GPS

for the iPhone

Gives you access to your iPhone's GPS functionality.

The simple display shows your current:

  • Heading
  • Speed or Speed Average
  • Coordinates
  • Altitude

Via the settings you can:

  • Choose between meters or feet.
  • Choosing Speed or Average Speed.
  • Keep your iPhone awake.
  • Turning off the screen when covered (for example: when you put it in your pocket).
  • Select the quality of the GPS data.

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Location
Settings

Location

This view shows the GPS data: calulated heading, calulated speed, geographical coordinates, altitude, accuracies and timestamp.

When any value is not available "- - -" will be displayed.

Heading

The average direction you are travelling as calulated by your movement. The heading is given in degrees:

  • 000° - North
  • 090° - East
  • 180° - South
  • 270° - West

Speed or Speed Average

Your speed as calulated by your movement:

  • Speed - Calculated directly from the GPS data.
  • Speed Average - Calculated from the GPS data over a longer time (see the Settings).

The speed is shown in either:

  • mph - Miles Per Hour
  • kph - Kilometers Per Hour

Coordinates

Your geographical coordinate using the WGS 84 standard coordinate frame. The three lines show:

  • North-South Latitude
  • East-West Longitude
  • Accuracy in either meters or feet

Altitude

Your height above sea level and accuracy in either meters or feet.

Timestamp (bottom right)

The time that the GPS data was last updated.

Settings

This view allows you to control how data is display and obtained.

Information

Links to www.onwhat.net for more information about GPS.

Power

By default Sleeping is enabled. When the screen is not touched for a while it will be dimmed and then the iPhone will be locked and the application will be stopped. Disabling Sleeping will keep the application running and visible.

By default Proximity is enabled. When the screen is covered it will be turned off without stopping the application (for example: when you put it in your pocket).

Display

The display of the speed, location accuracy and altitude can be set to meters or feet. "Meters" indicates that values should be in meters and kph (Kilometers Per Hour) while "Feet" indicates feet and mph (Miles Per Hour).

The speed can be calculated directly from the GPS data or the average that is calculated from the GPS data over a longer time.

GPS

The expected accuracy of the GPS data:

  • Good - nearest 100 meters
  • Better - nearest 10 meters
  • Best - nearest meter

Speed Average

The Speed Average is the calculated mean speed. You can select the time limit for the calculation:

  • 30" - 30 seconds
  • 1' - 1 minute
  • 5' - 5 minutes
  • 15' - 15 minutes