I had just traveled to a location where there was no usable wifi-based location. Using my normal tablet, I was unable to track anything. The seestar app always seemed to use the last known location from when I was at home 1200 miles away where there were (at time of last use) multiple access points in view of my android device. If I told the app on my tablet to point at and track anything, all of the images including the first would streak horribly and they would be rejected. This was the case with or without a developer-option location spoofing app enabled. I did check the time on the tablet, and it was correct for the local time zone I was visiting (matching what was on my phone).
Switching to use my cell phone (still no wifi access points in range, but it trusted the GPS on it) would track and image properly. If I had apps open on both devices, I could only switch targets on my phone, not on my tablet. The tablet is only usable to look at the current status.
Would it be possible to add a manual location, or other similar options to the app, or sync this information from the seestar itself (after being setup from another device)? As it is, it's not usable on a tablet without GPS in a location with no wifi or cell service.
Alternatively (I'm a programmer, and used to do lots of math), it should be technically possible to take several short exposure images of the sky on the device itself over about a 2 minute period and automatically calculate and/or correct the location based on the known orientation of the device (assuming the time is relatively correct). This auto-calculation would be useful for doing an automatic polar alignment as well, so future goto operations are more accurate.
