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Compute Distance using Speed Sensor
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Is it possible to use the speed sensor of my bicycle to compute the cycled distance? As I see it, using the speed sensor gives more precise data since gps might be slightly inaccurate.
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Hi Marcel,
whereas the speed is recorded from the external sensor, distance is always computed from GPS coordinates.
Hi Marcel,
whereas the speed is recorded from the external sensor, distance is always computed from GPS coordinates.
But makes no sense to take the worse data for the calculation.
But makes no sense to take the worse data for the calculation.
Question: Is there a accurate compass at the bicycle sensor? Otherwise the distance accuracy will be "disturbed", too. Imagine you drive slalom, then dependent from the accuracy of the direction changes, the real distance will differ
;-) . Even pipelines under streets disturb compass. I think both ways of distance measuring have their pros and cons, none of them is better.
Question: Is there a accurate compass at the bicycle sensor? Otherwise the distance accuracy will be "disturbed", too. Imagine you drive slalom, then dependent from the accuracy of the direction changes, the real distance will differ
;-) . Even pipelines under streets disturb compass. I think both ways of distance measuring have their pros and cons, none of them is better.
Hi all,
Locus Map is a tracking app that records georeferenced data - your GPS position in real time - in order to draw your movement as a line on map. Bike speed sensor doesn't record georeferenced data, just counts rounds of the bike wheel. As the app and the sensor output differs (slightly), we have to prioritize one of these outputs - the Locus. The question is if there is a method how to combine these two outputs into a reasonable final value.
Hi all,
Locus Map is a tracking app that records georeferenced data - your GPS position in real time - in order to draw your movement as a line on map. Bike speed sensor doesn't record georeferenced data, just counts rounds of the bike wheel. As the app and the sensor output differs (slightly), we have to prioritize one of these outputs - the Locus. The question is if there is a method how to combine these two outputs into a reasonable final value.
Vote for this option here: http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/improved-stop-detection-and-distance-calculation-with-a-speed-sensor
Vote for this option here: http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/improved-stop-detection-and-distance-calculation-with-a-speed-sensor
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