Maps off by 2 miles

[eliwellis]

what exactly happens when you update your roaming by dialing *228?

[toddegreene]

Get the app GPS Status from the marketplace. This app will tell you how many satellites you are accessing and their accuracy. If the satellites are greyed, you are not reading location data and should do a restart with battery pull.

[nerdbox08]

Upsetting roaming re scans the nearby towers

[huskur]

Remember....when you are not using "GPS" (not enabled) your position is your nearest cell tower not your true position. Enable the GPS and restart maps and you will be pinpoited exactly.

Truly i believe your GPS is either turned off or not functioning properly

menu>settings>location & security checkmark your GPS there

[dfuser10332]

I read somewhere here that the GPS can be thrown off if the positional sensors in the Droid are out of whack. Some people have had luck fixing their GPS by slowly rotating the Droid on all 3 axes 4-5 times.....

Good luck.

I do have it in my location mode.
What mode is the droid in when you start rotating it. I dont see a gps setup screen in the menu.
I will check my location at work today. Maybe I live in a dead zone for droid....
maybe close to some Alien source.

You just might check it again in a day or so too. Every once in a while my GPS goes out of wack on my and can't seem to center my location. It doesn't happen to often but I've seen it once or twice.

[butch350]

Are you using both gps and the network to locate you, or just one?

You can get a better pinpoint if you use both options, from what I have experienced.

I'm no expert in radar or gps - but i don't think checking both boxes, (wireless/gps) is going to give you the most accurate reading.

Inside a structure, go Wireless, uncheck GPS.
Outside a structure, go GPS only, the most accurate.

You're not going to get an accurate GPS reading on the Droid inside, and
if you have both boxes checked, (WIRELESS AND GPS), the Droid is going
to most likely default to the wireless reading, which will give your location
close to the wireless tower the system is defaulting to. (which is going to put your real location off)

I think some people just feel if they check ALL THE BOXES availiable they are going to
get a really, really, really accurate reading - and that's just not true. In doubt, ask an expert in the field.

I've tested this procedure a many of times.

[lithoman]

I downloaded GPS status. I am watching the satelite fix numbers go from 1 to 8. What I notice is they are going in and out of fix fast. I waited til i saw 7 of 7 sats fixed on.... then checked my maps and it had me dead nuts on....prob is.. it goes up and down on fixed sats that i am moving all over the town. it wont stay locked on even 1 sat, It goes up and down very quickly.

Does anyone have this happening?

[toddegreene]

That happened to me a couple of times. A battery pull solved it.

[darreno1]

I downloaded GPS status. I am watching the satelite fix numbers go from 1 to 8. What I notice is they are going in and out of fix fast. I waited til i saw 7 of 7 sats fixed on.... then checked my maps and it had me dead nuts on....prob is.. it goes up and down on fixed sats that i am moving all over the town. it wont stay locked on even 1 sat, It goes up and down very quickly.

Does anyone have this happening?

As long as your location is accurate while you're moving all over town you are fine. I wouldn't worry too much about what that app is saying at that point. Once it gets the fix the first time, it should stay locked. Looks like your GPS was either not on or not getting a proper fix the times you were off.

[lithoman]

I downloaded GPS status. I am watching the satelite fix numbers go from 1 to 8. What I notice is they are going in and out of fix fast. I waited til i saw 7 of 7 sats fixed on.... then checked my maps and it had me dead nuts on....prob is.. it goes up and down on fixed sats that i am moving all over the town. it wont stay locked on even 1 sat, It goes up and down very quickly.

Does anyone have this happening?

As long as your location is accurate while you're moving all over town you are fine. I wouldn't worry too much about what that app is saying at that point. Once it gets the fix the first time, it should stay locked. Looks like your GPS was either not on or not getting a proper fix the times you were off.

What I mean about moving all over town was the gps wont stay fixed.
I have a hand held garmin gps that once it locataes the sats your fixed till you go under a tunnel or shut it off. droid goes up to 8 sats then down to 0 without moving. I tried the batt pull to no avail. Think I have a lemon droid.