On 05/11/2014 07:08 AM, joerg Reisenweber wrote:
> On Sat 10 May 2014 11:57:30 Pascal Gosselin wrote:
>> calibrate the compass via GPS track by an easy calibration or
>> self-calibration method
>
> GPS doesn't offer any data to calibrate magnetometer from.
> magnetometer aka compass is about orientation of device, GPS is
> about position and movement vector. They are 100% unrelated.
In a static situation this is correct, but while moving it is possible
to get the current heading from GPS.
Jake
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