gps

Detect GPS spikes in location data

Detect GPS spikes in location data Question: I have a Dataset from the GPS log of my Google Account, from which I’d like to remove outliers from the CSV that clearly are not meant to be there. For example, the GPS shows you are at 1,1 > 1,2 > 9,6 > 1,2 > 1,1, so …

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Calculate sunrise and sunset times for a given GPS coordinate within PostgreSQL

Calculate sunrise and sunset times for a given GPS coordinate within PostgreSQL Question: I want to classify timestamp data types in a PostgreSQL table with regards to whether they can be considered “at day” or “at night”. In other words I want to be able to calculate sunrise and sunset times accurately, given a particular …

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Haversine Formula in Python (Bearing and Distance between two GPS points)

Haversine formula in Python (bearing and distance between two GPS points) Question: Problem I would like to know how to get the distance and bearing between two GPS points. I have researched on the haversine distance. Someone told me that I could also find the bearing using the same data. Everything is working fine, but …

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Reverse Geocoding Without Web Access

Reverse Geocoding Without Web Access Question: I am working on an application where one of the requirements is that I be able to perform realtime reverse geocoding operations based on GPS data. In particular, I must be able to determine the state/province to which a latitude, longitude pair maps and detect when we have moved …

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Parsing GPS receiver output via regex in Python

Parsing GPS receiver output via regex in Python Question: I have a friend who is finishing up his masters degree in aerospace engineering. For his final project, he is on a small team tasked with writing a program for tracking weather balloons, rockets and satellites. The program receives input from a GPS device, does calculations …

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