balrog-kun
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Andrzej Zaborowski, balrogg at gmail dot com
I'm using a Neo1973 GPS phone (www.openmoko.org) and recently also a Nokia N810 tablet. I'm usually on bicycle or tramway so the traces will sometimes be slightly off the road.
Got your N810 recently and want to start logging the position as quickly as possible (e.g. because you have no charger but the battery came one time charged)? The universal and quickest way is, open a terminal and run:
$ /usr/libexec/navicore-gpsd-helper >> trace1
No root hack needed, no additional software. If you want to spy on the NMEA data, open a second terminal and do "tail -f trace1". A full battery will last for about 3-4 days if the LCD is off.
If you have internet access you may instead want to quickly install maemo-mapper (e.g. from this package: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/chinook/free/m/maemo-mapper/maemo-mapper_2.4.1-os2008_armel.deb), launch it, and leave it running. When you're home do "Track -> Save" from the menu (not "Route -> Save").
