Thread: ecoach overreading distance from GPS
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jlu is offline jlu
2010-04-12 , 16:12
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Originally Posted by mardy View Post
Interesting thread, as I just posted a blog entry about GPS interval in Mapper:
http://blog.mardy.it/2010/04/mapper-...tery-life.html

Although I was mainly thinking about having a longer interval to reduce battery consumption, it can indeed have some beneficial effects on the GPX file. I guess that for walking a 30 seconds interval might be the best, but for running or cycling I would opt on 10 seconds, while I'd keep 1 second for car navigation.
I've used Maemo Mapper on N800 and 770 with its 1 second update and succeeded in keeping it alive for 10-12 hour trips but on these trips I very rarely woke the screen up. Just kept it logging.

I have used Maemo Mapper also for logging data for car performance tests (I calculate the performance figures off-line on PC). For that the 1 second interval is a must. I hope you keep the 1 second option on Mapper.