Navstar - GPS & Map for Hikers

Navstar process and segment the raw data your device (GPS receiver) is getting from the satellite network. This data complements many of the features that Navstar offer, the following:

Inside the GPS tab

- Altitude from sea level, with the correction of the device barometer.
- Temperature and atmospheric pressure. (Touching the icon updates the value)
- UV (Ultraviolet) Index shows you the risk of harm from unprotected sun exposure. (Touching the icon updates the value)
- Compass with 32 points of references.
- Visual guidance (a cute little ball) that moves around the compass and always points to the geographical coordinates where the hike started.
- Geolocation: country, city, and province.
- Coordinates in different formats.
- You can take a screenshot of your current altitude and location.

Inside the Hike tab

- Track your hike in the map.
- The distance traveled is updated in real-time.
- The elapsed time.
- The current speed.
- You can delimiter your hike inside a circular safe zone, and the app warns you when you enter or exit this zone.
- Touching a map annotation shows the coordinates for that location with the option to share it with apps like Waze, Google Map, or just plain text.
- When the hike is over the app shows you a summary of your walk, where you can add a description and choose to save it or not.

Inside the History tab

- List of all your saved hikes.
- You can delete a hike.
- You can edit a hike and change the associated description.
- You can load a hike and visualize it in the map (at the Hike tab) including the distance traveled and rest of information.

Inside the Reports tab

- A summary of the distance and top altitude you have covered and reach during your saved hikes.
- A graphical comparison between all your saved walks, segmented in the last seven days, the current month and a custom date range you can choose.
- You can also take a screenshot of these reports in a simple way.

Inside the Settings tab

- You can customize units and formats.
- You can customize the magnetic declination.
- You can customize the type of the map from Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid.
- You can enable or disable the visual guidance on the GPS tab.
- You can choose from two of the available algorithms used to measure the distance covered during your hikes.
- You can prevent the screen from auto-lock when using Navstar.
- The “About” section where you can know a litter more about me and contact me if you wish.

That’s all for now, folks. I want you to know that your feedback is essential to us. You can send your comments and suggestions through the “About” section inside Navstar, and also to:

navstar [at] swiftbycoding [dot] dev

or

@NavstarApp at Twitter

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