Sailings v1.21
Navigational AlgorithmsAbout this app
Developer Description
Great Circle and Rhumb line routes
The app plots on a Google map the route between a departure and a destination point, using the following sailings:
- Rhumb line (loxodromic).
- Great Circle (orthodromic).
And calculates:
- Course & distance.
- Waypoints of the great circle route.
- Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route.
- Nodes and vertices of the Great Circle.
It also plots the entire Great Circle.
OPERATION
1 - Long click 1: adds the departure point
2 - Long click 2: adds the destination point and plots RL & GC
3 - Tap the Mark to see the information
4- [Output]
- GC course C and distance D
- Save between RL & GC
- Waypoints of the GC route
- Vertices and nodes of the GC
WARNING not for live navigation. Sailings App is a useful calculator for navigation.
User interface:
- Zoom buttons +/-
- Map types: normal, terrain and satellite
- GPS location. ("Location" App permission must be allowed. Switch on you GPS, and then automatic location detection is possible).
See App help for more details.
What's New
Android SDK 36
'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:19.1.0'
Version Information
- Version
- 1.21
- Downloads
- 100K+
- Updated on
- Apr 9, 2025
- Released
- May 19, 2015
- Requires
- Android 5.0
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Sailings users say on Google Play
Use this app whenever it required gps offline to travel from province to province through open sea. Excellent app please maintain it.
I can use this online
Maybe i can use this
When u have a waypoint and do navigatate to it, it brings you to google map!!!