GPS Status
This is a very basic diagnostic tool to allow you to have a look and see what information the GPS on your iPhone/iPad is reporting.
With our CamerAlert application we received a lot of bad reviews from users who didnt fully understand how GPS works, and that it is almost impossible to get an accurate location when indoors or traveling at 125MPH in a train. The GPS needs time to work out where it is.
This is where GPS Status comes in handy. You do not just get a good/bad GPS Fix indicator, you get a full readout of all the GPS data including speed and co-ordinates. If you have a GPS connection you will also get an approximation of your current address.
Note that I have determined the following GPS Fix settings:
- Excellent Fix = less than 10M accuracy
- Good Fix = between 10 and 50M accuracy
- Poor Fix = between 50 and 500M accuracy
- Bad Fix = more than 50M accuracy
- No Fix = nothing being reported.
Most GPS issues can be resolved by getting a good GPS Fix before you start moving. This can be achieved best by having a clear view of the sky.
Remenber when the GPS fails you drop back to WiFi or Cell positioning which will be wildly inaccurate. This is not a fault of the GPS applications, but the signal that your iPhone is receiving.
Also you need to bear in mind that some applications may work perfectly well with a bad fix if all they need to do is find your general location to determine what is around you.
GPS Status is Essential, efficient and lightweight. It will not take more than 800k of memory. It's designed and developed with performance and efficiency in mind.
GPS Status also works without internet connection. (location share functionality might be limited)
GPS Status shows:
✔ unused/used satellites;
✔ speed (km/h or mph);
✔ altitude (meters or feet);
✔ accuracy (meteres or feet);
✔ latitude, longitude both in decimal and degrees format.
It also features a magnetic compass and the ability to share your current location with your friends or social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
You may also decide to share your current location via SMS, Hangouts or any other instant messaging app such as Whatsapp or Telegram.
Boookmarks
The very new feature of the newly released version is a bookmark section that lets you quickly review all your pinned location. Every bookmark will also come with a small arrow pointing toward that point.
Possible usages are:
✔ save your parking spot and find it later;
✔ save a good photo place;
✔ measure aerial space between two or more points
Known problems and solutions
The compass may move too fast or inconsistently. While this may be a bug of GPS Status, it has been proven many times to be a calibration issue. In order to properly calibrate your compass you should hold your phone one-handed and then move and twist your hand to virtually draw an 8 (eight).
GPS狀態是必不可少的，高效的和輕量化。它不會需要超過800K的內存。它的設計和考慮性能和效率的發展。
GPS狀態也適用沒有互聯網連接。 （位置共享功能可能會受到限制）
GPS狀態顯示：
✔未使用/使用的衛星;
✔速度（公里/小時或英里）;
✔高度（米或英尺）;
✔精度（meteres或腳）;
✔緯度，經度無論是在十進制和學位格式。
它還具有一個磁羅盤和與您的朋友或社交網絡如Facebook，Twitter或Google+上分享您的當前位置的能力。
您也可以決定通過短信，視頻群聊或任何其他即時消息應用程序，如WhatsApp的或電報分享您的當前位置。
Boookmarks
新近發布的版本很新的功能是一個書籤部分，可以讓你快速查看你所有的固定位置。每個書籤也將拿出一個小箭頭指向這一點。
可能的用途是：
✔節省您的停車點，後來發現它;
✔保存好照片的地方;
✔測量兩點或多點之間的空中空間
已知問題和解決方案
指南針可移動過快或不一致。雖然這可能是GPS狀態中的錯誤，它已被多次證明是一個校準的問題。為了正確校準你的指南針，你應該把你的電話單手，然後移動和扭動你的手幾乎畫一個8（8）。