GPS3.3.3 - App Store

"GPS" gives you access to your iPhone's GPS functionality and more.

The simple display shows your current:
- Heading (where a compass is available).
- Course
- Speed or Speed Average
- Coordinates
- Altitude

Street and Topographic maps are available along with aerial or satellite photos. Once viewed maps will also be held cached for a day.

And trace statistics including:
- Time and Distance
- Minimum and Maximum Altitude
- Average and Maximum speed.

Via the settings you can:
- Choose between Latitude & Longitude formats and UTM coordinates.
- Choose between meters or feet and formats.
- Choosing Speed or Average Speed.
- Keep your iPhone awake.
- Trace while GPS is in the background.
- Automatically pause when you stop.
- Shutdown when the battery started getting low.

more features are on the way...

www.onwhat.net/gps

Version History Minor updates to support the latest versions iOS, a new major release is coming soon. 3.3.3 Jul 13 iOS compatibility updated 3.2.2 12/10/2021 Updated for the latest version of iOS and bringing maps back to life. 3.2.1 02/20/2021 Adding UTM coordinates display and general iOS updates. 3.1.0 05/09/2014 A complete re-write to support the new OS features. 3.0.1 07/28/2013 Release Notes 2.0

This release of GPS provides more functionality with the same simple interface.

Changes contained in this release:
1 - Compass support
2 - Maps
3 - Statistics
4 - Power Management
5 - Settings

1) Compass support
Support has been added for the compass hardware that is built into newer phones.
The existing Heading has been split into two:
- Heading: The direction your phone is pointing.
- Course: The direction of travel calculated from the GPS data.
If your phone does not have a compass the Heading will not be displayed.
However the Course will be shown once sufficient GPS data has been collected.

2) Maps
Street and Topographic maps are now available on the Map tab.
Maps are provided care of the following sources:
- OpenStreetMap.org
- OpenCycleMap.org
- OpenPisteMap.org
By default OpenCycleMap.org is used to provide a topographic map.

3) Statistics
The following statistics of your trip are available on the Statistics tab:
- Distance (how far you have travelled)
- Min/Max Altitude (the minimum and maximum altitude)
- Time (the length of time that quality GPS data has been available)
- Travelling Time (the length of time that you have been moving)
- Average Speed
- Maximum Speed
These statistics can be cleared in the Settings tab by pressing Clear History.

4) Power Management
Power management has been simplified while the functionality has been enhanced.
The Settings tab allows for:
- Sleeping
- On: Your phone will behave as it does with any other Application
- Off: Your phone will stay awake, the screen will turn off if it is covered.
- Battery Reserve
- On: Sleeping will be enabled when the battery level is below the level selected.
- Off: The Battery level is ignored.
- Level: The slider allows you to select the size of the battery reserve.

5) Settings
The Settings tab now matches the layout of the Settings Application.
The settings are accessible from within GPS and from the Settings Application.
The following functions are only available from the Settings tab within the application:
- About / Help
- Clear History

Please refer to www.onwha.net/gps for more details. 2.0.2 12/19/2009 Release Notes 1.3

Changes contained in this release:
1 - Average Speed feature
2 - Power settings
3 - Minor layout changes

For better results use the Average Speed when traveling slowly (under 10kph / 7mph).

1) Speed or Average Speed
The Location view shows either the current speed or the average speed.
In the Display settings choose form either:
- Speed: Taken directly from the GPS
- Speed Average: The average calculated from your past locations.
With the Speed Average settings you can choose the period for the calculation:
- 30 second
- 1 minute
- 5 minutes
- 15 minutes

2) Power settings:
The Power setting of "Normal" or "Awake" has been replaced with:
- Sleep: When enabled Control the normal sleeping function of your iPhone.
- Proximity: Turn off the screen when covered.

- Sleeping: When enabled your iPhone will sleep normally. When disabled it will stay on so that the GPS data can be continuosly updated.
- Proximity: When enabled the screen will be turned off when covered (for example: when you put it in your pocket).

3) Minor Display and Layout Changes:
- The "Location" heading has been replaced with "Coordinates".
- The order of the latitude and longitude has been swapped.
- The time of the last update is shown in the "Location" view.
- The Setting view has been rearranged. 1.3 01/14/2009 1.2 12/02/2008