{"id":72820,"date":"2009-12-09T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2009-12-09T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T15:33:07","slug":"awesome-google-maps-supports-the-digital-compass-in-the-htc-hd2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/72820","title":{"rendered":"Awesome! Google Maps supports the Digital Compass in the HTC HD2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11136\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/gmdot1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"gmdot\" border=\"0\" alt=\"gmdot\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/gmdot_thumb1.png\" width=\"274\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/gmarrow1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"gmarrow\" border=\"0\" alt=\"gmarrow\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/gmarrow_thumb1.png\" width=\"274\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Dot vs Directional Arrow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an unusual twist, the latest update to Google Maps for Windows Mobile appears to support the digital compass in the <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=htc-leo\" >HTC HD2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the update in place the Google Maps My Location dot will turn into an arrow which can then be used for dead reckoning navigation.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately it does not work fully as expected, for example not working in conjunction with the GPS (which has to be off for the arrow to appear), but as a start it is a welcome development indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/showthread.php?t=575903\" >this XDA-Developer thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobiletechworld.com\/2009\/12\/09\/digital-compass-now-working-in-windows-mobile-version-of-google-maps\/\" >Mobiletechworld.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11136&amp;linkname=Awesome%21%20Google%20Maps%20supports%20the%20Digital%20Compass%20in%20the%20HTC%20HD2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\/Bookmark\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; Dot vs Directional Arrow In an unusual twist, the latest update to Google Maps for Windows Mobile appears to support the digital compass in the HTC HD2. With the update in place the Google Maps My Location dot will turn into an arrow which can then be used for dead reckoning navigation. Unfortunately it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}