Flatsonar

Satellite

by Teemu Ikonen

Check your GPS reception and save your tracks

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-only v0.9.2
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About

Satellite displays global navigation satellite system (GNSS: that's GPS, Galileo, Glonass etc.) data obtained from an NMEA source in your device. ModemManager, gnss-share, gps-share and gpsd sources are supported.

You can use it to check the navigation satellite signal strength and see your speed, coordinates and other parameters once a fix is obtained. It can also save GPX-tracks.

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • access to unrecognised path 'xdg-documents/satellite-tracks:create'
    --filesystem=xdg-documents/satellite-tracks:create
  • talks to system service org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.*
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.*
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to /run/gps-share.sock
    --filesystem=/run/gps-share.sock:ro
  • access to /run/gnss-share.sock
    --filesystem=/run/gnss-share.sock:ro
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*

Who publishes this

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  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

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