Qibla determination using vector algebra

Ishak, Shahrul Nizam; Setumin, Samsul; Maruzuki, Mohd Ikmal Fitri; Sharipudin, Mohd Shaiful

doi:10.1109/shuser.2012.6269013

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“…Researchers have been applied GPS in many fields, such as navigation [15], attendance system [16][17], real-time tracker [18][19], Qibla Direction [4][5] [20][21] [22] and others [23]. In Qibla Direction development, some researchers combine GPS with other technology, so that it can be used on any device, for example, mobile Qibla Direction [24][25], microcontroller [4][5] [20][21] [22], and others [10] [26].…”

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Implementation of Ibn al-Haytham’s Method for Determining Qibla Direction Using Raspberry Pi

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Ibn al-Haytham or better known as Alhazen (965-1040 AD) was a great Muslim scientist who mastered many disciplines. One of his works entitled "Qawl fi Samt al-Qibla bi al-Hisab" describes a mathematical method for determining the direction of Qibla. In this paper, Ibn al-Haytham's algorithm is modified, thus the algorithm can determine the Qibla direction on the entire surface of the globe. Then, Ibn al-Haytham's mathematical method is compared with modern spherical trigonometry methods and our previous research using al-Biruni’s method. The computational results show that all methods have the same accuracy, and show that ibn al-Haytham's method is still relevant now. Therefore, the modified ibn al-Haytham method algorithm was implemented to develop a Qibla direction device and interface based on Raspberry Pi 4, GPS module, digital compass, and Processing 3 software. The implementation results show that the device can display the Qibla direction interface according to numerical calculations with high accuracy, real-time, and dynamic interface.

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