[gps-talkusers] Re: One person's observations re: Ariadne GPS
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:52:51 -0400
Hi,
I have checked out this AP, comments below.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:30:13 -0300
"Jim Noseworthy" <jim.noseworthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
> For those who are looking for real time traveling accuracy, I offer this
> observation.
>
> Using the app on an iPhone 4, I found that:
>
> 1. Whether the monitor was turned on or off, the app continually updated the
> direction heading and even that, in many cases was incorrect.
Noticed that, figure that is the compass not the AP.
>
> 2. In some cases, the cross street was named when I was 10 or 20 pases on
> the other side; great if you want to know where you were and not where you
> are going.
>
Saw that only once, could be GPS drift. iBlue.
> 3. In many cases, the cross streets were not named at all.
They were named here.
>
> In summary: the app may be worth the money if you want to invest in the
> creator's R&D costs of developing an orientational GPS app for the iPhone;
> but if you are looking to depend on this app, you might want to wait a while
> -- the app is simply not ready for PrimeTime.
>
> Maybe Mike or someone from Sindero might want to waigh in on this subject.
>
> Cheers.
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