[BNM] [OT] LocoMatrix demo

[Ivan Pope]

I guess I wouldn't expect gps in a phone to be too clever - it's a bit of a
bonus to have it at all (speaking as someone who's been slaving gps and
phones and pcs together for art since the late nineties)Look forward to more
exciting uses of it though ...

On Feb 11, 2008 1:14 PM, Tom Hume <Tom.Hume at futureplatforms.com> wrote:

> GPS on the N95 and family is a bit grotty. The units themselves report
> an accuracy of around 50m - good enough for on-foot navigation and the
> personal mapping, but not for 1-2m accuracy that live action arcade
> games require. We've got other game formats on the go which'll be a
> better fit with this sort of device tho...
>
> On 11 Feb 2008, at 10:23, Ivan Pope wrote:
>
> > While I agree that Nokia Maps on the N95 is like a bad joke (never
> > found a
> > satellite, crashed every time I used it) - Google Maps for mobile is
> > f***ing
> > brilliant, locating you by phone masts as well as GPS and generally
> > behaving
> > well.
> > I don't think it's the gps.
> > Anyone know any other gps S60 apps we can try?
>
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