@pbase They help the computer in the camera calculate what direction you continued moving in, at what rate, and how you stopped or turned. Tacking this onto where your last-known-good coordinates were, a guess can be made of about where you are.
The classic example is driving through a tunnel. You lose signal, but the accelerometers can tell if you're maintaining speed or changing speed and make a very good guess about how far you've progressed.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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Please excuse my ignorance. How can accelerometers assist in geolocation?
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They help the computer in the camera calculate what direction you continued moving in, at what rate, and how you stopped or turned. Tacking this onto where your last-known-good coordinates were, a guess can be made of about where you are.
The classic example is driving through a tunnel. You lose signal, but the accelerometers can tell if you're maintaining speed or changing speed and make a very good guess about how far you've progressed.