Re: Position Heading Questions?

Isn't this the question this is trying to clarify? If so, I think that  
"the direction of the hosting device is facing" doesn't match my  
understanding. Andrei indicated it was the direction of travel, not  
the way the device is facing.

-- Greg

On Nov 19, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Doug Turner wrote:

> 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:
>>>>>
>