googlemaps / googlemaps/android-maps-utils

Support 3D follow

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priority: p2 type: feature request
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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**

It would be nice to have a feature in the library that developers can turn on or off that would have the map camera automatically follow the user's location on the map in 3D - something like this:

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/928045/81221182-7c42f380-8fb0-11ea-9c45-0088ed46cd3c.png)

**Describe the solution you'd like**

Moving and tilting the map camera based on rotation vector sensors is described in this Google I/O video (including sample code), which the above screenshot is grabbed from:
https://youtu.be/_oZiK_NJuG8?t=1453

I've implemented a version of this in an app I maintain:
https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest/blob/master/GPSTest/src/google/java/com/android/gpstest/GpsMapFragment.java#L281

Exact API design is TBD.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Do nothing - don't implement the feature

**Additional context**
See links above

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