Clever ways to better test GPS code using only the iPhone simulator?

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Published on 2010-04-12T01:00:23Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 1:03 UTC
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I've been playing around with the iPhone SDK, using MapKit and Core Location.

What are some of the tricks you can use to better test things... while still on the simulator (long before I have to try it out on my iPhone).

Is there a way to use NSTimer and regularly get 'pretend' values for location, heading, speed, etc?

The simulator only giving 1 location... and no movement... really limits its 'testing' usefulness.

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