Ah, never mind. Finally found it in the specs. Digital Compass is the magentometer you were talking about. Which is not exposed to Mobile Safari. Damn.
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Francois Laberge <francoislabe...@gmail.com > wrote: > Is that the accelerometer you are talking about? Is there a way to figure > out your facing direction? Cause I would love that. As far as I can tell, > there is no way of detecting which way an iPhone is facing relative to due > North. Yet Google Maps seems to be able to. > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Alex Zylka <a...@zylka.us> wrote: > >> It's got a 3-axis magnetometer in it. >> >> >> Alex Zylka >> http://www.alexzylka.com/ >> http://www.zylka.us/ >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Francois Laberge < >> francoislabe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On my 3GS specifically is what I meant. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Francois Laberge < >>> francoislabe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Then how does Google Maps figure out which way I'm facing? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Alex Zylka <a...@zylka.us> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm pretty sure that the 3GS doesn't have a gyroscope. It's new on the >>>>> i4 and the ipt4. >>>>> >>>>> Alex Zylka >>>>> http://www.alexzylka.com/ >>>>> http://www.zylka.us/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Francois Laberge < >>>>> francoislabe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't follow why iOS devices such as iPhone 3GS don't receive >>>>>> Gyroscope related events. Google Maps on my 3GS has Directional >>>>>> Detection. >>>>>> Anyone have an idea, or am I wrong somewhere? >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't gotten around to testing it yet. 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