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the vertical elevation of an object above a surface (as sea level or land) of a planet or natural satellite

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Negative altitude value

I am getting negative altitude value when finding latitude , longitude and altitude. Can anyone help me to find the reason for it ?
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Android: Is there a way to obtain altitude aside from Location.getAltitude()? (I've heard using Sensor)

Is there a way to obtain altitude aside from Location.getAltitude()? I've heard using Sensor but don't have idea and can't find on net. UPDATES1 I found SensorManager.getAltitude(float, float) using API Level 9 up but don't have idea on how to…
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How to store (latitude, longitude, altitude) tuple in MySQL database?

There are ways to store latitude and longitude as Point in MySQL database, but how can I store a tuple for (latitude, longitude, altitude) in MySQL database?
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Is it possible to place an object on the floor by Altitude (or sea level) in ARKit?

recently I started to work with ARKit And place an object by tapping on map and follow the lead to reach to the Object. It's working perfectly but I have a problem: when I reach the object, it's not placed on floor and is up in the air Is there any…
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Geopy geopy.distance ignoring altitude specification?

I'm trying to calculate distance between 2 locations. Each location has lat, lon, altitude. When calculating distance using Geopy it doesn't seem to consider the altitude: slight changes in lat, lot influence the result, small/huge change in…
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Redis GREORADIUS: include altitude?

I am looking to use Redis' GEORADIUS command. However, this command only searches within the range of a two-dimensional circle around a given longitude and latitude. I need to also search with an altitude, thus finding results within the range of a…
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How to obtain the accurate elevation (altitude) value using C#?

The question is - how to get elevation by point coordinates with sufficient accuracy? Now I am using Google Maps Elevation API: string LatLngURL = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/elevation/xml?locations=" +…
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Android Google Maps Api v2 . How get altitude anywhere?

I want get altitude anywhere my from android phone. I searching a methods like this way: {Altitude newAltitude=new Altitude( double latitude,double longitude);} As a result i will set latitude and longitude then i must get altitude from this…
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Android: GPS altitude tracking for winter app

I'm developing an application for Android that one of the purposes is to measure variation of elevation (altitudes). I am aware that today we are unable to get altitude data with high accuracy (even medium i guess). I stared to search alternatives,…
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kml file coordinates with altitude 0

I've draw a path in Google Earth and then tried to export it as a kml file. I've done the trick with copy paste and it worked. I could create a kml file with all coordinates on it, unfortunately the altitude of each is coordinates is always set to…
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How does GPS on android get the altitude?

I want to know: 1) How gps receiver on android get the altitude from the satellites? 2) How many satellites which it use ? 3) How many way to get the altitude ? As I found on the Internet, there are 2 kinds such as SensorManager and…
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How can I capture altitude on an Android phone?

I want to be able to capture altitude in my Android app. I know I can use GPS for where I am, but is there any way I can derive roughly how high the phone is off the ground using a combination of sensors? If not, what is the closest estimation I…
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Android Convert WGS84 altitude to MSL offline

After 2 hours of researching I didn't find a suitable solution for my problem. I want to get the accurate altitude of a smartphone within my app. I understand that I get the altitude dependent on the WGS84 and I also understand that I have to…
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How to specify altitude for a circle or symbol layer in Mapbox?

I have two layers built on FeatureCollection GeoJSON data. One of them is of type circle and the other is symbol. Here they are: Thing is, as you can see in our project we use 3D buildings on the map, and we need our objects to be at a certain…
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Srtm prints NONE when finding elevations for locations with negative longitude or latitude values

I am trying to use the srtm module in python to get elevation data for my thesis. I am reading the longitude and latitude values from an excel sheet. But in situations where either the longitude or latitude of the date is negative srtm prints out…
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