Is there away to calculate elevation using android location? The location object will return longitude, latitude, altitude and bearing.
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1How do you define elevation if altitude won't suffice? – Brian Dupuis Feb 08 '12 at 01:29
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1See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1995998/android-get-altitude-by-longitude-and-latitude – Dallas Feb 08 '12 at 01:33
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I ament sure if altitude gives the height from sea level (which is what I define as elevation) or just from how high the device is from the ground – Droid_Interceptor Feb 08 '12 at 01:33
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altitude in geographic terms means height from sea- level , in fact elevation can be said as distance from the ground – Pratik Bhat Feb 08 '12 at 05:48
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How would the device know how far away the ground is? – Lawrence D'Oliveiro Feb 08 '12 at 08:40