New location Data found on Tesla API

[Jonas_man]

Hei guys,

My car is at version 2018.10 and when analysing the API i found these new fields:

"native_latitude" = "60.2";
"native_location_supported" = 1;
"native_longitude" = "24.1";
"native_type" = wgs;


I cannot test now, but can someone test that these fields keep updating while the car is being towed on a flatbad, on a bot or on a train?

Im speculating that these values update even if the wheels are not rolling.

 

[luckyj]

Hei guys,

My car is at version 2018.10 and when analysing the API i found these new fields:

"native_latitude" = "60.2";
"native_location_supported" = 1;
"native_longitude" = "24.1";
"native_type" = wgs;

These were present from at least 2018.4.1 (which is when I noticed them), possibly a little earlier. But they were not in 2017.50.3. Model S REST API Don't know what the purpose is yet though.

 

[Jonas_man]

These were present from at least 2018.4.1 (which is when I noticed them), possibly a little earlier. But they were not in 2017.50.3. Model S REST API Don't know what the purpose is yet though.

I didnt know there was thread tracking this changes.
Any way we can use this thread to understand what do these values mean. During the summer i will take my car on a boat, i can test my theory. But it would be nice to test this earlier.

 

[luckyj]

BTW, I got 10.4 last night, no differences seen. Came from 4.1

 

[BinaryField]

The 'wgs' value might be referring to World Geodetic System - Wikipedia.

 

[cynix]

This is probably a feature added for Chinese cars where their digital maps use a different coordinate system.

 

[SSonnentag]

By any chance do you know if the elevation is present in the data? I would love to be able to view my current elevation on the map.

 

[Jonas_man]

This is probably a feature added for Chinese cars where their digital maps use a different coordinate system.

Do you have more info on that?

 

[Jonas_man]

By any chance do you know if the elevation is present in the data? I would love to be able to view my current elevation on the map.

Yes but only on streaming mode.

 

[kevinof]

It is. it's WGS84 and is used with digital maps (same as marine maps on a laptop).

The 'wgs' value might be referring to World Geodetic System - Wikipedia.

 

[cynix]

Do you have more info on that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China#The_China_GPS_shift_problem

 

[primo]

Hei guys,

My car is at version 2018.10 and when analysing the API i found these new fields:

"native_latitude" = "60.2";
"native_location_supported" = 1;
"native_longitude" = "24.1";
"native_type" = wgs;


I cannot test now, but can someone test that these fields keep updating while the car is being towed on a flatbad, on a bot or on a train?

Im speculating that these values update even if the wheels are not rolling.

What API endpoint / method is used to get the location data?

 

[primo]

What API endpoint / method is used to get the location data?

Disregard. I see the method. /api/1/vehicles/{id}/data_request/drive_state