People tracking a Meshtastic radio can't tell when its position is old.
People who use Meshtastic radios to keep track of a person, pet or gear
Where it stands
- Sourced (done)
- Kit (done)
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- Solved
How this problem came to be
- Found1 sourcegithub.com/meshtastic
- Quoted3 claimseach checked against its page
- BriefWrittenand what solved looks like
- Market1 signals3 reactions on the issue
- Kit5 steps21 tools · 6 routes
- People0 want0 live it · 0 would test
The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- People who track a child, a dog or equipment with a Meshtastic node that gets its location from a paired phone.
- The moment
- When the phone's battery dies and the node keeps reporting where it was, not where it is.
- What people do today
- The node keeps sending the last coordinates it received, with nothing to show they are stale.
- Why it's unsolved
- Not known yet. Do you live this? Tell us in the discussion.
- What solved looks like
- When a node's phone-supplied position has not been updated for a set time, it marks the position as last known with its age, and the app shows ‘last known, X minutes ago’. Checked by disconnecting the phone and watching the flag appear.
Evidence
Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1When a node without its own GPS gets coordinates from a phone and the phone disconnects, the node continues to send the last received coordinates.
- 2The reporter says this can be misleading when tracking a kid or a dog if the phone's battery runs out.
- 3They suggest sending last known coordinates with a sign that they are not fresh.
Builders still need to know
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What the source says, in short
When a node without its own GPS gets coordinates from a phone and the phone disconnects, the node continues to send the last received coordinates. The reporter says this can be misleading when tracking a kid or a dog if the phone's battery runs out. They suggest sending last known coordinates with a sign that they are not fresh.
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