GeoGlobe

Description

The view of our spinning globe from outer space is and will be breathtaking forever!

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This handy tool shows an accurate NASA longitude & latitude map location projected onto a 3D globe of the earth. A small pink circle pinpoints your current geo-location based on iPhone's GIS GPS data and iPod's triangular wi-fi calculation.

The 3D projection of the globe rotates slowly on its axis to simulate the earths real rotation. Swipe the globe to the west & east to change the rotation direction.

3D GeoGlobe is loaded with features & functionality. It will show your current direction on a 360° compass rose, your altitude all while reading your average velocity in 5 different units of measure of your choosing (i.e. m/s, km/hr, ft/sec, mph and nautical knots). Exact variance values for current horizontal and vertical accuracy of the received signal are also displayed. For the world traveler, either physically or virtually, Geo-Globe provides an accurate clock showing your local time and the relation to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time ) or UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

Perhaps the most beloved feature is the ability to save photos of the displayed screen to share with friends & associates or to help you remember the location of special events or things. The 3D Geo-Globe app may be displayed (and saved to photos) against a black or white background.

Landscape & Portrait views are supported and seamlessly transitioned with device rotation. Of course a 'Map it' button taking you to GoogleMaps is included to provide you with the current mailing address and travel directions, to accompany your 3D global position.


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Features:
* tap the clock to toggle GMT & UTC displayed time and hidden.

* tap Lon & Lat (Latitude or Longitude) to display the pink indicator in the center. Tap again to switch conversion from Decimal Degree to DMS (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds).
Note: choosing this mode while flying transcontinental will show the earth rotating under the indicator.

* swipe to the east & west for a spinning globe, tap the globe to hold the current rotation.

* tap Alt (altitude) to switch from meter to feet (see feet ' character) or hidden. Same behavior for tapping though vAc (vertical accuracy) and hAc (horizontal accuracy) combined.

* tap on m/s (meter per second) speed will switch to kmh (kilometer per hour) and tap again to fps (feet per second) and to mph (miles per hour) and kn (nautical knots) and to blank

* Landscape & Portrait view is supported, also the captured photos support iPhone rotation

* Tap on the center of the compass rose to hide it and the dir (direction) 360° degree text field

* All settings will be saved

Tip: The blank (hidden) options can be used for manipulation of the captured photos. Which info would you like to reveal?

(tap on the miniature © in the corner to find out about the author team URLs.... tap again to hide. All other buttons are suspended during this display.)

The ©, 'map it' and 'photo' and switch background color button will not be captured by the photo option.
After clicking 'photo' u get a 'saved' or 'error' prompt, click again to activate the photo option anew.
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more info plus spinning globe animation (flash Plug-In): http://www.advance-media.com/spinningGlobe.html

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Some features are supported only by the latest 3Gs. Please send us your screenshots including info about your iPhone/ iPod model and software version, if you experience any issues.
Additionally, we are interested in your feedback regarding future features that could be added. Please help us to improve 3D GeoGlobe!

This tool was coauthored by an ex-pilot ... so longitude & latitude is his second name! Have fun! Thanks