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woheller69 / gpscockpit

Android GPS dashboard and head-up display
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IDEA: Switch to Altimeter mode #11

Closed ObiSandwich closed 2 years ago

ObiSandwich commented 2 years ago

It would be cool if you had a switch to change from the current Speedometer mode to Alitmeter mode!

This new Altimeter would show a typical aircraft altitude dial instead of the Speedometer, something like this...

3-Pointer_Altimeter svg

In this new Altimeter mode you could still have the Speed showing in the top left, just as you currently have the Altitude showing now.

Image source: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Altimeter

woheller69 commented 2 years ago

Nice idea. For the speedometer I am using a library:

https://github.com/anastr/SpeedView

I someone knows a suitable library for an altimeter I will think about it.

woheller69 commented 2 years ago

I created a view myself. Please try. Simply remove .zip You can swipe left/right to switch between speed and altitude view. app-release.apk.zip

ObiSandwich commented 2 years ago

Thanks man, very slick :) Will this be on Fdroid soon?

ObiSandwich commented 2 years ago

Screenshot_20220117-224502_1_1

woheller69 commented 2 years ago

Changed the pointers a bit. app-release.apk.zip

KaktusXY commented 2 years ago

@woheller69

Great idea, but an altimiter shows the altitude not the (ground)speed, an airspeed indicator(to be correct is not, for this usecase, perfect either because it shows the airspeed not groundspeed) would be more suitable for this, but (I think) it might be hard to implement

airspeed indicator

Image source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_indicator