I recently tried this myself and found it to be correct. The speed given is in Meters/Sec. I wrote logic to convert to MPH. I then went for a drive in my car. The displayed speed matched the speedometer in my car from 0 to 65 MPH. I was happy.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tarek attia Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:55 AM To: android-developers Subject: [android-developers] Speed from GPS Dear all, Just in my application I want to get the speed of the android device using the GPS,so I use the api of location.getspeed() http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Location.html#getSpe ed%28%29 However all the speed I got is just incorrect ,,,and the values are very different from the actual one !!!! Any clue on that ??? -- tarek -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
