[Ovmsdev] GPS location glitch (flatbed theft false alert)

Stephen Casner casner at acm.org
Wed Jun 30 00:05:20 HKT 2021


For vehicles like the Tesla Roadster that don't use the modem's GPS,
putting the detection only in the modem NMEA code would not help.

                                                        -- Steve

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021, Michael Balzer wrote:

> I'd also suggest doing this detection in the modem NMEA code already, to
> prevent feeding false coordinates into the metrics first place.
>
>
> Am 29.06.21 um 09:27 schrieb Michael Balzer:
> > Craig,
> >
> > Am 28.06.21 um 21:07 schrieb Craig Leres:
> > > Wow, this is a good bug; got another one today (see attached).
> > Is there a reasonable strategy for suppressing these? I'm happy to share
> > recent server logs offline (but I don't post them to the internet/list).
> >
> > (hint: you should use another tool to cover private information in
> > images...)
> >
> > How about testing latitude & longitude individually for sudden peaks from
> > their previous average, and discarding a new coordinate completely while
> > such a peak is present?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Michael
>
> --
> Michael Balzer * Helkenberger Weg 9 * D-58256 Ennepetal
> Fon 02333 / 833 5735 * Handy 0176 / 206 989 26


More information about the OvmsDev mailing list