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   Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Saturday, 17-Aug-2024 22:53:48 JST Piggo :verified_horse:
   Any #OsmAnd users here, do you also have a bug where the cursor arrow points backwards or to a side in navigation? I think it got a little better after enabling "magnetic sensor" but it's still kinda bugged on my phone
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     purple 👊✊💨 (purple@nya.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 00:07:07 JST purple 👊✊💨

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     • Susanna

     @susie@blob.cat @piggo@piggo.space there are ways to, at the very least, make it not try to re-route you because it thinks you've done a u-turn (when driving i would get this A LOT in stop & go traffic in construction areas until i tweaked it)
     
     but when walking and when this happens, if i open up my phone's stock compass & leveling tool it will have me cast the calibration spell and it pretty much clears up. when the calibration is off, the phone can't be sure which way is which when you aren't moving because there isn't enough moment-to-moment-generally-correct data to average in to something that makes sense. at higher speeds, (A)GPS/"Location Services" can make up for this enough to not notice (or to be enough to fake it).
     
     environmental variables like temperature, barometric pressure, and your proximity to giant metal things are what it needs to calibrate against. thus the waving it around in a figure-8 (temperature changes the accelerometer's calibration), and the spinning in a circle (magnetic flux compensation in the magnetometer).
     
     tl;dr: yes you are correct! and it can be mitigated by calibrating the joystick!

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     Susanna (susie@blob.cat)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 00:07:09 JST Susanna

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     @purple @piggo I just think it is due to low speed causing accuracy issues. Happens to me when walking which is a bit annoying, since if I slow down and look at my phone I'd want it to be accurate lol When I'm walking fast to the next crossing it can show whatever it wants.
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     purple 👊✊💨 (purple@nya.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 00:07:10 JST purple 👊✊💨

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     @piggo@piggo.space yeah but once i move 20ft or so it corrects itself. maybe our magnetometers or gyroscopes need calibration?