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Old 21-07-2017, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by luka View Post
Great explanation Joe.

Just one possible correction, I think that GPS can be used only to get location and not the orientation. Most likely the device uses a combination of accelerometer, gyroscope and a magnetic sensor to determine the camera orientation. For example, this is what mobile phones use. The orientation from the sensors is then combined with the location obtained from the GPS to get the absolute reading.
Hi Luka.
You are correct. I agree with what you say.
Thanks for correcting that. I have corrected my post so that if anybody reads it from archive, it will be correct.

Joe
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