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Is compass sensor required in Locus Pro

Reinhold F. shared this question 5 years ago
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All,

I intend to buy a new tablet. The Huawei MediaPad T3 will fit my needs, a proper car-mounting is available.

After some research, I found out there is non compass sensor present.

Do I need the compass for Locus?

I use Locus for (offroad) car navigation - mainly displaying topographical maps, tracks and pois.


Kind regards,

Reinhold

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Hi Reinhold,

if you use Locus in the car only, you don't need compass sensor. What's more, compass sensor can't be used in a car - it intereferes with the car electronics. So the tablet you want to buy should be OK. Locus can detect orientation from GPS data.

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Michal,

Thank you for your quick reply.

It's as I expected. As long as I am moving, orientation is given. This will work for me.


you better ask then sorry :)

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Just a short feedback

Locus is running fine on Lenove Tab4 8 Plus, even without compass sensor ;)

Very fast an responsive.

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