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On 6/26/24 01:41, Andy Burns wrote:
> bad sector wrote:
> 
>> I launch the F-Droid app GPSTest which tunes in a long list of 
>> satellites.
> 
> I tried the GPSaverage app, it's very basic, plots a position on a 
> circular grid every second, you might expect a perfect Gaussian cloud 
> where the centre was the average, but it gives linear streaks which are 
> probably due to the flyover paths of the satellites?


That looks like exactly what I had in mind, thanks. Would be nice if the 
method could be incorporated as an optional 'surveying' feature into all 
gps readings, especially fdroids which I try to stick to.