Removing all gps features

[tormento]

On iOS I use Rego app to mark places. It can export to Dropbox and I get
GPS coordinates from it.

Alberto

Il giorno dom 12 set 2021 alle 08:56 Chirana Gheorghita Eugeniu Theodor via
subsurface <subsurface at subsurface-divelog.org> ha scritto:

> I know many people that use gps features and also I use it. But on the
> other hand I fully understand so ditching the code seems logic. Integrating
> get location from picture on mobile seems the way to go.
>
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 03:20 Dirk Hohndel via subsurface <
> subsurface at subsurface-divelog.org> wrote:
>
>> The more I think about it the less I like the idea of leaving it in.
>> The code has already atrophied badly because Linus and I no longer use
>> it. And the sad reality is that things that I don't use don't get tested
>> and fixed in the mobile apps (with very few exceptions).
>> I can tell you for a fact that the current code has several massive bugs
>> and that the background service doesn't work on a ton of recent Android
>> phones (but oddly does work on others, including my Pixel5)
>>
>> So yeah, the solution will have to be to find ways to import GPS tracks
>> from other apps.
>>
>> In the meantime, you of course always have the option to not update this
>> app.
>>
>> /D
>>
>> > On Sep 11, 2021, at 3:34 PM, Steve <stevewilliams at internode.on.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I use this feature all the time, only yesterday in-fact. Yet to load
>> dives from yesterday that will be done today sometime.
>> > Also lots of other people I know really like the GPS tagging but of
>> course not a lot of boat diving going on in the last 18 months, 99.9% of
>> these people aren't on the mailing list or check the Google group.
>> >
>> > Very few people have dive computers that record GPS position.
>> >
>> > It is such a great feature to be able to set the phone going and then
>> just leave it in the dry bag and concentrate on the rest of the dive & not
>> have to worry about touching it again on a rocking boat until getting back
>> to shore!
>> >
>> > I don't build mobile or side load mobile app at present (I only compile
>> for desktop atm).
>> >
>> > So I would say don't take the code out and I would side load to be able
>> to keep the GPS features.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Steve
>>
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