[Bug]: capacitor/geolocation returns course instead of heading as "heading"

[danielkorosi]

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.1.2
@capacitor/core: 6.1.2
@capacitor/android: 6.1.2
@capacitor/ios: 6.1.2

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 5.5.0
@capacitor/core: 5.5.0
@capacitor/android: 5.5.0
@capacitor/ios: 5.5.0

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Other API Details

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Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

I need the heading information of the device in order to write it in the exif data when taking photos. For this I tried to use the @capacitor/geolocation plugin which - according to the docs -provides the heading information as part of getCurrentPosition() return value. However, I receive always "-1" for the heading.
It seems to me that it is because the plugin does not actually return the "heading" value but the "course" value, which is - unlike heading - related to motion. See: https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor-plugins/blob/main/geolocation/ios/Sources/GeolocationPlugin/GeolocationPlugin.swift#L216

What is the reason for geolocation plugin returning the course instead of heading under name "heading"?
It would be more reasonable to return the heading instead of the course under name of "heading" in getCurrentPosition(), and return course under the name "course".

Expected Behavior

Return the heading instead of the course under name "heading" in getCurrentPosition(), and return course under the name "course".

Project Reproduction

https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor-plugins/blob/main/geolocation/ios/Sources/GeolocationPlugin/GeolocationPlugin.swift#L216

Additional Information

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[eric-horodyski]

This issue relates to Geolocation, which is part of the @capacitor/geolocation plugin, and as such as been transferred to the appropriate repository.