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Questions tagged [compass-geolocation]

Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a cell phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal. Geolocation may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location.

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Gyroscope/Compass and Device Orientation

I'm making a compass app for Android and I've managed to capture the azimuth by using the gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer (see here for the tutorial I used). Unfortunately, the compass reading only functions when the device is placed…
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Compass without eventListener

When you normaly build an Compass app u use something like this: @Override public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) { int myAzimuth = Math.round(event.values[0]); //Angle } But I want to read the Data on my own something like:…
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How to get the direction of a point in the map in iOS?

I need to mark a point in the map and get the direction of that point (like in a compass) related to the angle that the phone is currently being held in. Any tips would be highly appreciated. Thanks.
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iOS 5/6 Gyroscope north reference

i have a problem to read out the internal gyroscope of the iphone correctly. I had developed a augmented reality engine based on the magnetometer. Because the gyroscope gives more reliable values than the magnetometer, i wanted to improve the…
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MKMapView in reverse, when compass mode using in my iphone app project

I am developing an iphone application,in that app i am showing the client Parking places in different locations on MKMapView. Now I need to use compass mode in MKMapView to show the client parking places in particular direction (SE,SW,NE,NW), for…
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Start/Stop compass sensor

Is there any option to start/stop compass after compass sensor was requested. I would to stop receiving events from compass to save battery but found no such an option (no dispose, no close, no stop as we have for windows phone) Thanks!
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Spring compass hibernate integration

Can any one give example for Spring compass hibernate integration for web application
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Android compass correction on different devices

I have got a small application that uses compass readings on my device (Xperia Neo V). When testing it, I got very satisfying results while pointing the desired direction. But I tested it on a Samsung Galaxy S3, and I run the same application on my…
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determine if object in the same direction or not android

I want to develop an app that, at first, submit an object location "With Direction" so that when moving again in this street in later time "in the same direction" I can detect that and tell the user you are in the same direction of that object and…
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Iphone access compass in a html page

I'd like to get the direction (N/S/E/W) pointed by an iPhone inside a webpage (not an app). Ideally it would be gotten in javascript. It is likely to be impossible but I would like to be sure. Do you know a way to get this ? Thank you
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How can I calculate getOrientation() without enabling compass?

I have a MapView with an ImageView with an arrow that points towards a specific location. I´m doing the pointing by rotating the ImageView, by calculating the bearing (orientation) of the compass by means of getOrientation() - the heading with…
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Is it possible to combine an Accelerometer and Digital Compass to get a fine Gyroscope?

I want to make an app that need to use Gyroscope Sensor However, due to cheap android phone didn't provide this sensor but it still have accelerometer and digital-compass in itself. As far as I know.. Since, accelerometer can detect 3 axis of our…
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android compass rotateanimation

I'm making a compass that points to a user defined location. I'm using the rotateanimation to rotate the needle. When the needle points in the direction of the phone I know the phone is pointing in the direction I want. However, I wanted the…
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Make MyLocationOverlay compass point to a particular location

I'm trying to make MyLocationOverlay compass to point to a particular location. I want to show a direction from current user's location to a given location. So far I've managed to calculate a direction and pass it to MyLocationOverlay. But the…
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Add textview in compass

I have to make an application where a compass indicate west point. Here is my code public class CustomCompassActivity extends Activity implements SensorEventListener { Float azimut; // View to draw a compass public class CustomDrawableView…
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