iPad 3G: compass on Maps app?

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messiahmessiah
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in iPad edited January 2014
Shortly after purchasing my iPad with 3G, I was playing around with the Maps app, and the display started to rotate in sync with my magnetic bearing.



Shortly afterward, a dialog flashed up asking me to move my iPad in a figure of 8 motion in order to overcome local interference.



Since then the magnetic compass doesn't seem to want to appear again. Is there perhaps something I'm not doing correctly?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Yeah, just got my iPad, wasn't sure if it had a compass in it... It does



    Was a bit confused at first but it does work just like on the iPhone 3GS:



    http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/5795/...ass-interface/



    http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/15667/Map...ss-on-the-iPad
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    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Yeah tested it more in person, Maps on iPad is sweet. GPS, Compass, big screen.

    DON'T FORGET TO TRY OUT STREETVIEW. Awesome.
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    david scubadiverdavid scubadiver Posts: 43member
    I notice that when I am in the office, that the blue dot floats around rather disturbingly, as if I were on a boat or a car (depending on whether it shows me out in the water or on land), moving around. Usually, moving toward my current location, but not always.



    I don't notice that problem at all when I am actually in a car, so I assume it has to do with being 30 floors up in the air.
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    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by David Scubadiver View Post


    I notice that when I am in the office, that the blue dot floats around rather disturbingly, as if I were on a boat or a car (depending on whether it shows me out in the water or on land), moving around. Usually, moving toward my current location, but not always.



    I don't notice that problem at all when I am actually in a car, so I assume it has to do with being 30 floors up in the air.



    Are you near a window? Line-of-sight to the sky is best. GPS doesn't work that well indoors, though my iPad GPS works better in my house and indoors compared to my iPhone 3GS.
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    david scubadiverdavid scubadiver Posts: 43member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nvidia2008 View Post


    Are you near a window? Line-of-sight to the sky is best. GPS doesn't work that well indoors, though my iPad GPS works better in my house and indoors compared to my iPhone 3GS.



    Yes, I am near a window. Beautiful picture windows. It has no problem picking up the signal. I just think that being 30 floors up makes it hard to pinpoint me, since it is trying to find me "on the ground" and there is probably no way for it to determine "straight down" versus a 30 story radius around the building.
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    hardley12hardley12 Posts: 4member
    In iphone 3g there is compass application given through it you can know the direction .And the map application using wireless Internet or service provider net you can find the way of different places.
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