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<sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:v2|AlpineQuest 2.x]] > Positioning</sub> | <sub>[[en:help:v2|Online Help]] > Positioning</sub> |
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====== Positioning ====== | ====== Positioning ====== |
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The GPS position allows you to display your real location on the map. | The application is able to use the navigation satellite systems (GNSS) chip available in most devices and locate your real-time location on the map. Depending of your device capabilities, your location can be computed using the GPS, the GLONASS or the Galileo systems, or a mix of them. |
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Most devices now have a GPS chip which is used to compute this location. GPS provides a precise location while not using any cellular network. However, it must have a clear access to the sky, meaning that it cannot be used indoor. | The GNSS provides an usually precise location, and does not require cellular network coverage. However, it must have a clear access to the sky, meaning that it cannot be used indoor. |
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| {{:icon_help.png?nolink}} If your device doesn't have any GNSS chip, or if this one is disabled in the Android settings, the network location (much less precise) may be used. |
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| To turn on the real-time positioning and display your location on the map, you can either: |
{{ :en:help:v2:positioning:positioning-submenu.jpg?nolink}} | {{ :en:help:v2:positioning:positioning-submenu.jpg?nolink}} |
| * Long-press the "''**Positioning**''" {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} menu button; |
| * Tap the "''**Positioning**''" {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} menu button, and on the "''**Positioning details**''" {{:icon_04.png?nolink}} toggle. |
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{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} If your device doesn't have a GPS chip, or if this one is turned off in the Android settings, the network location (much less precise) may be used. | {{:icon_help.png?nolink}} The GNSS systems may require up to few minutes to retrieve your precise location after being turned on. |
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To turn on the GPS positioning and display your real location on the map, you can either: | |
* Long-press the "''**GPS position**''" menu button {{:icon_01.png?nolink}}; | |
* Open the sub-menu and click on the "''**Positioning details**''" toggle button {{:icon_04.png?nolink}}. | |
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{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} The GPS may require up to few minutes to retrieve your precise location after being turned on. | |
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===== The Positioning menu ===== | ===== The Positioning menu ===== |
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Click on the "''**GPS position**''" menu button {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} to display the sub-menu, containing the following items: | Tap the "''**Position**''" {{:icon_01.png?nolink}} menu button to display the menu that contains: |
* The "''**Dashboard**''" button {{:icon_02.png?nolink}} opens the positioning details panel; | * "''**Explorer mode**''" {{:icon_02.png?nolink}} activate the Explorer mode with perspective view and dashboard; |
* The "''**GPS Position**''" button {{:icon_03.png?nolink}} opens the positioning details panel; | * "''**GPS position**''" {{:icon_03.png?nolink}} displays the positioning details side-view; |
* The "''**Position toggle**''" {{:icon_04.png?nolink}} activates or deactivates the positioning; | * "''**Track recorder**''" {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} allows you [[en:help:v2:tracker|to record your path]]; |
* The "''**Rotate the map (using GPS)**''" check-box {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} activates or deactivates the map rotation to make it match your current GPS orientation (you must be moving); | * "''**Barometer**''" {{:icon_05.png?nolink}} displays the barometer side view (available only on devices with a pressure sensor). |
* The "''**Positioning status**''" check-box {{:icon_06.png?nolink}} activates or deactivates the display of a box on the map giving the most important positioning information {{:icon_07.png?nolink}}. | |
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| Tap the "''**Options**''" {{:icon_07.png?nolink}} to display the positioning options: |
| * "''**Rotate the map (using GPS)**''" {{:icon_08.png?nolink}} activates or deactivates the map rotation to make it match your current direction (you must be moving); |
| * "''**Positioning status**''" {{:icon_09.png?nolink}} hides or displays of the top/left information box containing the most important positioning information. Tap on the settings wheel icon {{:icon_10.png?nolink}} to choose what information to display at the screen center; |
| * "''**Track recorder status**''" {{:icon_11.png?nolink}} hides or displays of the top/left information box containing [[en:help:v2:tracker|the track recorder]] details. |
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Here is the difference between GPS and Geoid altitudes all around the world (from Wikipedia): | Here is the difference between GPS and Geoid altitudes all around the world (from Wikipedia): |
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