Fired up this app to see if it would be useful when trying to shoot the moon on Sunday and had an odd experience.
Fired up this app to see if it would be useful when trying to shoot the moon on Sunday and had an odd experience.
My "north" and "south" were switched. Literally, when I faced north it would show me as facing south and vice versa. North Pole and South Pole were in the right place as were "east" and "west." Mostly. East was a little more south-by-southeast and west was a little more "west-by-northwest.
Confused, I rebooted the phone thinking the accelerometer was stuck and had the same results. Changed location settings to "use everything you got" which did absolutely nothing. Downloaded another - similar - app (Space Junk) with the exact same readouts..
So, now I'm fairly certain it's not my phone. I ask my roommate, who has a Note 5, if she has the app and can she double check. She fires it up and ... the exact same results as I was getting.
WTF?
Did someone change astronomy while I was gone or did I just happen to forget everything I ever learned about the sky?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en
My "north" and "south" were switched. Literally, when I faced north it would show me as facing south and vice versa. North Pole and South Pole were in the right place as were "east" and "west." Mostly. East was a little more south-by-southeast and west was a little more "west-by-northwest.
Confused, I rebooted the phone thinking the accelerometer was stuck and had the same results. Changed location settings to "use everything you got" which did absolutely nothing. Downloaded another - similar - app (Space Junk) with the exact same readouts..
So, now I'm fairly certain it's not my phone. I ask my roommate, who has a Note 5, if she has the app and can she double check. She fires it up and ... the exact same results as I was getting.
WTF?
Did someone change astronomy while I was gone or did I just happen to forget everything I ever learned about the sky?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en
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