Is my GPS broken?
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Is my GPS broken?
I've got a HP iPAQ 2210 running TomTom 3 or Memory Map along with a Fortuna Clip-On Bluetooth GPS.
I'm increasingly finding that TomTom is unusable, my position seems to lose accuracy and it shows me driving through a field or another road near to my current location. This is despite a good signal being indicated, i.e. 6+ satellites. I've seen inaccurate positioning with Memory Map as well. I think it may be the GPS causing it, it seems to have been less reliable since it overheated on a long trip
It was playing up last night when I got home from work, so I sat and observed for a while. My position was jumping around a bit and then in front of my eyes suddenly shifted by 100m or so. I noted the lat/long in the GPS status screen had also changed. I power cycled the GPS and then had a solid lock, my posistion was not moving.
I'm going to try driving around with memory map running for a few days see if that shows anything similar.
Anyone else had similar problems or is my GPS screwed and requiring replacement under warranty?
Cheers,
Graz
I'm increasingly finding that TomTom is unusable, my position seems to lose accuracy and it shows me driving through a field or another road near to my current location. This is despite a good signal being indicated, i.e. 6+ satellites. I've seen inaccurate positioning with Memory Map as well. I think it may be the GPS causing it, it seems to have been less reliable since it overheated on a long trip
It was playing up last night when I got home from work, so I sat and observed for a while. My position was jumping around a bit and then in front of my eyes suddenly shifted by 100m or so. I noted the lat/long in the GPS status screen had also changed. I power cycled the GPS and then had a solid lock, my posistion was not moving.
I'm going to try driving around with memory map running for a few days see if that shows anything similar.
Anyone else had similar problems or is my GPS screwed and requiring replacement under warranty?
Cheers,
Graz
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