Maps Tools,GPS tracking,Speed

The application MapsTools supplies a set of tools working with MAPS

1) GPS Tracking

Draws your ride on MAPS

Records your ride

Shows information about your ride

- Max Speed

- Average Speed, Current Speed

- Distance

- Elapsed time

- Altitude, Altitude Difference, Rise

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