public static void setGpsParameters(Parameters parameters, Location loc) {
    // Clear previous GPS location from the parameters.
    parameters.removeGpsData();

    // We always encode GpsTimeStamp
    parameters.setGpsTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000);

    // Set GPS location.
    if (loc != null) {
      double lat = loc.getLatitude();
      double lon = loc.getLongitude();
      boolean hasLatLon = (lat != 0.0d) || (lon != 0.0d);

      if (hasLatLon) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Set gps location");
        parameters.setGpsLatitude(lat);
        parameters.setGpsLongitude(lon);
        parameters.setGpsProcessingMethod(loc.getProvider().toUpperCase());
        if (loc.hasAltitude()) {
          parameters.setGpsAltitude(loc.getAltitude());
        } else {
          // for NETWORK_PROVIDER location provider, we may have
          // no altitude information, but the driver needs it, so
          // we fake one.
          parameters.setGpsAltitude(0);
        }
        if (loc.getTime() != 0) {
          // Location.getTime() is UTC in milliseconds.
          // gps-timestamp is UTC in seconds.
          long utcTimeSeconds = loc.getTime() / 1000;
          parameters.setGpsTimestamp(utcTimeSeconds);
        }
      } else {
        loc = null;
      }
    }
  }