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Haversine formula in Python (bearing and distance between two GPS points)

Problem I would like to know how to get the distance and bearing between two GPS points. I have researched on the haversine distance. Someone told me that I could also find the bearing using the same data. Everything is working fine, but the…
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Android phone orientation overview including compass

I've been trying to get my head around the Android orientation sensors for a while. I thought I understood it. Then I realised I didn't. Now I think (hope) I have a better feeling for it again but I am still not 100%. I will try and explain my…
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Calculate compass bearing / heading to location in Android

I want to display an arrow at my location on a google map view that displays my direction relative to a destination location (instead of north). a) I have calculated north using the sensor values from the magnetometer and accelerometer. I know this…
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Rotate marker as per user direction on Google Maps V2 Android

I want to rotate marker as per bearing or sensor value received from Accelerometer to show the user where actually he is moving. I have set marker icon and flat value to true but its not working as required. mCurrentLocationMarker.position(new…
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Bearing from one coordinate to another

I implemented the "bearing" formula from http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html. But it seems highly inaccurate - I suspect some mistakes in my implementation. Could you help me with finding it? My code is below: protected static double…
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GMap Bearing rotation in smooth motion (avoid jerky effect when changing bearing values)

I want to rotate GMap by changing the bearing angle value, so the camera rotates around the center point (360-Degree one full round ). When we change the bearing, there is a easing effect at camera start and end points. How can I control/change that…
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How can I draw an Arrow showing the driving direction in MapView?

I use that Google Maps component MapView in an Android application. I can use the GPS location to show my location with a dot. But I would like to show an arrow instead, that points out the driving direction (bearing). I think that I can use the…
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Android Location getBearing() always returns 0

I've been trying to implement a feature for my Android app that gets the speed and direction of travel of the device, no matter where the device is pointed at. For example: If my Android device is pointed in the North direction and if I'm moving…
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Bearing of Current location in iOS SDK

I have just completed an Android app, where I used bearing value of current location. Now I am trying to do same app for iOS. But did not find a way to get bearing of current location in iOS sdk? I am not looking how to calculate bearing between two…
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Calculate bearing between 2 points with javascript

I want to calculate the bearing from point 1 to point 2 The input format is 52.070564 - 4.407116 No matter what i try i cannot get an correct output. The formula i use is : // koers berekenen var y = Math.sin(ln-ln1) * Math.cos(lt); var x =…
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Vehicle movement using bearing

Currently working on vehicle tracking App where I will have to show the movement of the car on the polyline which is set from current location to destination and on the movement of the car I will have have to erase the coordinates like Uber/Ola. I…
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How to find the average of a set of bearings

Possible Duplicate: How do you calculate the average of a set of angles? If I have a set of bearings, ranging from 1-360, how can I find the average? Usually to find the average one would add them all up and divide by the number of items. The…
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FInd latitude longitude point in php given initial lat lng, distance, and bearing

In php, given a latitude and longitude point, a bearing (in degrees), and a distance (in feet or km or whatever) how do I figure out what the new lat lng point is? here is what I tried, but it's wrong. function destinationPoint($lat, $lng, $brng,…
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Calculating coordinates given a bearing and a distance

I am having problems implementing the function described here here. This is my Java implementation: private static double[] pointRadialDistance(double lat1, double lon1, double radianBearing, double radialDistance) { double lat =…
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In Android, is there a way to display the bearing/heading indicator on google maps

Is there a way to to enable this on my map? All the posts that I have searched explain only how to calculate the bearing... Doesn't Google Maps API include that? thanks!
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