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Simo1122

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Jan 28, 2009
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Hey All,
Is there a GPS Application to show the satellites you are connected to? I'm curious to know my signal strengths etc.
 

Carnivor

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Feb 24, 2008
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It would be quite good to compare it against my garmin vista cx unit.
 

maverick808

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Jun 30, 2004
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I'm a developer. It's not possible to get this information using Apple's APIs so no app store app could do it. I'm not even sure how you would do it even on a jailbroken phone as I don't think anyone has figured out how to read the raw NMEA from the GPS hardware.
 

opticalserenity

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Apr 14, 2007
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I agree, I'd like to see the same data, but unfortunately I can second that it just isn't available through current API calls.
 

Simo1122

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Jan 28, 2009
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MotionX seems to be able too...Any ideas?
 

avaloncourt

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Oct 18, 2007
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I don't think anyone has figured out how to read the raw NMEA from the GPS hardware.

That's a real shame that this limitation exists. That is the route Garmin went with the iQue models. You couldn't get at the NMEA data. This really limits communication with external devices. If NMEA was available the iPhone could be used to communicate externally with marine navigation devices.
 
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