Speed & direction info?

[jassing]

Is it possible to obtain heading and/or speed information? I tried searching the forums & for a plug in?

[Micky Micky]

Action: Init variable location

location_bearing
the direction of travel in degrees East of true North when available (not available on all devices)
location_speed
the speed of travel in meters per second when available (not available on all devices)

mph = "{(location_speed*2.237),numberformat,0}";

[jassing]

Thought there was a way to get compass heading. At low speed, the GPS bearing seems unreliable.

Thanks.

[Micky Micky]

Trigger COMPASS might be the answer.
I've never used it.

[jassing]

Problems....

1 I don't need a trigger, there is no access to a compass in code, only a trigger

2 on my device, the trigger doesn't fire... Until I launch some other compass app...

[Micky Micky]

Action: Init variables device orientation

"Compass functionality in phones and tablets is enabled by something a bit more sophisticated – a sensor called a magnetometer, which is used to measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields. By analyzing Earth's magnetic field, the sensor allows a phone to determine its orientation pretty accurately. "