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Verifying satellites number/positions

hulster
over 5 years ago

Maybe I am just a bit lost. On former devices it was possible to check satellites actually received by hitting the GPS symbol.
But not anymore. Has it been placed somewhere else? Or just gone in the way what you can't check you can't complain about. ;-)

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    It has been removed since Edge 520/820 (so more than 4years... ) , the Edge 1000 was the latest which had this feature.  Your last sentence is the truth! 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Luko79

    :-( - that explains. I kept my 1000, as the 1030 had to much issue even over time. And in parallel I own a 130 where I guess I never checked.
    But one thing came to my mind. Maybe could be covered by an CIQ app?

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to hulster

    I dont think that, it is cutted down on firmware level (otherwise we should get such an IQ app since 4 years, You are not the 1st who is asking it! ;) 


  • 0 over 5 years ago

    There is a Data Field "GPS Signal Strength" and also "GPS Accuracy". Also, on the main screen, GPS signal strength is shown in the number of bars.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to mcalista

    That is a totally unuseful information. The GPS Accuracy is always 3m  or --- with Edge 820 for example (with GPS only, GPS + Glonass, or GPS + Galileo, doesnt matter), there is no other value... (With Edge 1000 it is a real variable from 3m to 100+ meter depends on signal quality) I dont know how does it works with 830 (good or not good, but You never know if you set it to GPS + Galileo for example, it is really using Galileo sats or not, there is no feedback ) 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to mcalista

    Both the gps signal strength and accuracy data fields are total gimmicks on the 830. There are a lot of us that have been struggling with extremely poor GPS performance since the 830 came out and I have tried numerous tactics to try and diagnose the problem to include constant monitoring of those data fields. Mine has yet to EVER show anything other than 9 feet accuracy and full signal yet I'm consistently getting gps tracks up to 2 tenths of a mile away from each other on 2 different laps of the same course (road and mtb, open skies and tree cover, doesn't matter) and both showed they were pinpoint accurate. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to mcalista

    Despite the qualtity of those fields currently mentioned by others. This is not what I am looking for.
    I like to see the number of satelittes and satelitte postion.This was possible on older devices.

    Futher the type. So GPS or Galileo or GLONASS.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    GPS units can't show accuracy based on GPS determinations compared to where it actually is because it can't know where it actually is.  The GPS error data field is calculated based on the consistency between satellite signals when receiving more than 4 satellites.  If the calculated position is consistent between all received satellites, then the error will be reported as low, even if it is actually way off.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    AGAIN - I/WE are NOT talking about ACCURACY here.

    I like to see the the

    -    number of satellites received

    -    type (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS)

    -    position on horizon

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to hulster

    Don't be too hard on the little Garmin.  It's got incredible features really even if some frustrating bugs still . Lots of phone apps that will give you all that satellite info and more and much easier to read.