On Monday 26 January 2009, Helge Hafting wrote: > Hendrik Siedelmann wrote: > > Get higher gps accuracy using accelerometer data (or use it when driving > > through a tunnel) would be a nice example. > > That'd be interesting. Do anyone know the precision of the > accelerometers? Assuming, of course, that one has a car mount so the > phone has a known orientation relative to the car. How long tunnels > would be feasible? Where I live, there are some 4km tunnels that curve > slightly, and a shorter one with a roundabout inside. :-/ > > Usually, one also uses the car speedometer for this. I have a box that > converts this to serial - perhaps a serial to usb converter could be > used to connect the phone.
Could do. The other thing that would work in many cars would be a USB CAN bus adaptor. This may give access to other useful signals too. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community