About Sailings
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...
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.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Sailings since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-25 00:52:59.
The latest version is 1.19 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 18:32:24. See below the changes in each version.
Sailings version 1.19
Updated At: 2023-12-19
Changes: - 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
Sailings version 1.18
Updated At: 2023-11-07
Changes: - Departure and destination markers can be dragged
- Output is copied to clipboard
- Update to Android API 34
Sailings version 1.15
Updated At: 2023-08-21
Sailings version 1.11
Updated At: 2021-05-28
Changes: Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route
Nodes and vertices of the Great Circle
Great Circle plot (in gray)
Android 11.0 update
Sailings version 1.10
Updated At: 2020-05-07
Changes: Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route
Nodes and vertices of the Great Circle
Great Circle plot (in gray)
Android 10.0 update
Sailings version 1.7
Updated At: 2020-04-06
Changes: Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route
Nodes and vertices of the Great Circle
Android 10.0 update
Sailings version 1.5
Updated At: 2020-01-07
Changes: Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route
Nodes a vertices of the Great Circle
Android 10.0 update
Sailings version 1.2
Updated At: 2018-01-02
Changes: GNSS permissions
Disclaimer
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