[SailfishDevel] GPS Location service (QTLocation or QTPositioning)

[Aaron McCarthy]

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:49:54 Hendrik Borghorst wrote:
> I want to develop some kind of MTB tracking application.
> 
> I develop in real device and want to know which module for position data
> is the best way to go.
> 
> On the device I see that qt-location and qt-positioning is installed. As
> qt-positioning is part of qt 5.2 I would think this is the way to go.

Qt Positioning will be the recommended API to use to get positioning 
information. Acceptance into the store will happen after we have updated to Qt 
5.2, the first Qt release that includes Qt Positioning.

> If it is qt-positioning I would like to know what I have to do to get
> precise gps data. At the moment it seems that I only get only bad
> location data.

Define bad.

Please ensure that you have configured the position source to allow all 
positioning methods. There are two positioning sources used on the Jolla 
device, wifi and AGPS. You should receive a wifi based fix within a couple of 
seconds, followed shortly after by a more accurate GPS fix. You can check this 
by peeking the home screen. The satellite icon will blink when the most 
accurate requested fix has not yet been obtained, and be on when it has.

Cheers,

-- 
Aaron McCarthy