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Here is an example of pretty stunning amount of visual detail provided by one of popular GPS data app on Android: https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/lT3TpHar

Here is an example of pretty stunning amount of visual detail provided by one of popular GPS data app on Android: https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/lT3TpHarUx89Z7HIf043aUaNDxGqadjgTaORIlGVSjGOKYhWI_UMtJL0cIFa7j82_Uwb=w2134-h1458 https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/lT3TpHarUx89Z7HIf043aU... At least I can confirm it works will all navigation constellations on Samsung S10.

_Microft 5y ago
This looks a lot like "GPS Status" and it used to be really good. Recent comments on the Play Store do not sound good though.
- joshvm 5y ago
  It used to be, but a lot of data got pay/subscription walled I think. I would recommend GPS Test, it's open source, no ads and does just as much. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.gpstest&hl=en&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.gp...
  - Melatonic 5y ago
    Yea GPS Test is great!
Aachen 5y ago
Link doesn't work for me and the URL is obscured for some reason. Is my guess correct that you're linking the GPSTest app?
- maxden 5y ago
  Yeah, its the "all sensor data at a glance page" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en_CA&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.g...
- _Microft 5y ago
  No, it's not GPSTest but "GPS Status & Toolbox".
piceas 5y ago
See also on F-Droid/OsmAnd https://gitlab.com/mvglasow/satstat https://gitlab.com/mvglasow/satstat
83 5y ago
I had a lot of fun with that gps status app when I first got a smart phone - you could hold your phone up to the window while flying (to get gps signal) and see the 630mph or whatever speed you were going.
- figers 5y ago
  I do this with google maps even without an internet connection it shows roughly where we are in the US on a flight
- adamsmith143 5y ago
  I thought this was disabled above certain speeds to prevent those chips being used in Missiles?
  - colechristensen 5y ago
    For the limits the speed is 1200 mph and the altitude 59,000 ft. A commercial airliner won’t exceed 650 mph or 40,000 ft.
    - Rebelgecko 5y ago
      I think those are the old COCOM limits which are no longer in effect. I believe that currently the only limit is 600 m/s (which is nice, since when there were both speed and altitude limits some manufacturers OR'd them and some manufacturers AND'd them, so it wasn't clear if altitude alone would be enough to disable a device until you found out the hard way)
      - colechristensen 5y ago
        Ah, yeah that's been updated since I've worked with GPS

_Microft 5y ago

This looks a lot like "GPS Status" and it used to be really good. Recent comments on the Play Store do not sound good though.

joshvm 5y ago
It used to be, but a lot of data got pay/subscription walled I think. I would recommend GPS Test, it's open source, no ads and does just as much. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.gpstest&hl=en&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.gp...
- Melatonic 5y ago
  Yea GPS Test is great!

Aachen 5y ago

Link doesn't work for me and the URL is obscured for some reason. Is my guess correct that you're linking the GPSTest app?

maxden 5y ago
Yeah, its the "all sensor data at a glance page" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en_CA&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.g...
_Microft 5y ago
No, it's not GPSTest but "GPS Status & Toolbox".

piceas 5y ago

See also on F-Droid/OsmAnd https://gitlab.com/mvglasow/satstat https://gitlab.com/mvglasow/satstat

83 5y ago

I had a lot of fun with that gps status app when I first got a smart phone - you could hold your phone up to the window while flying (to get gps signal) and see the 630mph or whatever speed you were going.

figers 5y ago
I do this with google maps even without an internet connection it shows roughly where we are in the US on a flight
adamsmith143 5y ago
I thought this was disabled above certain speeds to prevent those chips being used in Missiles?
- colechristensen 5y ago
  For the limits the speed is 1200 mph and the altitude 59,000 ft. A commercial airliner won’t exceed 650 mph or 40,000 ft.
  - Rebelgecko 5y ago
    I think those are the old COCOM limits which are no longer in effect. I believe that currently the only limit is 600 m/s (which is nice, since when there were both speed and altitude limits some manufacturers OR'd them and some manufacturers AND'd them, so it wasn't clear if altitude alone would be enough to disable a device until you found out the hard way)
    - colechristensen 5y ago
      Ah, yeah that's been updated since I've worked with GPS