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Pretty cool that the Xoom has a barometric sensor. Other than this nifty use case what is it used for?
by poutine 15y ago
Pretty cool that the Xoom has a barometric sensor. Other than this nifty use case what is it used for?
- cryptoz 15y agoSome Google employees have mentioned on the web that the barometers are there to speed up GPS. I understand that GPS is slow when it's alone, but when it has assistance on location guesses it can be much faster. So they can use cell tower triangulation / WiFi spots for your latitude and longitude, and they can get a rough estimate of your altitude through the barometer.