sbridger
commented
5 years ago OK, the issue is that it doesn't use the compass, and gps is not working well enough to return travel direction
Closed sbridger closed 5 years ago
sbridger
commented
5 years ago OK, the issue is that it doesn't use the compass, and gps is not working well enough to return travel direction
Nothing seems to happen when I rotate the phone. [My compass seems to work OK in orienteering compass app]
The text description in settings is not quite clear (since it doesn't seem to work, probably obvious if it was working) I assume the "Device Orientation" should show a compass while the maps stays pointing north, and North rotates the maps so they always stay north
Magnetic declination: 2 compass apps lack a setting for declination, and I can't see one in Sailfish->location->settings.
Seems you would need to know local declination to show correct bearing. As an alternative / automation to a setting, this site seems to calculate and return json or other data formats https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/calculators/magcalc.shtml#declination