Maps Tools,GPS tracking,Speed

The application MapsTools supplies a set of tools working with MAPS

1) GPS Tracking
Draws your travel on MAPS
Records your travel
Shows information about your travel

• Max Speed
• Average Speed, Current Speed
• Distance
• Elapsed time
• Altitude, Altitude Difference, Rising

Displays recorded trackings

Switchs between metric and imperial units system

2) Distance between two locations and the azimuth to the second location

• Select 2 locations on MAPS
• The distance and the azimuth are displayed

Usage example: to measure an house dimension and orientation

3) Azimuth and Distance to central cursor

• Distance from your location to an other location
• Azimuth line from your location to an other location
• GPS coordinates other location
• Acoustic aiming (a voice helps you to orient the device in the direction of the second location)
• GPS Direction

When your location changes, the distance and the azimuth (the cap) are updated

It is possible to keep a cap (GPS direction, Left/Right arrows)

4) Azimuth line
Sometimes, you'd like to know what you see far away

• orient your device and touch the screen
• a line is drawn on MAPS in the direction

measured by the compass

5) Possibility to show the swiss Mountains. To reduce the number of mountains, a filter on the altitude may be applied.

6) Display GPS information and Compass

• GPS coordinates
• Speed
• Altitude
• Horizontal and Vertical accuracy
• GPS direction
• Compass, Compass accuracy

7) Possibility to correct the compass
If you see a geographic point you know and you can find it on the map, you have the possibility to set a compass correction

When the APP is not active (in background), the GPS is working only in the case the user has started the function GPS tracking

WARNING:

• Don't use the application to get your way in dangerous environment. This application don't replace a topographic map and a good compass.
• Without GPS, some features are not fully functional
• The reliability of the functions azimuth line and azimuth/distance depends of
• The reliability of the compass
• The GPS reliability
• The right device orientation
• The GPS increases the energy consumption
• The Maps refreshing consumes internet data and energy