Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 7/9] Correctly define autonomous and A-GPS mode

[Sanjeev Gupta]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:

Should be "GPS receivers".   Using GPS as a noun to refer to a receiver
is wrong, although very common.  I continue to think we should avoid
propagating confusion like this.

The term is used widely in the documentation.  I can run through later and make all consistent.

 

The key point for A-GPS is that the almanac and ephemeris are obtained
by some other communication channel that is faster; you probably should
say that explicitly.

Understood, next round of patches.  As I am new to git, I wait till these patches land in master, and send another round after that.

 

Separately from the docs, it is an interesting question if any of the
common chipsets can accept A-GPS data, and if it makes sense for gpsd to
have support for fetching it from someplace and squirting it in.

I have a new Navisiys 8013W, supporst BeiDou, etc.  The uBlox utility (windows only allows me to pull A-GNSS data from their server and send to the unit.  I have not tried it yet.  I do not think gpsd should do this, the TTFF for a cold start is short enough.

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