How does auto-rotate work on Google Maps?

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When you click on the ‘Start’ button on maps, the map auto-rotates according to the direction of movement. But how is ‘direction’ estimated? Is it vehicle heading, cartesian coordinates, or something else?

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Probably two coordinates taken at a short interval, I don’t see what else could be used, or maybe the phone compass if it has one, but since the phone will probably be vertical when you use the GPS I don’t think that would be working.

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