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Re: Position Heading Questions?

From: Doug Turner <doug.turner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:00:31 -0800
Cc: Richard Barnes <rbarnes@bbn.com>, Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com>, Taqi Jaffri <tjaffri@microsoft.com>, "Thomson, Martin" <Martin.Thomson@andrew.com>, public-geolocation <public-geolocation@w3.org>
Message-Id: <3E374CAF-3AD5-4778-8BA6-2112A70EF066@gmail.com>
To: Greg Bolsinga <bolsinga@apple.com>

well, there is heading, and there is orientation.  For example, i can  
be going north (heading) at 10 m/s, but i could be facing south  
(orientation) the whole time.

Doug


On Nov 19, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Greg Bolsinga wrote:

> Isn't it the direction the hosting device is HEADING, as in the  
> vector of travel?
>
> -- Greg
>
> On Nov 19, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:
>
>> Minor revision:
>>
>> The |orientation| attribute denotes the direction of the hosting  
>> device is facing (as defined by the hosting device) and is  
>> specified in degrees counting clockwise relative to the true north  
>> (degrees to the east of north). If the implementation cannot  
>> provide orientation information, the value of this attribute must  
>> be null.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Doug Turner wrote:
>>> strawman:
>>> The |orientation| attribute denotes the direction of the hosting  
>>> device is facing and is specified in degrees counting clockwise  
>>> relative to the true north. If the implementation cannot provide  
>>> heading information, the value of this attribute must be null.
>>> On Nov 19, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:
>>>>
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