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Posted by Andrew Hamilton on June 6, 2008, 12:53 pm


Right outside my house and also about 20 miles away, my nuvi seems to
need about five minutes to acquire satellites, even if the unit is in
the same location it was when it was last used and then turned off.

Is this normal? I just got a specialized GPS for my D SLR
(dawntech.hk) which seems to acquire satellites in under 30 seconds.

Fortunately the lat/long location data is the same for both my Garmin
and the dawntech. :)

-AH

Posted by Bob Gardner on June 6, 2008, 12:58 pm


How long was it off? It may have stayed in the same location, but the
satellites move and must be re-acquired. How long that takes depends on
several variables.

Bob Gardner

> Right outside my house and also about 20 miles away, my nuvi seems to
> need about five minutes to acquire satellites, even if the unit is in
> the same location it was when it was last used and then turned off.
> Is this normal? I just got a specialized GPS for my D SLR
> (dawntech.hk) which seems to acquire satellites in under 30 seconds.
> Fortunately the lat/long location data is the same for both my Garmin
> and the dawntech. :)
> -AH


Posted by David Z on July 27, 2009, 11:45 am


wrote:

>> Right outside my house and also about 20 miles away, my nuvi seems to
>> need about five minutes to acquire satellites, even if the unit is in
>> the same location it was when it was last used and then turned off.
>> Is this normal? I just got a specialized GPS for my D SLR
>> (dawntech.hk) which seems to acquire satellites in under 30 seconds.
>> Fortunately the lat/long location data is the same for both my Garmin
>> and the dawntech. :)
>> -AH
>How long was it off? It may have stayed in the same location, but the
>satellites move and must be re-acquired. How long that takes depends on
>several variables.
>Bob Gardner

I enjoyed the part about the satellites moving. Boy, wouldn't that be
something if the satellites moved!? ;-)


Posted by H@n Zijsp@n on July 27, 2009, 12:09 pm



> I enjoyed the part about the satellites moving. Boy, wouldn't that be
> something if the satellites moved!? ;-)-

That's what satellites do. There are geostationary satellites, but
those are not used for gps.

Posted by Mike Coon on July 27, 2009, 2:02 pm


H@n Zijsp@n wrote:
>> I enjoyed the part about the satellites moving. Boy, wouldn't that be
>> something if the satellites moved!? ;-)-
> That's what satellites do. There are geostationary satellites, but
> those are not used for gps.

Or at least only for secondary purposes, not the main signal.

Mike.
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