# Image direction **URL:** \ **Category:** Mobile apps\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101 "2017-07-31T09:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![damjang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/damjang/32/68222_2.png) [@damjang](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/damjang)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/1 "2017-07-31T09:34:16Z")
Hi to all! I’m newbie here. I have uploaded my first sequences, but have found that the image direction of a lot of images is wrong. Can someone check eg. this sequence [1] and give me some hint on how this can be corrected or at last how to set the app to have this correct? I use last android app v3.67 on a samsung s7 phone (android 7 rooted) mounted in my car. I have already set the app to use old api for the bug with image quality with this phone… Maybe there is a similar bug also for direction data? Thank you [1] [Mapillary](http://www.mapillary.com/map/s/jcOojIYFDEJmpPj2yNSaDg) ---
**Author:** ![tryl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tryl/32/62_2.png) [@tryl](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tryl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/2 "2017-07-31T10:07:11Z")
In the Android app you can set the direction i 2 ways: Use the phones compass Select a direction compared to the way you are traveling. The compass is often not too good and it look like you have that. You may try to calibrate it or download a compass app to see if it is good. Selecting a direction, usually forward, comapred to your path, is much more stable. That requires that you point the camera in the same way. When it is mounted in a car or on a bike that is often given. ---
**Author:** ![damjang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/damjang/32/68222_2.png) [@damjang](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/damjang)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/3 "2017-07-31T12:16:27Z")
Thank you! I have checked and find that I already use the direction I have travelled and not the compass mode. So why this errors? Anyway I will try the compass mode and report. ---
**Author:** ![katrin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/katrin/32/251_2.png) [@katrin](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/katrin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/4 "2017-08-18T08:36:39Z")
@damjang we’ve released a new app version with fixes - could you try 3.86 and see if it improves things? If not, please report in [https://github.com/mapillary/mapillary\_issues/issues](https://github.com/mapillary/mapillary_issues/issues) or [support@mapillary.com](http://mailto:support@mapillary.com). ---
**Author:** ![laye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/laye/32/68100_2.png) [@laye](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/laye)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/5 "2018-08-20T14:20:43Z")
I’m having a similar issue with directions on the images I captured with my Nokia 8 (running Android 8.1), see attached. I’m using the latest app from Play Store (which is v3.129, released on 9 July 2018). This is a lot ‘older’ than version 3.86 that was mentioned in previous posts, from 1 year ago. Also, I can’t find on the app where I can set the direction to be forward or to use the phone compass. Looks like, I’m missing something here. Help! ![Android%20app%20heading%20issue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/mapillary/original/3X/c/d/cd71f67ab949335eacafe406c657abd4d18fb375.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![man\_from\_barnaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@man\_from\_barnaul](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/man_from_barnaul)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/6 "2018-09-03T15:57:05Z")
Компас в приложении меня устраивает… Но! После перезапусков приложения способ ориентировки взгляда возвращается по умолчанию “на переднюю стрелку”, не очень приятно каждый раз перенастраивать это. ---
**Author:** ![man\_from\_barnaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@man\_from\_barnaul](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/man_from_barnaul)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/7 "2018-12-23T13:42:32Z")
As it turned out, the compass icon should rotate, along with the device. Not all smartphones are available (in the mapillary application). ---
**Author:** ![4004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/bbce88/32.png) [@4004](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/4004)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/8 "2018-12-23T15:20:52Z")
compass is pretty much useless for me in a car, to the point of being off by 70-80deg. sometimes the compass hardware can’t keep up, and sometimes the same issue applies to gps. e.g. one of the last sequences, Mapillary reports a good fix, I start shooting away, and only on upload notice that the first 10 photos/50m GPS is approximating my position, being off by 15m. It eventually gets more accurate. Not sure if it’s the iOS location stack being terrible again, or Mapillary reporting a good fix to soon. Probably the former ---
**Author:** ![canfe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/canfe/32/72278_2.png) [@canfe](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/canfe)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/9 "2018-12-27T08:07:48Z")
On Google Play the Current Version of Mapillary app is 3.141 !!! ---
**Author:** ![pkoby](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/pkoby/32/555_2.png) [@pkoby](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/pkoby)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/image-direction/1101/10 "2018-12-27T13:43:48Z")
Am I right in thinking that 3.141 is later than 3.86 because it’s more version 3 subversion 86, vs v3 subv 141? So 141 is more than 86. The . does confuse the issue if that’s the case, though.