Weather app should use GPS-based location.

Bug #1372607 reported by Tomas Öqvist
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu Weather App
Fix Released
High
Victor Thompson

Bug Description

The weather app can't detect the correct position even though google maps and OSMTouch show my exact location. I am in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden and the Weather app detects my position as Vänsjö, Småland, which is about 400 km north of Stockholm.

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Martin Borho (martin-borho) wrote :

The app currently uses geoip to detect the solution. Will be replaced with a Qt Positioning based solution in the nearest future.

Changed in ubuntu-weather-app:
status: New → Confirmed
David Planella (dpm)
summary: - Weather app is way off in location detection.
+ Weather app should use GPS location.
Changed in ubuntu-weather-app:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
summary: - Weather app should use GPS location.
+ Weather app should use GPS-based location.
Changed in ubuntu-weather-app:
importance: Undecided → High
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David Planella (dpm) wrote :

This is something we can start doing now, now that GPS location + AGPS has started working on the phone.

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Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) wrote :

Doing a scan yesterday weather app said I was in Kansas, I am in fact in Massachusetts.
Sooner than later would be good.

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LionelB (retweet) wrote :

Location scan in Weather shows City of Westminster, which seems to be a default. I am 70 miles away. In HERE maps location is spot on. Incidentally, cities can be added to the list but cannot be removed.

Changed in ubuntu-weather-app:
assignee: nobody → Victor Thompson (vthompson)
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
milestone: none → 2.0
Andrew Hayzen (ahayzen)
Changed in ubuntu-weather-app:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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