After jump, user is always 180 degree turn away from the right direction

[manaswisaha]

When the user is jumped into a neighborhood, he/she is always facing the wrong way and, hence, has to turn all the way around (u-turn).

Reported by 2 CMSC434 undergrads.

[Soben713]

I don't think it is always the wrong direction.

Looking at the top-down google map, the dummy's direction does not change after jumping which means it is actually very likely that it's wrong, but it is not always wrong.

Nevertheless I agree that it would be a very useful feature to calculate the correct direction and update it accordingly after jumping.

[jonfroehlich]

I agree with you both. Would be good to position person in correct orientation after the jump. Likely an easy fix as well.

[Soben713]

I'm not sure if it is an easy fix actually. I had a related conversation with Kotaro about calculating the angle between two street segments and it wasn't easy. But it is possible.

[jonfroehlich]

OK, well, even if it's not perfect, still would be better than forcing a
full uturn. Of course, if they are placed in an intersection, then we want
them to look 360 degrees anyway.

On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Soheil Behnezhad [email protected]
wrote:

I'm not sure if it is an easy fix actually. I had a related conversation
with Kotaro about calculating the angle between two street segments and it
wasn't easy. But it is possible.

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