Dbus api for gta2 accelerometers

[Ed Kapitein]

Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 07:50:26PM +0200, Ivo van den Maagdenberg wrote:
>
>   
>> The use case is as follows: take the openmoko and make it a cycleway shock
>> measuring platform, utilizing the accelerometers. So, direct reads from the
>> are going to be needed. The gps unit is of course of interest to make the
>> measurements location-based.
>>     
>
>    I've had an idea along the same lines: Use accelerometer data to log the
> position of points during a train ride. Only, I'd need GPS readings that are
> accurately timestamped, i.e. not rounded to whole seconds.
>
>   
Since a train has a large mass and a reasonable speed, why not use the
whole second readings of speed and heading and use
interpolation/extrapolation to determine the actual time and location?
It should be rather accurate i guess.

Kind regards,
Ed