Librem 5 Navigation

[janvlug]

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Navigation experiences requested

Did you ever try to navigate with your Librem 5? Did you get a decent GPS fix? What navigation program did you use? Can you give a short description of your experience? For me: My Librem 5 cannot get a decent GPS fix. I’m in contact with helpful Purism support to try to check the antenna connection. I tried PureMaps and GNOME Maps, both give a rough location (probably not based on GPS, but on other location hints. GNOME Maps does not fit well on the screen and seems unable to use the curren…

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Librem 5 GPS/Location Tracking

Howdy, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get location tracking working on the librem 5 in order to get puremaps to be used for navigation. However, unless I’m connected to a wifi network, it says I’m in Lake Michigan near Chicago. Which unless I’m in the matrix, is nowhere near where I’m actually at. I read a topic posted earlier that talks about people getting within 30 feet to a mile of where they actually are, so it sounds like it somewhat works for people. Not sure why it doesn’t work …