gps orientation in android

Question

Hi

I know that the function Location.getBearing() returns the bearing if any when in move

 public void onLocationChanged(Location lastLocation)
  {
     int bearing=lastLocation.getBearing()
  }

,so now bearing might be , 170 degrees..but, I'd like to know if there is anything in android that will give me the direction of the orientation (ex for 170 degrees , the direction is : SSE south, south east)

Answer 1

getBearing "returns the direction of travel in degrees East of true North". Do a simple switch-case on the bearing to get directions.

Also note that 170° is closer to S (180°) than to SSE (157.5°).