gps use

[stom43]

Is there any way to configure this for use with google maps, etc.?
I've heard both yes and no, but I can't seem to get it to work.
Any help would be appreciated.

[wally]

an insider @ verizon said that vznavigator should be available 2008

Originally Posted by stom43

Is there any way to configure this for use with google maps, etc.?
I've heard both yes and no, but I can't seem to get it to work.
Any help would be appreciated.

[Der Alta]

The difference being, that VZNavigator has a fee, and google maps doesn't.

Now, I will note that the VZNavigator is a fantastic program as my wife has it on her LG VX8600 and it will walk you right up to the door of your destination.

[larsdennert]

Navizon now does positioning even on the original Q without an external GPS!

[Paul G]

Anyone using Navizon successfully on the Q9m?
I can't get any green indicators to light...am I missing a setting??
Thanks.

[Paul G]

Navizon Lite does not work on the Q9m...at least for me...it caused my first lock-up and crash.

[jasoraso]

The Sprint Q9c has an active GPS - I believe it is the same aGPS chip that the Verizon Q9m has - we just need to figure out how to activate it. I bet we need some drivers from the Q9c and make some registry entries and we could get it to work.

Note, this is different from the GPS in the Q9h that AT&T has - I believe that is a full blown GPS chip.

[larsdennert]

aGPS = assisted GPS. The towers have to cooperate and help. VZnavigator uses server side processing. The phone's don't do much. Nextel phones have a true gps in them as does this new ATT Q evidently.

[jasoraso]

Originally Posted by larsdennert

aGPS = assisted GPS. The towers have to cooperate and help. VZnavigator uses server side processing. The phone's don't do much. Nextel phones have a true gps in them as does this new ATT Q evidently.

How about the Sprint Q9c - my understanding is that it doesn't have the same true gps like the Q9h, but it does have a gps that is available for software, even google maps to access.

My guess is that the hardware in the Q9c and the Q9m is very similar, unlike the Q9h; and that the only thing keeping the Q9m from having an active GPS is software/driver on the handset. I believe that Verizons' network does not impede the aGPS from working - it needs to work for 911 calls, and I doubt that Verizon's system is sophisticated enough to tell if the handset is requesting GPS processing for 911 calls or for Googlemaps.

I agree that aGPS isn't as good as a true GPS chip, but I think it would be awesome if we could get the aGPS in the Q9m to function similar to the Q9c. I already have a BT GPS for serious applications.

[larsdennert]

There is a service menu on the Q that reads out lat/long but it is always zero. I forget how to get to it but its something like ##00010 Send or something obscure. Messed with it a while back.