PeakFinder USA West
By Fabio Soldati
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Description
PeakFinder is for mountain climbers, hikers, and people who just crave information about the world around them. Whether you're standing atop a mountain or sitting in the comfort of your living room, PeakFinder gives you 360° gorgeous panoramic views of mountain ranges. Click "...More" to learn why you should download this App today!
★★★★★
'App of the Week' in September 2010.
Highly recommended by many app portals like macnewsworld.com, smokinapps.com, nationalgeographic.com, macwelt.de etc!
★★★★★
••• Features •••
- Supports iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
- Fast rendering of the surrounding landscapes in a range of up to 200 miles
- Smooth scrolling and zooming
- Digital binoculars to select less prominent peaks (Screenshot 2)
- Covers the complete area of the US west including Rocky Mountains, CoastalRanges, Sierra Nevada... (Screenshot 3)
- Includes more than 30,000 peak names
- Panoramic view rendering works completely offline
- Uses GPS (iPhone & iPad 3G) to get your current location
- Google Maps (online) for view point selection
- Dialog for entering coordinates manually (useful for iPods)
- Supports integrated compass on 3GS+
- Supports accelerometer on 3G+ and iPod touch
- Functionality for updating the peak directory
••• Comments •••
"Not only an amazing app to have for driving around town, but ridiculously awesome sitting atop a mountain. Use the binoculars and then zoom to the top to see what the view would be like. Great app!! Fast and has never crashed. If u hike, it's a must have."
-- bubbsickle
••• Ratings •••
If you enjoy PeakFinder, please rate it 5-stars in iTunes every time an update comes out! As always, your 5-stars and positive reviews keep the updates coming.
Thanks for using PeakFinder.
What's New in Version 1.2.0
- Full support for iPad (Universal App)
- iOS 5 improvements
- Support for left- and right side landscape modes
- Updated peak directory
★★★★★
If you enjoy PeakFinder, please rate it 5-stars in iTunes every time an update comes out! As always, your 5-stars and positive reviews keep the updates coming.
Thanks for using PeakFinder.
★★★★★
Customer Reviews
Disappointed
Not as reliable as I expected.
Good to have but depends on cell coverage
Would love if it had compass orienting
Automatically
Customers Also Bought
- $3.99
- Category: Travel
- Updated: Dec 05, 2011
- Version: 1.2.0
- Size: 97.9 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Seller: Fabio Soldati
- © 2011 PeakFinder Ltd liab. Co
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
