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Open-Smartwatch / open-smartwatch-gps

Hardware design files for the GPS version of the open-smartwatch
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Compass app or service to add to GPS maps #6

Open cawolfkreo opened 3 years ago

cawolfkreo commented 3 years ago

Why have a compass?

Some people would like to go hiking, camping or generally go outdoors and far from cities and urban areas, having a compass and a map might help with exploration and other situations that might arise, plus it's usually a cool concept to have on a smartwatch.

The app:

Similar to the screenshots below, having an application that displays a compass that it also updates in real time is the main idea for the app.

 The service or extension to GPS maps:

Another option is to include an optional feature for the GPS maps to display a compass in the corner that also rotates in real time. This idea was proposed by Morthersmort#8456 on Discord

Compass app in other smart watches:

Issues for implementing this idea:

I originally though that GPS modules were able to calculate this information out of the box but as Morthersmort#8456 pointed out on discord, this is usually done with a hardware that has a 3 axis magnetometer. Since having this might require a hardware modification for the GPS watch, this idea might not be feasible at the moment.

uvwxy commented 3 years ago

I will add a compass with the next GPS edition.