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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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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How can I set my compass direction in always to the west?
I make a Google map where compass automatically directs north.
But I have to make this compass's indicator always to the West.
How can i do it?Any ideas?Do i need to perform any special terms?
Please Help me :(

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Adding Compass to Rotate MapView
I'm using the code of MapsDemo Sample to draw a Map that rotates according to the compass, but enableCompass is not working to show the compass on MapView. I tried to add this compass…

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Accurate (azimuth) compass direction Android 3.2 tablet
Dear programmers/scripters/engineers/other people,
The problem:
I'm currently developing an augmented reality application for an Android 3.2 tablet and having some issues with getting an accurate compass reading. I need to know exactly the (z)…

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Can i make a compass that shows the location of a specific object?
I'm a high school student with an important project. I want to know if it would be possible to create a small GPS tracker/ compass that is set or coded to lead to a specific object. I have no knowledge when it comes to anything technological, but I…

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How to print compass orientation on Xcode?
I am very new to coding in general and have been following lots of tutorials to get where I am right now. I followed this other question of stackoverflow: Finding the compass orientation of an iPhone in swift
Following the code in each answer,…
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Code for android that would use a compass to point to a specific Longatude and Latatude?
I'm brand new to coding apps. I have an idea. Does anyone have a code snip for pointing the user towards a pre programed geographical point?

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Compass is not working without Magnetic sensor
I am working on a project where I have to find the direction. I wrote a code and did test. It worked fine in some devices, but in other devices it(the pointer) didn't even move. I studied about this and got to know that Magnetic Sensor is the only…

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Google maps javascript v3 api
How I can use google maps COMPASS mode for building web app?
Does it possible with google maps v3 or not?
Is this possible only with ANDROID api for maps?

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Prevent UIImageView from rotating with the device rotation
I am doing a compass and I dont want my uiimageview rotate when the user rotate the device.
Is it possible to disable this?
Thanks you.

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Android how to create custom compass pointing to my home?
hello everyone i am developing an application that makes a compass pointing to my house
i am so tired and i can't get any results from any book or forum
i found THIS question it's very good but i need something more advanced any ideas maybe from…

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How do I convert two floats of latitude and longitude into Google Maps latlng?
I have the latitude and longitude of places in a dataframe. I am looking to get the zip code using Google Maps API. Now I am trying to write a loop to do this and it won't work. The problem is the gmaps variable latlng How do I get two floats that…

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