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Orienteering Compass app for iPhone and iPad


4.5 ( 6825 ratings )
Sports Navigation
Developer: TheGothicParty
3.99 USD
Current version: 2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 27 May 2010
App size: 1.32 Mb

Exact replica of a baseplate compass, both in 3D appearance & behavior
★★★★★

Orienteering Compass is an accurate, functional and reliable set of daytime and nighttime compasses, all impeccably executed. Originally inspired by the stringent requisites of the sport of orienteering, it neither calls for obscure setup nor GPS. Practical, featuring easy-to-read large crisp numbers, energy efficient(**), it is well suited to all outdoors activities such as backpacking, hiking, trekking and mountaineering.

Choose from multiple realistic views, including dynamic 3D shadows, and this elegant tool will behave just like an oil-bath mechanical compass equipped with a locking outer-ring…

(*) In daytime mode, move the phone and its 3D shadows move with you.
(**) Designed to work without GPS and in Airplane Mode. Network connectivity required to change Magnetic Field Declination automatically, but that information can also be changed in the field by hand or keyboard input.

KEY FEATURES
1.Outer-rim is a protractor that rotates just like baseplate compass
2.Protractor can be locked, and stays locked
3.Compass needle points to magnetic north, with responsive and smooth animation
4.Day and night views ; day views are 3D while night views glow-in-the-dark
5.Designed to perform accurately in airplane mode (with GPS disabled)
6.No cellular signal nor GPS signal required/needed
7.Precision optional rulers, graduated with 2.5 inches and 6 cm
8.No setting. Pick it up, it works
9.Magnetic Field Declination adjustments

Additional peace of mind: It has been tested for accuracy in Hawaii, the United Arab Emirates, the Black Rock Desert, Mauritius and Australia. Take it with confidence to the most remote places on Earth.