LocFinder

... now also with path recording and calorie information!!!

  • Imagine you beeing on vacation and you want to keep track of your hiking and biking trips...
  • Or maybe you want to know how many calories you burn riding your bike to work...
  • Or you want to suggest your favourite hiking or biking path to your friends...
  • Or maybe you want to know in which direction and how far away home is...
  • Or you want to meet with a friend and need to arrange a meeting point...
  • Or maybe you want to learn about famous locations all around the world and see where they are...
  • Or you just need to remember where you have parked your car...

Then LocFinder is the iPhone application you need!!!

Main features: LocFinder

  • offers path recording and following (forwards and backwards)
  • easy include of by e-mail recieved points and paths (also KML and GPX files!) into the personal locations list
  • allows listening to your music (also on an iPhone 3G) while recording or following a path
  • shows you the path metrics: altitude profile, speed profile, average speed, elapsed time, total distance, altitude difference, and burnt calories
  • has a track view that shows current track data while you are recording a track: burnt calories, power output, track duration, current direction, current altitude, maximum altitude, positive altitude difference, negative altitude difference, current speed, average speed, maximum speed, and total distance
  • shows you your interim times, burnt calories and the distance to walk/drive while you are following a path
  • works with Google Earth - you can include and exclude paths or locations to/from Google Earth
  • features an augmented reality compass (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4)
  • shows you the distance and direction to any predefined location on the planet
  • offers you directions from your current location to your chosen location/point
  • shows your current location, the location you are interested in and your recorded paths on two different maps:
    -standard map with north on top
    -rotating map that points into the direction you are facing (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4)
  • lets you choose locations from a preset list of famous locations (every country in the world with its capital and more than 100 places you must have seen)
  • lets you build your own personal list, adding locations by:
    -one-click saving of your current location
    -searching for an address
    -setting a position on the map
    -entering WGS84 geo coordinates, accepted WGS84 formats:
    → 50 23 45N for 50° 23′ 45″ N
    → 50 23.48N for 50° 23.48′ N
    → 50.1345 for 50.1345° north → south and west with a minus
  • allows you to mail your current position or a recorded path or location
  • lets you learn more about famous locations on the corrensponding Wikipedia pages
  • gives you information about your current location
  • can simply be used as a compass

You can download this app on the App Store.
Just click on the App Store badge!



LocFinderLite

  • offers the same features as LocFinder except for: only one entry (path or location) can be saved

You can download this app on the App Store.
Just click on the App Store badge!

Supported Devices:

iPhone 3GS / iPhone 4

  • strongly recommended for LocFinder/LocFinderLite!

iPhone 3G

  • LocFinder/LocFinderLite creates compass functionality: compass direction is being calculated during movement (minimum 20 m/22 yd, works fine while biking)
  • augmented reality compass, turning map and real time compass movements don't work with an iPhone 3G

iPhone/iPod Touch

  • not suitable!


Further information about LocFinder/LocFinderLite!

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