

Run a compass calibration and reset/download A-GPS data. It worked like a charm for me! I'd also suggest changing its background behavior to not run while the screen is off (your screen is typically on the whole time playing Pokemon anyway). Best of luck!

The app "GPS Status" has been a huge help in validating my concern with any tech rep.

My phone was reading a 20m accuracy, while my fiance's phone would read 3m accuracy from the same location.

Try loading GPS Status & Toolbox by MobiWIA - EclipSim and using it to make sure that your A-GPS data is current.
 
Aside from that, I know there was something about Samsung phones and loose screws on the GPS antenna, but I think that was the Galaxy S3 not the S4.

Likely, yes.

Get the app GPS Status and Toolbox (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2). It will show you how strong the signals from the satellite are in your location. And it will download some correction data. And you can set it up to download this data whenever your GPS loads. You'll still experience drift, but your overall experience should improve.

Maps.me So far I have tested a lot of maps apps, and maps.me is just the best one in terms of offline maps availability and detail. It had walkways that other maps didn't even show, and had more detailed routes. Would recommend.

The closest competitor would be HERE maps, but offline maps were not available for certain places on my trip to the Caribbean sea. But if I ever need public transport info Here maps is the best one available.

Field Trip started as a google labs project I believe or was related to google somehow. That's how I found it. points out some less well known stuff that's near you.

I like GPS Logger for Android. It's not built into OSM, but it lets you download the GPX files and you can use the data for uploading into OSM along with other purposes.

Depending on where you are located and how deeply you want it integrated with Google Now/Calendar one of the Openstreetmap based apps might work.
Maps.me comes to mind, when talking about pin colors/categories.

If you don't want/can't use Google Maps, or any other online map service, you can also use OsmAnd which allows for offline storage of OpenStreet maps.

Let's start with the most obvious:

1. Do you play your phone audio through these same speakers?
2. Do you happen to have the google Field Trip app installed?
3. What OS do you have on your computer? If it's Windows 8 or 10, do you have the Trip Advisor app installed?
4. What have you tried so far?
5. If you go to "Programs and Features" in the control panel, and sort by install date, what were the programs that were installed in the last few months since the symptoms started?

There are a few things you can do to fix some GPS related issues. Start with number 1, then test in Ingress. If it doesn't work, then proceed to the next step.

1. Make sure your location mode is set to High Accuracy.
2. Toggle your Location services off, then back on.
3. Disable and then enable Wi-Fi (Part of the high accuracy data)
4. Restart your phone.
5. Download GPS Status & Toolbox. Then go to "Manage A-GPS state" and hit download. ^For ^those ^of ^you ^out ^there ^with ^bad ^drift, ^this ^may ^help ^too.

If you still have issues with your Droid Turbo, make sure that this is limited to just Ingress. If you have issues with Google Maps or any other GPS service, you may need to warranty the phone.

Hope this helps you get back out into the field, agent.

You can make your own street view with Google's street view app. You don't have to wait for a Google car to do it. Android and iPhone.

MAPS.ME

OsmAnd

Both of these provide offline directions etc, you may have a fair bit of data to download first but wifi should sort that out for ya

GPS Status is what I like to use when out in the field. Not only does it show you the skyplot and signal strength, PDOP, but uses the IMU to put a "bubble level" on the skyplot. It also launches when an app uses the GPS so you can just bring it up via the top pull down.

I had drifting problem in my OPO (i.g. google sphere) and it drove me crazy. After a year or so someone suggested me to recalibrate sensors. It fixed the problem. You can calibrate via aps like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

Weirdly enough I had a much better performance when installing an app that launches alongside the GPS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

It may just be the aGPS that does it.

Phones definitely have GPS radios, but they do get the assistance of cell towers. I have an app called "GPS Status" that shows me the location and signal strength of all the GPS satellites that my phone can "see".

For me it's wifi map, users share wifi passwords to wifi in your GPS location. Saves a lot of hassle and money.

Android link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.wifimap.wifimap&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dwifi+map&pcampaignid=APPU_1_IddQVYPJDYqwuAThvIHQBw

Yes, most coffee shops, restaurants and some other public places will offer free wifi. Like /u/Zafairo said, however, quality can be hit or miss. I'd suggest you use a wifi password app like this one, helps you 'research' an area and, if the passwords are up to date, saves you the trouble of asking it.

This is what I did :

• Install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.walletpasses.android
• Download the new PDF with the QR code from the Ontario Health site.
• Go to https://grassroots.vaccine-ontario.ca/ and upload the PDF and generate a .pkpass file.
• Open the .pkpass file in the app

Hopefully Google adds native support soon.

You could use the flight radar 24 app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flightradar24free

They show all of the commercial planes and helicopters. Sometimes military and police too, if not in service but on a transfer flight.

It's fun to see a plane in the sky and look it up where ist comes from and where it goes to.

The workaround for now is to use GPS Status and install it's proxy app when prompted. The proxy app will launch GPS Status and you have to keep it running. This will not let GMaps use the car's GPS though while Waze remains status quo i.e still not using car's GPS.

I use OSMand+ for navigation. It allows you to choose bicycle directions and is really good about routing onto bicycle only or friendly routes. It takes some practice and you can't just rely on it for easy, fast navigation the way google maps works, but it is really good for avoiding busy roads. We spent a huge chunk of this trip off the main cycle route 1, on side roads and farm roads.

 

Total budget for the trip including airfare from Denver to Taipei was $2000/person. We spent 28 days in Taiwan. We camped twice, but otherwise stayed in hotels or hostels. We ate out every meal and did not cook. Average hotel/airbnb costs were $20-40/night, but went up dramatically during the Chinese New Year. Camping more is totally feasible and other cyclists we met were camping full time, we were weak and stayed inside. It rained all day for probably 5 out of 15 riding days.

You can check your GPS performance with apps. I personally use GPS Status, you can see how quickly it connects and to how many satellites, plus the GPS accuracy and other sensor readings.

Dedicated GPS devices have high precision clocks and can calculate the expected position of satellites on their own very easily; cell phones depend on servers to figure it out. Without the info from the servers, cell phones gotta keep guessing where the satellites might be, and may take several minutes to finally get a lock.

Once phones got a lock, they're about as good as dedicated GPS devices.

edit: If you wanna get an idea what's the worse case scenario is like with your phone, if you got an Android, you can get an app like GPS Status & Toolbox, switch your phone to airplane mode, go to "Manage A-GPS state" on the app, click Reset, and then restart your phone and try to get a your GPS position once the phone finishes rebooting (need to reboot because otherwise it will still have the coordinates cached from the last fix).

If you have an Android, there's an app called GPS Status that really improves satellite tracking. Without the app, you're phone uses a data connection to download the information about GPS satellites that should be in your area, and doesn't save the information so you constantly have to get updates. This app saves the information and allows you to stay connected much longer than usual and with better precision, although eventually you will have to connect to the internet again.

I use Google Earth a lot, but Google Earth on Android hasn't worked well for me without a data connection. As long as you open the app with a connection, you can use the cached images if you do lose connection. However, if you close the app (or it crashes), and you restart it, it just sits at the loading screen and never progresses. Maybe other people have had better luck.

I'm still trying to figure out which Android app to use. I have a dozen installed but I haven't used most of them very much yet. Many have an option to preload the maps, but that's usually a "pro" feature which costs money. I don't mind paying I just need to figure out which is best.

I'm trying to track my activities like you are, but I haven't found a system I'm happy with yet. Like advntrnrd said, using a physical map in addition to GPS/electronics is probably more reliable. I'm looking into using GPS tracked PDF maps, but haven't created my own yet. That way it's digital and easy to export, but I get to place the marks if the GPS accuracy isn't great.