Comments on: Real time GPS tracking on the Nokia N95

By: Jed loves GPS

Jed loves GPS — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:58:48 +0000

Very interesting post! Go to http://www.jett-track.com or http://www.jett-track.com/blog for more info. about GPS tracking.

By: Alex Birkett

Alex Birkett — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:09:40 +0000

You could try my application, http://phonelocator.mobi. The client is a native Symbian / S60 application so it wont suffer from the same memory issues as MapMyTracks. It’s lighter weight than Nokia sports tracker too. The web application is still requires some work, but watch this space: http://phonelocator.mobi

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By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:41:11 +0000

Yes, Richard, I did the firmware upgrade some time ago. I think the main feature request I would make in this world of hostile data plans is for the app to cache the GPS tracks for later upload to the server. Maintaining a consistent uplink is the barrier here. With no data plan I cannot use these apps.

…unless you know something my easily dismayed mind has not yet learned about these apps?

The reference to Nokia Maps was a sidebar- just illustrating another case where the GPS in the N95-1 is wonky (whereas the “GPS Data” app built into the N95 system on its own seems very reliable and very fast IME).

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:14:20 +0000

Nokia SportsTracker worked for me on the N95. I found it much better after the firmware update – but you’ve done that, right?

I used it regularly for tracking walks and, aside from the sometimes lengthy delay in getting the GPS to “lock in”, it worked perfectly. I learned to launch the app before leaving the house so that by the time I got to the road the tracking feature was up and running.

The Nokia Maps are immaterial for this app, since you’re just going to extract the data and merge it with googlemaps, right? You’re not lost, you just want a track.

…r

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:11:31 +0000

Just never got around to putting Gmaps on. & no, it’s not about data plans. Boast all you want.

By: Roland Tanglao

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:03:06 +0000

i don’t know why you insist on using Nokia Maps

is it because you don’t have a data plan?

with my unlimited plan, Google Maps is much better (functionally and aesthetically)

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:10:50 +0000

It’s not a memory issue, Roland – something’s actually wrong with the app. I was able, while the app was frozen, to use other apps on the phone, make calls, etc.

Following up, I tried to log a morning walk yesterday, and the app failed to get a GPS location at all. I presume this is related to an N95 issue, as Nokia Maps has similar difficulty (the GPS in the N95 works very well – it just seems that applications have a tough time using it).

By: Roland Tanglao

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:29:17 +0000

are you sure you are not out of memory?
try deleting all the apps on your phone except MapMyTracks, deleting all SMS messages and all pictures, audio and video and then repeating the test

if it still goes “haywire” then it’s not probably a memory problem

…Roland
p.s. these memory issues should be much better on the N95-3 or N95 8GB both of which I would recommend over the N95-1s that we all have BUT as far as i can tell the memory management of S60 apps is flawed; memory management is one thing that apple got right on the iPhone and that google is trying to get right with Android