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Justin Anderson  
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 More options Sep 27 2012, 2:01 pm
From: Justin Anderson <magouyaw...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:58:06 -0600
Local: Thurs, Sep 27 2012 1:58 pm
Subject: Re: [android-developers] making an android compass
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Why not post a comment on his blog and ask him about it?  That's what
others have done... and he seems to respond to comments/questions
consistently...

Thanks,
Justin Anderson
MagouyaWare Developer
http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM, bob <b...@coolfone.comze.com> wrote:
> So, I'm trying to learn how to make an android compass.

> Naturally, I used a site called google and typed the following in:

> "making an android compass"

> I found myself at this URL:

> http://android-er.blogspot.com/2010/08/simple-compass-sensormanager-a...

> After looking thru it, I'm thinking it's incorrect.

> There is this suspiciously simple method:

> public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
>  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
>  myCompassView.updateDirection((float)event.values[0]);
> }

> Basically, it seems like they are using the x component of the force
> vector as if it were an angle.  Can someone else look at this and let me
> know what you think?

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