try 5 packets

gpsd/gps.sh

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 # from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28387230/use-gpsd-or-cgps-to-return-latitude-and-longitude-then-quit
 
-x=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f9|cut -d"," -f1)
-y=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f10|cut -d"," -f1)
-a=$(gpspipe -w -n 10 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f11|cut -d"," -f1)
+x=$(gpspipe -w -n 5 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f9|cut -d"," -f1)
+y=$(gpspipe -w -n 5 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f10|cut -d"," -f1)
+a=$(gpspipe -w -n 5 |grep lon|tail -n1|cut -d":" -f11|cut -d"," -f1)
 
 echo "$x $y $a"