Chapter 10. Positioning: accelerometers, location, and the compass
- Sensing gravity
- Gauging movement
- Determining location and orientation
- Using Core Location
When we first introduced the iPhone and iPad, we highlighted a number of their unique features. Among them were three components that allow the device to figure out precisely where it is in space: a trio of accelerometers or gyroscope, which gives it the ability to sense motion such as shaking or rotation; a locational device (using either GPS or faux GPS), which lets it figure out where in the world it is; and a compass to figure out which direction it’s facing.
Other than accessing some basic orientation information, we haven’t done much with these features. ...
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