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* Marine Compass

market download A simple marine compass : move your phone in all positions, and the compass will always stay parallel to the floor !

This app has support for 3D themes meaning that you can select another kind o style of compass, including other interesting objects such as the aiming cube or the XYZ arrows.

Marine Compass can also display your location using GPS. In that case latitude and longitude will be displayed under the heading display.

It is also possible to extend Marine Compass with the optional augmented reality plugin, which will display the camera preview under the compass..

This compass app has no ad and does not require permission except LOCATION for the GPS feature. Enjoy !

Long tap on the compass will display the settings screen.

Have fun.

*** READ THIS PLEASE ***
accuracy depends on the hardware, please use a calibration tool designed for your device whenever the displayed direction seems wrong or not accurate.

Recent changes:
3.4
- support for wearable devices: display the Marine Compass on your watch !

3.3
- long pressing the heading or the location texts will copy their content to the clipboard

3.2.4
- fix transparency problem and augmented reality plugin

3.2.3
- update startup hint thanks to Tim Wolf

3.2.2
- add an option for landscape devices

3.2.1
- fix compass heading value in landscape orientation
- better style match with the platform (menus, dialogs)

3.2
- add text color and "keep screen on" option

Content rating: Low Maturity

Author: PierroX
Version: 3.4
Market link: net.pierrox.mcompass
Web site: http://www.pierrox.net/



Source code:
Code license:
Market downloads: >250,000
Market rating: 4.2 / 5.0
Category: Top:/Applications/Tools


Added: 2011-11-16
Updated: 2014-07-14
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