dasams wrote:
Today was my first day in Iceland and we drove 65 miles on the Ring Road on our way to a glacier.
I connected Snapbridge to my Z8 to geo tag my photos. It worked great. We were out about 5 hrs and I did nothing more than to check my iPhone to see that it was Bluetooth connected to my camera. The GPS coordinates updated continuously.
Oops. My Upload and Sell membership has expired so I can't post the screen grab of the LrC Map showing my pics. But I am happy with Snapbridge for geo tagging my pics. YMMV.
Thx for this clarification. A practical question. You have no cell tower reception so does your phone need to be exposed to "see" the satellites or can the phone be literally in a backpack or pocket of your trouser?
Vinnie_VdB wrote:
Thx for this clarification. A practical question. You have no cell tower reception so does your phone need to be exposed to "see" the satellites or can the phone be literally in a backpack or pocket of your trouser?
The necessity of the GPS device to "see" the satellites (i.e. have a clear sky view) is often a little over-stated.
GPS works fine in a pants pocket, backpack pouch, etc. It even works pretty well under relatively heavy tree cover.
I would resist the urge to wrap your phone in aluminum foil or place it in a steel lunch box, but otherwise it should work well in most places. The most challenging places for GPS are places like narrow canyons where you only get a thin band of the sky overhead.
Vinnie_VdB wrote:
Thx for this clarification. A practical question. You have no cell tower reception so does your phone need to be exposed to "see" the satellites or can the phone be literally in a backpack or pocket of your trouser?
I am on a ship and if I'm in my room, GPS does not work. If I walk out to our deck, it is good. If I am on a bus, it works great and I can leave my phone in my backpack. I am on day 5 of my Iceland trip and virtually all of my photos are geotagged so I am happy 👍
that is a fact: you are in a enclosed space in a ship. it's a faraday cage. if you have a balcony or a reasonable window and go to it you can get a minimum of 4 sats. it will work.
I have hung my trail GPS near a porthole or hatch on a ship to get a signal. GPS devices that support multiple satellite systems like GLONASS and/or Galileo have a better chance of reception at limited angles.
