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. Accelerometer and gyroscope: The iPhone has an amazingly small six-axis gyroscope and accelerometer combination chip onboard. The gyroscope tracks the orientation of your phone at all times, such as whether it is being held upright or on its side. The accelerometer detects and records motions the phone experiences, big and small, as data the phone and apps can use. Wi-Fi tracking: When GPS doesn't work well, such as inside buildings or among tall buildings, Wi-Fi tracking can replace or supplement it.
Uses a database of Wi-Fi networks around the world to triangulate the phone's position based on multiple Wi-Fi signals. Compass: Your iPhone has a digital compass as part of its motion-tracking chip. The compass is used to supplement other motion technologies and to orient maps you use on the phone. Barometer: You might think of a barometer, which measures air pressure, as primarily a weather-prediction device, but it's not used for that purpose on an iPhone.
The barometer supplements the GPS chip for measuring elevation changes to create more accurate elevation and elevation-change readings.