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Excellent writeup. The post mostly talks about navigation in indoor spaces and U1-to-U1 communication, but I hope it fixes Google/Apple Maps not knowing which d
by PascLeRasc 7y ago
Excellent writeup. The post mostly talks about navigation in indoor spaces and U1-to-U1 communication, but I hope it fixes Google/Apple Maps not knowing which direction I'm pointing my phone and constantly re-updating.
- m0zg 7y agoApple Maps already have a mode which knows where you're pointing your phone (based on built-in compass). As far as I can tell, Google does not, and it figures it out when you move.
- dlivingston 7y agoWhether a maps app has compass capability enabled depends on the parent hardware: in particular, if the hardware contains a magnetometer. On my iPhone X, Google Maps clearly shows the compass direction with a blue cone emitting from my location 'circle'.
- m0zg 7y agoAll iPhones since iPhone 3G (IIRC) have a magnetometer.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoOn Android, Google Maps can orient itself using the camera. https://mashable.com/article/google-maps-augmented-reality-walking-directions/ https://mashable.com/article/google-maps-augmented-reality-w...
- spike021 7y agoThat's odd; when I visited Japan this past spring I used Google Maps on my iPhone practically everywhere while walking, and the biggest helpful UI element was the blue compass arrow that would point wherever I was facing. It was generally quite accurate as I can't even remember it ever really pointing a different direction from where I was actually pointing.
- 1123581321 7y agoI have it happen in downtown Chicago, although I think it is more that the positioning is not reliable enough that I’m sure which street I’m currently facing.
- Avamander 7y agoYeah, for some reason the compass chips or Google Maps sucks so bad with orientation-showing. I suspect it's the latter, because Google Sky Map works great with my phone.