Gps Performance Enhancement; Location Format - Motorola APX 1000 User Manual

If adequate signals from multiple satellites are available, your GPS feature only provides an
approximate location, usually within 10 meters from your actual location, but sometimes farther away.
7.11.1

GPS Performance Enhancement

Sometimes, the GPS feature may be unable to complete a location calculation successfully. You then
see a message indicating that your radio cannot connect to enough visible satellites.
To maximize the ability of your radio to determine a fix, take note of the following guidelines:
• For your initial fix, hold the radio in the face position.
• Stay in the open. The GPS feature works best where there is nothing between your radio and the
open sky.
7.11.2

Location Format

This feature allows you to select different display formats of GPS location.
The following GPS location formats are available:
• Lat/Long(DD)
• Lat/Long(DDM)
• Lat/Long(DMS)
• UTM/UCS
• SLD99
• MGRS
NOTE: When you send your location to another radio, the receiving radio displays the location
in its selected format.
7.11.3
Peer-Location on the Display (ASTRO Conventional)
This feature is only available for radio-to-radio voice transmissions, dispatch call and selective call.
Both the transmitting radio and receiving radio must be configured to enable them to send and receive
the GPS coordinates.
NOTE: If the receiving radio is operating in a Mixed Mode channel, only if its voice transmission
is through conventional ASTRO system then the radio can receive the location coordinates of
the peers.
This feature is also operable in a Scan Active channel or Scan Talkback channel.
After receiving a voice transmission with GPS coordinates enabled on the receiving radio, the display
shows the coordinates available in full or in short coordinates.
Full location coordinates
• PTT ID (optional)
• Longitude and latitude
• Relative distance or direction
Short location coordinates
• PTT ID (optional)
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