OsmAnd's Faster Offline Navigation
https://osmand.net/blog/fast-routing/
#HackerNews #OsmAnd #Offline #Navigation #Faster #Routing #GPS #Technology
#Android #GPS #PartageDePosition
Merci à la personne qui m'a suggéré HAUK.
C'est *exactement* ce qu'il me fallait.
Application Android pour partager sa position en temps réel. Logiciel Libre et opensource, aussi bien la partie client (Android) que la partie serveur (php).
Créé une simple URL (limitée dans le temps) qui affiche la position en temps réel sur fond de carte OpenStreetMap.
Partie serveur dead simple à héberger soi-même.
C'est parfait 👌
J'irai faire une donation à l'auteur du soft.
#GPS
Vous savez s'il y a une fonction dans OsmAnd, CoMaps, une autre appli ou un site web qui permette de partager sa position *en temps réel* (et qui ne soit pas trop invasive pour la vie privée) ?
PS: J'ai bien dit: Suivre une personne PENDANT son déplacement (et pas juste partager une position fixe)
Il faudrait que la personne reçoive une URL et que ça ne nécessite pas une application pour suivre.
(PS: oui je sais qu'on peut le faire avec un NextCloud Maps auto-hébergé + une appli android)
#Android #GPS #CoMaps
🙁 Après avoir installé la dernière version de CoMaps, l'appli a planté après la mise à jour des cartes et ne démarre plus.
🙂 Mais comme la sauvegarde automatique des favoris est quotidienne, il m'a suffit (après réinstallation de l'appli) d'importer en une fois tous mes favoris. Ouf !
#GPS
Vous savez s'il y a une fonction dans OsmAnd, CoMaps, une autre appli ou un site web qui permette de partager sa position *en temps réel* (et qui ne soit pas trop invasive pour la vie privée) ?
PS: J'ai bien dit: Suivre une personne PENDANT son déplacement (et pas juste partager une position fixe)
Il faudrait que la personne reçoive une URL et que ça ne nécessite pas une application pour suivre.
(PS: oui je sais qu'on peut le faire avec un NextCloud Maps auto-hébergé + une appli android)
#GPS #Android
Je constate avec plaisir que dans la dernière version de #CoMaps la navigation est désormais fluide : Il n'y a plus de "sauts" de position comme avant. C'est beaucoup plus agréable. (Seule la rotation change encore par "sauts").
https://www.comaps.app/
Cory Doctorow
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The #Enshitification of Google maps 🤨
Not going back to Google Maps after I tried this
“I've been using Google Maps for years, but I was tired of the distractions.
#Google Maps has so many ads and pins, with labels galore and a map so detailed with points of interest that it's distracting to the point of sometimes being overwhelming”
@pluralistic
https://www.makeuseof.com/im-not-going-back-to-google-maps-after-i-tried-this/ #apple #maps #gps #ads
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The #Enshitification of Google maps 🤨
Not going back to Google Maps after I tried this
“I've been using Google Maps for years, but I was tired of the distractions.
#Google Maps has so many ads and pins, with labels galore and a map so detailed with points of interest that it's distracting to the point of sometimes being overwhelming”
@pluralistic
https://www.makeuseof.com/im-not-going-back-to-google-maps-after-i-tried-this/ #apple #maps #gps #ads
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Any #GPS / #android nerds wanna help me debug something?
https://gitlab.com/LineageOS/issues/android/-/issues/9652
I have two #fairphone3, one running #lineageos and the other running the default OS, and the lineageOS doesn't find GPS 99% of the time...
I'm at the edge of my knowledge and would love some suggestions for how to debug further, or if someone wants to jump on a call and try to work it out together.
Fuzzy Leapfrog
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Mathematikerin und GPS-Pionierin Gladys West im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben
Die US-Mathematikerin Gladys West hat Modelle der Erde errechnet, die die Basis für die Positionsbestimmung per Satellit bilden. Sie wurde 95 Jahre alt.
Mathematikerin und GPS-Pionierin Gladys West im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben
Die US-Mathematikerin Gladys West hat Modelle der Erde errechnet, die die Basis für die Positionsbestimmung per Satellit bilden. Sie wurde 95 Jahre alt.
Sabrina Web :privacypride: 📎
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Wanderer è un archivio decentralizzato di sentieri e percorsi in bici e a piedi.
Un’alternativa libera alle piattaforme estrattive: qui puoi caricare le tue tracce #GPS, crearne di nuove, arricchirle con metadati e costruire insieme una mappa condivisa, ricercabile e davvero utile alle comunità.
Scopri percorsi autentici, salva quelli che ami e attraversa i territori con rispetto della natura, con chi la vive e con chi la difende
pubblicato nel gruppo @fediverso
Wanderer è un archivio decentralizzato di sentieri e percorsi in bici e a piedi.
Un’alternativa libera alle piattaforme estrattive: qui puoi caricare le tue tracce #GPS, crearne di nuove, arricchirle con metadati e costruire insieme una mappa condivisa, ricercabile e davvero utile alle comunità.
Scopri percorsi autentici, salva quelli che ami e attraversa i territori con rispetto della natura, con chi la vive e con chi la difende
pubblicato nel gruppo @fediverso
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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Sun releases the largest solar radiation storm ‘in over 20 years,’ forecasters say
By Ashley Strickland, January 19, 2026
"Powerful solar activity released by the sun is heading for Earth and it’s likely to create dazzling auroral displays in unexpected areas Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. It could also disrupt #satellite-based communications and #GPS accuracy.
"A solar radiation storm, ranked at a level four out of five on a severity scale, is being tracked by the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center, or #SWPC.
" 'An #S4 severe #SolarRadiation storm is now in progress - this is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years,' SWPC shared on X, formerly known as Twitter. 'The last time S4 levels were observed was in October, 2003. Potential effects are mainly limited to space launch, aviation, and satellite operations.' "
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/science/largest-solar-radiation-storm-auroras
#SolarFlare #GeomagneticStorm #Satellites #KesslerSyndrome? #Starlink
Sun releases the largest solar radiation storm ‘in over 20 years,’ forecasters say
By Ashley Strickland, January 19, 2026
"Powerful solar activity released by the sun is heading for Earth and it’s likely to create dazzling auroral displays in unexpected areas Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. It could also disrupt #satellite-based communications and #GPS accuracy.
"A solar radiation storm, ranked at a level four out of five on a severity scale, is being tracked by the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center, or #SWPC.
" 'An #S4 severe #SolarRadiation storm is now in progress - this is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years,' SWPC shared on X, formerly known as Twitter. 'The last time S4 levels were observed was in October, 2003. Potential effects are mainly limited to space launch, aviation, and satellite operations.' "
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/science/largest-solar-radiation-storm-auroras
#SolarFlare #GeomagneticStorm #Satellites #KesslerSyndrome? #Starlink
Gladys West's vital contributions to GPS technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West
#HackerNews #Gladys #West #GPS #Technology #Contributions #History #Innovation #WomenInSTEM
Looks like the #government of #Iran manages to enforce #censorship even beyond landlines and cell connectivity. They managed to render #Starlink terminals useless by jamming #GPS signals:
https://restofworld.org/2026/iran-starlink-internet-shutdown/
Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸
and 2 others
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"Before GPS became an everyday utility, it was a hard mathematical problem.
In the 1950s–70s, Gladys West, a mathematician at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia, worked on one of the most difficult challenges in satellite navigation: accurately modeling the Earth itself.
Modern GPS accuracy depends on:
• Precise satellite ephemerides
• Accurate gravitational field modeling
• Correct Earth reference frames
West’s work directly advanced all three.
Her contributions weren’t widely recognized at the time. In fact, it wasn’t until 2018 that she was inducted into the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame—decades after GPS reshaped global navigation, logistics, finance, defense, and mobile computing...
Before GPS could tell us where we are, someone had to define what the Earth actually looks like—mathematically…”
#Engineering #GPS #Geodesy #STEM #TechHistory #WomenInTech #DataScience #Infrastructure #WomenInGeoSpatial
H/T Evan Kirstel
