Scout - Bike Navigation and Hiking with Topographic Maps 1.7
Device: iOS iPhone
Category: Navigation
Price: $.99, Version: 1.6 -> 1.7 (iTunes)
Description:Scout is your iPhone companion for outdoor activities. Make use of topographic maps for hiking adventures or check your training data with the integrated speedometer. Further you can use Scout for cycling and other activities to record your tour for subsequent analysis.★★ SPECIAL FEATURES ★★✔ Cyclometer and trip recording in background✔ Navigation with a map in the direction of travel and acoustic offside warning✔ Track import and export with iTunes Filesharing, E-Mail and Safari (GPX Files)✔ Contains worldwide OpenStreetMap and OpenCycleMap with bike paths and contour lines✔ Extensive statistics for tours with altitude profile and velocity profile✔ Expandable (In-App Purchase) with official maps from the land survey office of Germany, Austria, France and Luxembourg for offline usageMAPS (online/offline) In Scout you make use of the so called Open Street Map. This worldwide map shows major information for streets, paths and towns. Via touchscreen its easy to move and zoom the digital map.In addition you can download detailed topographic maps in our Map Store with scale 1:50.000. These maps are perfect for activities in the outback, because they show even small field paths. You get everything digital, handy and low priced. These special maps can be used on all devices connected with your iTunes AccountSPEEDOMETERYou can choose which information you see in six defined fields. While on tour you get reliable information on:➔ Actual speed➔ Average speed➔ Maximum speed➔ Pace (minute / km)➔ Number of recorded points➔ Coverage of total distance➔ Overall time➔ Actual altitude➔ Lowest and highest points➔ Display of GPS signal➔ GPS accuracy For low-current usage during recording you are able to switch to standy-modus (top right button at your iPhone)TOURSYou will find all recorded tour data easily in an overview: course of your tour, altitude difference and date of recording ➔ Lenght of tours➔ Travel time➔ Average pace➔ Lowest and highest points➔ Personal rating (landscape, condition, technique, experience)You like to have a closer look on your tour later at the PC? You want to exchange your tours with friends? Not a problem at all: you can send your recorded tours via email as common gpx file. SETTINGS Here you find all settings for your Scout iPhone app, like downloads of topographic, detailed maps (Wi-Fi connection recommended) to be independent from an online connection later when in nature. Likewise you can define a favored measure (metric or US) or the setting how you record tours (optimized, time and distance interval).Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
What's New
New in Scout 1.7: iPhone 5 support Show all waypoints in map view Bearing to waypoint and distance to waypoint is displayed in map viewSimple adding of waypoints in map viewExport and Import of waypoints from GPX files
Scout - Bike Navigation and Hiking with Topographic Maps