XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav, alt.privacy   
   From: andrew@spam.net   
      
   Loran wrote on Wed, 5 Jun 2024 14:59:19 -0600 :   
      
   >> Do you know of a privacy aware offlilne FOSS GPS tracking GPX-saving app?   
   >   
   > Search youtube for Jim Braxman.   
      
   Why should an offline backcountry track saver require Wi-Fi to run?   
      
   I'm still searching for a solution since an offline backcountry gpx track   
   saving app should never require precise Wi-Fi logging (and the fact that   
   most do, shows how powerful the corruption influence is of Google making   
   it's gms GSF code so easy to incorporate - which allows Google to control   
   whether or not an app requires Wi-Fi scanning just to work.   
      
   I didn't find anything for the Braxman search but I ran a few more using   
   a combination of the Skyica App Finder and the FOSS Google Play Store   
   replacement app (both of which give search criteria Google won't give us).   
      
   Of particularly useful note is the FOSS Google PlayStore replacement client   
   has a filter to remove apps which build with the Google GSF code, which as   
   of only last year enforces Wi-Fi "Precise Location" whether the app needs   
   Wi-Fi or not (where, with the GSF (aka gms - google mobile services) APIs,   
   the app won't work without it - even if you have GPS enabled).   
      
   These are currently on my short list of apps under test, where it's useful   
   to note that none of them are offered on the Google Play Store repository.   
      
   Three privacy aware offline  GPS track loggers without GSF that save tracks   
   to SD subfolders (without needing to have Wi-Fi Precise Location turned on).   
      
   1. GPS Logger by BasicAirData (free, no ads)   
      No Google GSF dependency   
      Precise location not required!   
      No maps (good!) as it has no Internet capability   
      Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.basicairdata   
   graziano.gpslogger   
      
   2. GPSLogger II - AIO by Mathias Marquardt (free, no ads)   
      No Google GSF dependency   
      Precise location not required!   
      Has maps  so be careful when exporting to the Internet   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emacberry.gpslogger   
      
   3. OSM Tracker for Android   
      No Google GSF dependency   
      Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder   
      Can display OSM map under track but needs Internet connection to do that.   
      https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android)   
      https://github.com/labexp/osmtracker-android   
      https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmtracker/   
      
   I'm not sure about this fourth app because it asks for Wi-Fi Precise   
   Location even though it isn't built with Google's GSF gms API's;   
   but it seems to work without that being granted to it.   
      
   4. OpenTracks   
      No Google GSF dependency   
      It asks for Precise location but it seems to work without it being granted.   
      Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder   
      https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.dennisguse.opentracks/   
      Warning: Has a payware googleplaystore version   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dennisguse.o   
   entracks.playstore   
      
   These failed because they required the GSF gsm spyware to be running.   
      
   a. LD-Log Lite - GPS Logger by A. Wedemeyer (free, no ads)   
      No Google GSF dependency   
      Yet Wi-Fi precise location is required!   
      Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder though   
      Can import offline maps too so it's too bad it requires precise location   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aw.ldlogFree   
      
   b. Geo Tracker GPS tracker by Ilya Bogdanovich   
      Requires GSF   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilyabogdanovich.geotracker   
      
   c. GPS Tracker by GPS-server.net   
      No Google GSF dependency   
      But it uploads tracking data to an Internet server   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gpsserver.gpsstracker   
      
   d. Ultra GPS Logger Lite by FlashLight   
      Requires GSF   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flashlight.lite.gps.logger   
      
   e. GPS Logger by Joakim Ewenson   
      Requires GSF   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.ewenson.gps_logger   
      
   f. eTrack GPS by Eagle Co   
      Requires GSF   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vip.etrack.gps   
      
   g. Trailblazer by Andrew and Derek   
      Requires GSF   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewandderek.trailblazer   
      
   h. GPS Waypoints by Bluecover Technologies   
      Requires GSF   
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.bluecover.gpsegnos   
      
   And lots others that I tested, all of which required Wi-Fi Precise   
   Location tacking in order to work even though there's absolutely no   
   need for Wi-Fi scanning in a backcountry offline GPS track-saving app.   
      
   Why should an offline backcountry track saver require Wi-Fi to run?   
      
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