barbeau/gpstest
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The #1 open-source Android GNSS/GPS test program
9 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 0 stories, 9 comments · first 2021-04-16 · latest 2026-04-12
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…GPSTEST app on a smartphone and watch the MSL "settle" over time but each sat seems to disagree * https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest btw watches are now getting THREE multi-band L1+L5 GPS chipsets, should help things quad-band GNSS coming…
comment by ck2 · 2026-04-12 · in The Physics of GPS -
…WAAS for aircraft) and the fantastic opensource GPSTest app will show you what your device supports https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest
comment by ck2 · 2024-05-10 · in Swipos-GIS/GEO, nationwide GNSS RTK correction for centimeter accurate location -
…all the gps-like services out there and have android, you must play with the open-source GPStest https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest I've been fascinated for years how badly GPS does altitude (mean-sea-level) in the USA they had to build an…
comment by ck2 · 2024-04-15 · in Show HN: Building a GPS receiver -
You could also try https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest if you are looking for something more GPS focused.
comment by nulld3v · 2023-11-04 · in A 6 channel GPS receiver from 1993 -
…frequency in Snapdragon 855 released in 2018. Use the GPSTest app to see if your phone supports it. https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest
comment by sorenjan · 2022-09-11 · in Rethinking GPS: Engineering next-gen location at Uber (2018) -
…GPSTest also carries some logging functionality to do the same: https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest
comment by joecool1029 · 2022-09-10 · in iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS -
…dual-frequency GPS at https://barbeau.medium.com/dual-frequency-gnss-on-android-de... (source: https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest/blob/master/FAQ.md#does-g... ).
comment by cesarb · 2022-09-10 · in iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS -
If you install this app, you'll see exactly what GPS data your phone is picking up. https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest I can see GPS, Galileo, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese ones.
comment by edent · 2022-03-31 · in Turn your phone into a space monitoring tool -
Note that the second one is open-source ( https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest ) while the first one is adware.
comment by userbinator · 2021-04-16 · in Missing hiker found after man using computer at home pinpoints his location