Same issue as a lot of folks - advice worked (thank goodness)
Same issue with the GPS software as reported above.
Have had the Droid for 3 weeks or so. Works great.
Used the GPS app to guide me to work this AM- worked great- gave me alternate routes through traffic etc.
On the way home..boom. Constantly got a message that it was trying to determine my location.
Funny thing was, it sort of knew where I was. As I drove home, Weatherbug would figure out what town I was in as I drove through different towns.
Zoinks, I said. It seems that something like Weatherbug is confusing the Google Maps app. Like there's a conflict going on here..and Weatherbug is winning.
I powered it off, and boom. It thought I was in Southern California. Not. I'm in Massachusetts. Although with winter here, I guess the Droid was trying to tell me something?
Anyways, I saw the posts in this forum, so when I got home, I removed the battery and let it sit for 20 minutes. When I powered the unit up, I got a Weatherbug Force close message. That's it. I deinstalled Weatherbug.
Went outside, told the GPS to guide me to a nearby location- and presto! It found its location directly.
Conclusion: This is some sort of software conflict, likely caused by Weatherbug. I suggest if anyone else has this problem de-install Weatherbug or any other downloaded and location-depended app and see if that helps. Oh, and go to Weatherbug's comments section in Marketplace and lodge a BIG complaint!
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