[OSM-talk] Motion sensors for navigation

Łukasz Stelmach stlman at poczta.fm
Sat Mar 27 13:02:03 GMT 2010


Erik Lundin <erik at lists.lun.nu> writes:

> That's correct, but the earth's magnetic field is often the dominating. 
> If a classical compass can point out the earth's magnetic field, why 
> shouldn't it be possible with an electronic sensor? Quick fluctuations 
> could be filtered out.

Because cars are made of steel which bends the magnetic field? Check the
lead of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocompass

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