JDB
lvl.1
Flight distance : 188451 ft
New Zealand
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JDB Posted at 2017-2-16 15:59
Well, this is weird. This morning, ***the Here map converted to Google Maps, while I was flying***. Basic process was this: this morning I downloaded and installed DJI GO v3.1.3 using home wifi to my Android phone (had uninstalled v3.1.2 about a week ago due to false RTH issue, and had been using a borrowed iPhone which had accurate RTH). I connected my Android phone to controller and P3S. Initially the map was blank. So I reconnected to home Wifi and the DJI screen loaded HERE map of area - poor resolution, so poor I couldn't tell how old it was. My phone is not cellular enabled. Took the P3S outside, confirmed home position loaded correctly, and flew for about 20 minutes. (As an aside I noticed video feed to my phone was jerky, took sometimes 10 sec or so to update). I landed the P3 (not using RTH!) and as I was walking back to house looked at the map... usually it is a massive scribble of white trails because I do a lot of practice flying mostly within 150 metres - figure 8s etc. But there was no sign of a trail, and when I looked closer it was a Google map of the world. I expanded the map view to my flying territory and there was just one relatively short track representing probably the last minute of flight, and the home point was correctly located. So towards the end of the flight, the Google map must have loaded automatically and replaced the Here map. And definitely not from cell signal because that phone isn't cell-connected.
Maybe the Google map autoloaded from cache? I'm pretty sure it was the map I used when I first started flying the P3 about 2 weeks ago. But I don't know what would have prompted that. And it didn't have the old trails on it.
Further update... decided to see if the Google map remained loaded... it didn't when I restarted the DJI GO app, so had to go through same process as my previous post: no map visible when starting Camera mode, connect to home wifi, Here Map loaded (2 or 3 years out of date, poor resolution), reconnected to P3S, went out to fly, home location recorded correctly on the Here map, started flying, but this time after only a few minutes the Google map replaced the Here map, but this time instead of the Map of the World, the Google map wasof my home flight territory, and home point and controller correctly recorded. No idea why the Google Map replaces the Here Map, but I'm glad it does. Any questions? |
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