+AmblingFree Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Hi, Has anybody else had this problem with the iPhone - you can save a cache and when you try to navigate to it it tries to go to the right longitude but East instead of West. I've done some testing and it seems to be only for caches between 0 degrees and 1 degree West (about Reading). I've logged it as a ticket - (GEO #OPY-183316) but it would be good if anybody else has the problem they could log it too. I've got the latest version of the geocaching software specifically (examples) show E instead of W on the navigate page after I have saved them: GC1HWDW GCJR1K GCNPKC GC1BQ21 GC1DEJ0 show E or W correctly GC1HWE9 GC1ABBA GCMNPA GC1H19E GCRNT2 I would be interested to hear anybody else's experience either positive or negative. Thanks AmblingFree
lakeuk Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 I believe you've got one of the grey iphones that are intended for the Australia market
+LinseyG Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) Just tried it on mine here in Bristol and it does the same thing. Pretty certain that mine is not a Grey Import though - if it is O2 will have to do some explaining ! Slightly strange in that it only does it when you have saved it, then gone to the saved items list. Linsey. Edited February 17, 2009 by Linsey & Lorraine
nickbe Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 I have exactly the same problem. It only happens when navigating to a saved waypoint. Yes - I am holding it the right way up. Also the iPhone application seems the use the initial inaccurate location fix for listing nearby caches (from the GSM cell location which may be several miles away). It returns you the list of caches near that location consistently even after getting a GPS fix. Hi, Has anybody else had this problem with the iPhone - you can save a cache and when you try to navigate to it it tries to go to the right longitude but East instead of West. I've done some testing and it seems to be only for caches between 0 degrees and 1 degree West (about Reading). I've logged it as a ticket - (GEO #OPY-183316) but it would be good if anybody else has the problem they could log it too. I've got the latest version of the geocaching software specifically (examples) show E instead of W on the navigate page after I have saved them: GC1HWDW GCJR1K GCNPKC GC1BQ21 GC1DEJ0 show E or W correctly GC1HWE9 GC1ABBA GCMNPA GC1H19E GCRNT2 I would be interested to hear anybody else's experience either positive or negative. Thanks AmblingFree
+Bambography Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 I've not noticed, but as I only have the iPod Touch, i only really use it for the description, hint and field notes. If you want this to be seen by TPTB I suggest you either post a new thread in the Geocaching.com Website forum or ask a passing mod to move this thread to the relevant place. As far as I know the people that count won't be browsing this forum.
+LinseyG Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 mtn-man / missJen - any chance you could do the honours - seems daft to create another thread for the same thing in a different forum ?
+mtn-man Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) I'll be happy to move it so all responses go along with it. (Edited to add that this was moved from the UK Forum.) Edited February 18, 2009 by mtn-man
+Xaa Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 It's not only iPhone related. I've seen it with caches close to the meridian as well: go to "Nearest caches", and the cache itself will not be on the list itself. Sounds like some strange kind of distance calculation that goes wrong near that line. Haven't checked it near the equator, but you might expect the same behaviour.
Smudge8 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Im not sure I am totally getting your problem here. But I did have a problem with East and West. When you want to input 3 degrees west for example, you need to put a minus sign infront or it will think you mean East. eg. 51.256987, -3.561614 Good luck.
OpinioNate Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 I reported this to the iphone dev so he can have a look. Thanks for letting us know!
+WRASTRO Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Never a problem with a REAL GPSr. You beat me to it!
+metal-bijou Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 I have the same problem, don't suppose there have been any answers?
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