Handy GPS is an extremely versatile iPhone app that can be used for all your GPS needs. Whether you're bushwalking, horse riding, or surveying, Handy GPS is what you need to effectively navigate through tough terrain. And it's free! The free version has a limit of 2 waypoints and 20 tracklog points; this limitation can be removed by purchasing an upgrade for $3.79 to the full version.
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I've created this video because I'm the web developer for BinaryEarth, the brand behind Handy GPS. See our website at http://www.binaryearth.net
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Ever been fed up with the lack of features on many popular GPS apps for iOS? Are you a professional surveyor, or someone who needs advanced functionality in their GPS? Well, Handy GPS for iPhone contains some of the best features of any iOS-based navigation app.
For example, not only can you record tracklogs, add waypoints, view your direction and track the distance you have traveled, but you can also export your tracklogs to KML - for easy viewing in Google Earth after you've exported the file off your iPhone, get a grid reference for topographic maps, use your camera flash as a torch, view sunset and sunrise times, get a detailed elevation profile, and more.
You can even choose from four different inbuilt datums and four different coordinate types for maximum compatibility, or, if these aren't enough, you can, amazingly, create your own datums!
Handy GPS for iPhone really is the swiss army knife of iOS navigation tools. You can download it from the app store today, with both free and paid - $3.79 - versions available!
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Base features of Handy GPS for iPhone:
* Shows your current location in easting/northing or in lat/lon.
* Shows your speed, direction of travel, and total distance travelled in either metric of imperial/US units.
* Can store your current location as a waypoint, and can store a track log to show where you've been.
* Waypoints and track logs can be imported from and exported to Google Earth KML and GPX files.
* Allows manual entry of waypoints in UTM or lat/lon coords.
* Can guide you to a waypoint with the "Goto" screen using true or compass bearings.
* Optional audible proximity alarm on goto page.
* Has a magnetic compass page - on devices with mag sensors only.
* Computes the local magnetic declination at startup using the IGRF-11 model, for use on the goto page.
* Can display either a simple map of your current location and the stored waypoints, or a Google Map if a data connection is available.
* Supports the world-wide WGS84 datum along with the Australian datums and map grids AGD66, AGD84, GDA94, AGD, GDA, AMG, and MGA.
* Shows satellite locations and signal strengths graphically.
* Can display simple or MGRS grid refs.
* Waypoint to waypoint distance and direction.
* Has online help pages.
* Thoroughly tested by the developer on bushwalks.
