AndroGeoid: Geography with Android

Back Soon

leszekp — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:59:53 +0000

Been a long field season this year, which has kept me away from this site. Not over yet – still have one more session left, running through the end of next week. Then I’ll be back home, and hope to get this site cranking again soon.

Maps Of The Moon And Mars For Android

leszekp — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:16:00 +0000

Review of two free Android maps for viewing maps of the Moon and Mars.

Map Lightning Strikes With ThunderHunter

leszekp — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:18:00 +0000

Review of ThunderHunter, a free Android app for calculating the distance of a lightning strike, and plotting it in Google Maps.

Live Calibration Of Map Images With MapCalibrator

leszekp — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:48:00 +0000

Application Name: MapCalibrator Description: Geocalibrates a map image using GPS positions, then plots your current position. Publisher’s website: None Cost: Free Version/date reviewed: v.1.06 / 7-20-11 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.3 Android Market (mobile app only) Android Market (browser) There are lots of apps (e.g. Locus, OruxMaps) that let you take previously-calibrated map images [...]

Map Lightning Strikes With Thunderhunter

leszekp — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:15:00 +0000

Application Name: ThunderHunter Description: Map the approximate position of live lightning strikes. Publisher’s website: ThunderHunter Cost: Free Version/date reviewed: v.1.2 / 7-17-11 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.3 Android Market (mobile app only) Android Market (browser) It’s monsoon season again in Arizona, which means thunderstorms more days than not. You probably know the standard method [...]

Record And Map Compass Directions With AZ-Droid

leszekp — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:20:00 +0000

Application Name: AZ-Droid Description: Records, saves and plots the direction (azimuth)your phone is facing in. Publisher’s website: None Cost: Free Version/date reviewed: v.1.1.0 / 7-6-11 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.3 Android Market (mobile app only) Android Market (browser) Point your phone at an object, press a button, and AZ-Droid will record your current GPS [...]

Maverick: A Basic GPS Map Application

leszekp — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:34:00 +0000

Review of Maverick, a free GPS map app for Android.

LightSquared And The FCC – Still Doing Their Best To Destroy GPS

leszekp — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:54:52 +0000

Cross-posted at Free Geography Tools Back in February, I had a long post about the FCC’s conditional approval of LightSquared’s wireless broadband proposal. This waiver was vigorously opposed by the GPS industry because tests by Garmin showed that it would seriously disrupt GPS in areas where it was implemented. Read the post for a full [...]

Location Coordinates (Plus Reverse Geocoding?) With GeoPicker

leszekp — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:04:00 +0000

Review of GeoPicker, a simple Android app for getting latitude/longitude coordinates off of Google Maps; options to copy coordinates to clipboard, geocoding.

Measure Distances, Get Elevation Profiles With Survey

leszekp — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Application Name: Survey Description: Distance and elevation profile tool Publisher’s website: sys-irap Cost: Free (ad-supported) Version/date reviewed: v.0.7.3 / 6-23-11 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.3 Android Market (mobile app only) Android Market (browser) The Survey app is an odd mix of different functions, some of which work well and are useful, others less so. [...]