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Originally Posted by petur View Post
Do you mean A-GPS? Yes.
You can disable the GPS, I assume it then only uses network positioning, not sure though.
I can tell you from experience it does. I can also tell you from experience that A-GPS really sucks when it comes to figuring out where you are unless you're in a densely towered area (like a city). Also, the Nokia bits that update the location only do so when you change towers, so you'll go several minutes often between point updates in city areas, and 10s of minutes in rural areas, even going over 60mph (100kph).

If you're using it for a VERY long trip that you already know, and are just using it to help track about where you are, it's ok. But if you want turn-by-turn, A-GPS is not what you want.

Martin: Is there anything in the API that tells you the source of the GPS info you're getting? (A-GPS vs GPS vs wifi...) If so, is there a way to flush and re-request specifically when using A-GPS vs waiting for the tower change to trigger it in the Nokia lib? If so, adding that so it periodically updates if using A-GPS may be nice.
 

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