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Sailings

Maps&Navigation

by Navigational Algorithms

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8.1

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100K

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Description

Sailing is a method of solving the various problems involving course, distance, difference of latitude, difference of longitude, and departure.

The app plots on a Google map the route between a departure and a destination point, using the following sailings:
- Rhumb line (loxodromic).
- Great Circle (orthodromic).
And calculates:
- Course & distance.
- Waypoints of the great circle route.
- Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route.
- Nodes and vertices of the Great Circle.

It also plots the entire Great Circle.

OPERATION
1 - Long click 1: adds the departure point
2 - Long click 2: adds the destination point and plots RL & GC
3 - Tap the Mark to see the information
4- [Output]
- GC course C and distance D
- Save between RL & GC
- Waypoints of the GC route
- Vertices and nodes of the GC

WARNING not for live navigation. Sailings App is a useful calculator for navigation.

User interface:
- Zoom buttons +/-
- Map types: normal, terrain and satellite
- GPS location. ("Location" App permission must be allowed. Switch on you GPS, and then automatic location detection is possible).

See App help for more details.

What's new in

- Departure and destination markers can be dragged.
- Output is copied to clipboard.
Updated to:
- Android 14 (API 34)
- com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:18.0.2

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Category

Maps&Navigation

Requires Android

Android 4.4 and up

Developer

Navigational Algorithms

Installs

100K

ID

com.Sailings

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