Commander Compass Go 4+

Version History

• 3.9.9

  Dec 22, 2017
  ○ better display of vertical speed on ascent/descent
  ○ performance and stability improvements

• 3.9.7

  Dec 18, 2017
  ○ performance and stability improvements
  ○ app name is now more euphonious - Commander Compass Go

• 3.9.5

  Nov 2, 2017
  ○ improved compatibility with iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus
  ○ added Sigma Octantis (σ Octantis, south pole star) into built-in star catalog
  ○ stability and performance improvements

• 3.9.3

  Sep 6, 2017
  ○ improved coordinate parser

• 3.9

  Aug 17, 2017
  ○ OSM maps optimized for high-resolution displays
  ○ improved recognition of coordinates
  · recognition of non-standard minute (′) and second (″) symbols
  · recognition of Geo Caching coordinates with a minute sign omitted
  ○ stability and compatibility improvements
  
  In the app settings, you can now select a retina-optimized map source “OSM @ Happymagenta”.
  
  Improved recognition of coordinate input allows you now to copy and paste, or type in coordinates in a more convenient way. Non-standard symbols that can be used to indicate minutes and seconds of a degree will now be properly interpreted.
  
  Additionally, you can now copy and paste, or type in coordinates with minute and second symbols omitted when the degree symbol is present:
  
  N 37° 41.501 W 97° 20.282 will be recognized as N 37° 41.501' W 97° 20.282'
  
  N 37° 41 30.06 W 97° 20 16.92 will be recognized as N 37° 41' 30.06" W 97° 20' 16.92"

• 3.7.11

  Oct 7, 2015
  · compatible with latest iOS and new devices
  · sub-meter GPS accuracy
  · improved detection of coordinates in copied text
  · improved resolution of taken screenshots
  · lots of smaller improvements and bug fixes
  
  Sub-meter, sub-foot, sub-yard, 5-digit accuracy kilometers and miles are now available as short distance units in the app settings. Smaller units are now only used for short distances while higher precision kilometers and miles are also used for long distances. Send us your thoughts if you have an external sub-meter GPS and want this feature improved further.
  
  If you've noticed a bug or have some troubles with setting up the app, please contact us via the support form on our web site.

• 3.7.9

  May 19, 2015
  v.3.7.9 improves UI orientation on iPad in landscape mode
  v.3.7.5 improves compatibility with iOS 8 and new devices (read full details):
  - better compatibility with iOS 8 and iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus
  - 64-bit support and major code cleanup in preparation for bigger updates
  - lots of improvements and bug fixes, including:
  · smoother transition between 3D and 2D compass operation modes
  · improved gyrocompass mode (see details below)
  · gyrocompass adjustment retained in background on devices w/o compass
  · improved location access settings handling
  · improved detection of long tap on the main screen
  · improved user interface orientation handling
  · landscape face up orientation support
  · improved editing, text input and keyboard handling
  · support of hiding of keyboard by sliding
  · full support of native screen resolutions of new devices
  · new icons optimized for new iOS and new devices
  · fixed inverted sign of magnetic declination display
  · fixed crash-alike behavior when app was closed and then shortly opened
  · fixed crash that might happen because of lots of waypoints on a map
  · fixed parsing of GEO: links with uppercase scheme part
  · fixed hemisphere sign for longitudes on text format export
  
  IMPROVED GYROCOMPASS MODE
  
  The gyrocompass mode can now be used as a primary mode. Now in the gyrocompass mode the magnetic sensor is referenced continuously until a manual adjustment to the heading is made using the two finger sliding gesture. Unless the manual adjustment is in effect the app acts as a gyro-assisted magnetic compass.
  
  If you've noticed a bug or have some troubles with setting up the app, please contact us via support form on our website.

• 3.7.7

  Jan 24, 2015
  v.3.7.7 fixes GPS issue on iOS prior to 8
  v.3.7.5 improves compatibility with iOS 8 and new devices (read full details):
  - better compatibility with iOS 8 and iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus
  - 64-bit support and major code cleanup in preparation for bigger updates
  - lots of improvements and bug fixes, including:
  · smoother transition between 3D and 2D compass operation modes
  · improved gyrocompass mode (see details below)
  · gyrocompass adjustment retained in background on devices w/o compass
  · improved location access settings handling
  · improved detection of long tap on the main screen
  · improved user interface orientation handling
  · landscape face up orientation support
  · improved editing, text input and keyboard handling
  · support of hiding of keyboard by sliding
  · full support of native screen resolutions of new devices
  · new icons optimized for new iOS and new devices
  · fixed inverted sign of magnetic declination display
  · fixed crash-alike behavior when app was closed and then shortly opened
  · fixed crash that might happen because of lots of waypoints on a map
  · fixed parsing of GEO: links with uppercase scheme part
  · fixed hemisphere sign for longitudes on text format export
  
  IMPROVED GYROCOMPASS MODE
  
  The gyrocompass mode can now be used as a primary mode. Now in the gyrocompass mode the magnetic sensor is referenced continuously until a manual adjustment to the heading is made using the two finger sliding gesture. Unless the manual adjustment is in effect the app acts as a gyro-assisted magnetic compass.
  
  If you've noticed a bug or have some troubles with setting up the app, please contact us via support form on our website.

• 3.7.5

  Jan 21, 2015
  - better compatibility with iOS 8 and iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus
  - 64-bit support and major code cleanup in preparation for bigger updates
  - lots of improvements and bug fixes, including:
  · smoother transition between 3D and 2D compass operation modes
  · improved gyrocompass mode (see details below)
  · gyrocompass adjustment retained in background on devices w/o compass
  · improved location access settings handling
  · improved detection of long tap on the main screen
  · improved user interface orientation handling
  · landscape face up orientation support
  · improved editing, text input and keyboard handling
  · support of hiding of keyboard by sliding
  · full support of native screen resolutions of new devices
  · new icons optimized for new iOS and new devices
  · fixed inverted sign of magnetic declination display
  · fixed crash-alike behavior when app was closed and then shortly opened
  · fixed crash that might happen because of lots of waypoints on a map
  · fixed parsing of GEO: links with uppercase scheme part
  · fixed hemisphere sign for longitudes on text format export
  
  IMPROVED GYROCOMPASS MODE
  
  The gyrocompass mode can now be used as a primary mode. Now in the gyrocompass mode the magnetic sensor is referenced continuously until a manual adjustment to the heading is made using the two finger sliding gesture. Unless the manual adjustment is in effect the app acts as a gyro-assisted magnetic compass.
  
  If you've noticed a bug or have some troubles with setting up the app, please contact us via support form on our website.
  
  If you find Commander Compass useful, please help us spread the word by leaving a review in the App Store. In case you've reviewed a previous version of Commander Compass please resubmit it as ratings reset with each new update. It's very important as it allows us to continually improve the experience and helps other users decide whether the app is right for them. Thanks a lot for your support!

• 3.7.1

  Apr 30, 2014
  v.3.7.1:
  - fixed performance on iPhone 4, iPad 1, iPod 4 and lowered CPU usage by 30-35%
  v.3.7:
  - vertical speed indicator:
  · 5-second estimation of vertical movement speed
  · appears near the altitude readings for vertical speeds faster than 80fpm (0.4m/s)
  · supports knots, feet per minute, feet per second and meters per second
  - smooth GPS position and course:
  · smooth position and course updates
  · automatically turns on for speeds over 0.5mph (1km/h)
  · no more annoying jumping over maps when moving
  - improved gyrocompass mode:
  · profound compass calibration for the pure gyroscope mode
  · warm-up time for magnetic sensor increased up to 1.5 minutes to achieve even higher precision
  · manual gyrocompass calibration stops the warm-up
  - font size for azimuth and altitude readings auto-increases for speeds over 1km/h
  - import/export your waypoints via email
  · send and receive your waypoints via email
  · send waypoints as .spyglass, .kml and .gpx file attachments
  · tapping the files in the email will automatically open them in the app
  - import/export your waypoints via iTunes file sharing
  · save/load waypoint data files via iTunes
  · save waypoints into .spyglass, .txt, .kml and .gpx files
  · load waypoints from .spyglass, .txt, .xml, .kml, .gpx and .gml files
  - maps won't automatically turn off when going offline anymore
  - a few more map layers added
  - copying and pasting waypoints now includes altitude
  - missing ±D.x coordinate format added
  - increased D.x coordinate format precision
  - improved parsing of coordinates and map links
  - fixed OSNG/OSGB parsing for coordinates with fewer than 5 digits
  - improved lightweight rendering:
  · all the vector and text drawing cached into textures
  · GPU usage lowered by 30-60%
  · CPU usage lowered by 25-50%
  - improved RAM usage:
  · smarter memory caching under low memory conditions
  - new draft user guide published on our website:
  · click "(i)" button and choose "Guide" to open the download page
  - corrections in all language localizations
  - minor UI tweaks and bug fixes
  

• 3.7

  Apr 9, 2014
  - vertical speed indicator:
  · 5-second estimation of vertical movement speed
  · appears near the altitude readings for vertical speeds faster than 80fpm (0.4m/s)
  · supports knots, feet per minute, feet per second and meters per second
  - smooth GPS position and course:
  · smooth position and course updates
  · automatically turns on for speeds over 0.5mph (1km/h)
  · no more annoying jumping over maps when moving
  - improved gyrocompass mode:
  · profound compass calibration for the pure gyroscope mode
  · warm-up time for magnetic sensor increased up to 1.5 minutes to achieve even higher precision
  · manual gyrocompass calibration stops the warm-up
  - font size for azimuth and altitude readings auto-increases for speeds over 1km/h
  - import/export your waypoints via email
  · send and receive your waypoints via email
  · send waypoints as .spyglass, .kml and .gpx file attachments
  · tapping the files in the email will automatically open them in the app
  - import/export your waypoints via iTunes file sharing
  · save/load waypoint data files via iTunes
  · save waypoints into .spyglass, .txt, .kml and .gpx files
  · load waypoints from .spyglass, .txt, .xml, .kml, .gpx and .gml files
  - maps won't automatically turn off when going offline anymore
  - a few more map layers added
  - copying and pasting waypoints now includes altitude
  - missing ±D.x coordinate format added
  - increased D.x coordinate format precision
  - improved parsing of coordinates and map links
  - fixed OSNG/OSGB parsing for coordinates with fewer than 5 digits
  - improved lightweight rendering:
  · all the vector and text drawing cached into textures
  · GPU usage lowered by 30-60%
  · CPU usage lowered by 25-50%
  - improved RAM usage:
  · smarter memory caching under low memory conditions
  - new draft user guide published on our website:
  · click "(i)" button and choose "Guide" to open the download page
  - corrections in all language localizations
  - minor UI tweaks and bug fixes
  

• 3.5

  Dec 12, 2013
  - Topographic terrain map layer added
  - Switch between alternate map sources
  - Improved support for iOS 7.0+ and 6.1+
  - Slight user interface facelift for iOS 7
  - Improved performance for iPad, especially when maps are on
  - Slight performance gain for all iOS devices
  - Minor bug fixes

• 3.3.9

  Sep 22, 2012
  v. 3.3.9 (read full list):
  - Compatible with iOS 7.x, 6.x, 5.x, 4.3
  - Compatible with iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5/5S/5C, iPod Touch 4/5 and all iPad models
  - Compatibility, stability improvements
  
  v. 3.3.8 adds many useful improvements, including:
  - Sharing your current location and waypoints with SMS and Mail messages
  - New URL schemes for sharing your location and waypoints
  - Built-in coordinate converter for all supported formats
  - Many extra geogrpahic and grid coordinate formats (see full description)
  - Many extra short distance and length units (see full description)
  - New and much simplier Quick Start Guide (available at our web site)
  - Bugfixes and many minor improvements
  
  Following coordinate formats are now fully supported through the entire app:
  - Various DMS combinations (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds)
  - Geocaching coordinate format (H DDD° MM.MMM')
  - MGRS (WGS84) grid coordinates (1, 10 and 100m precision)
  - UTM grid coordinates (with hemispheres and latitude bands)
  - OSNG (BNG, OSGB36) grid coordinates
  
  Following distance and length units are now fully supported:
  - Meter (m) and kilometer (km)
  - Foot (ft), yard (yd), mile (mi), nautical mile (nmi, nm)
  - Survey foot (s.ft), rod (rd), chain (ch), furlong (fur)
  
  
  Sharing your location and waypoints
  
  Long tap (tap and hold) the main app screen for a current location menu – send your current location coordinates and URL link via Mail, SMS or Messages – saved waypoints can be sent from detail views using export menus.
  
  You may now choose the coordinate and URL format to send in settings – send the location or waypoint information using the format supported by an app on the other end, so your wife or mate could just tap the link to start navigating to your location.
  
  You may also copy coordinates or links in any of supported formats from Mail, SMS, web pages or anywhere – then just paste them into the app – it understands everything it sends or exports.
  
  
  Units, formats and coordinate converter
  
  Units and all coordinate systems aren’t just simply supported – whenever the app asks you to enter location coordinates, or distances, or sizes you may use any of supported formats or units and your input will be automatically converted into the current format – you may also launch the built in coordinate converter using the “(i)” menu.
  
  When you need to type in location coordinates using a different coordinate system, or to type in distances or sizes using different units, there is no need to reconfigure the app – just type or paste using that different coordinate format or units.
  
  Use any of DMS formats for either geodetic latitude or longitude. When you need to enter grid reference coordinates or both the latitude and longitude coordinates into a single field – use any of supported formats. For distances and sizes just follow the number with the unit abbreviation – type “10 yd 1 ft” and it will be automatically converted into your current units.
  
  
  Fetch the new Quick Start Guide from our website at http://happymagenta.com

• 3.3.8

  May 9, 2012
  v. 3.3.8 adds many useful improvements, including (read full description):
  ✓ Compatibility: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS/4/4S, all iPad models
  ✓ Sharing your current location and waypoints with SMS and Mail messages
  ✓ New URL schemes for sharing your location and waypoints
  ✓ Built-in coordinate converter for all supported formats
  ✓ Many extra geogrpahic and grid coordinate formats (see full description)
  ✓ Many extra short distance and length units (see full description)
  ✓ New and much simplier Quick Start Guide (available at our web site)
  ✓ Bugfixes and many minor improvements
  
  Following coordinate formats are now fully supported through the entire app:
  ✓ Various DMS combinations (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds)
  ✓ Geocaching coordinate format (H DDD° MM.MMM')
  ✓ MGRS (WGS84) grid coordinates (1, 10 and 100m precision)
  ✓ UTM grid coordinates (with hemispheres and latitude bands)
  ✓ OSNG (BNG, OSGB36) grid coordinates
  
  Following distance and length units are now fully supported:
  ✓ Meter (m) and kilometer (km)
  ✓ Foot (ft), yard (yd), mile (mi), nautical mile (nmi, nm)
  ✓ Survey foot (s.ft), rod (rd), chain (ch), furlong (fur)
  
  
  Sharing your location and waypoints
  
  Long tap (tap and hold) the main app screen for a current location menu – send your current location coordinates and URL link via Mail, SMS or Messages – saved waypoints can be sent from detail views using export menus.
  
  You may now choose the coordinate and URL format to send in settings – send the location or waypoint information using the format supported by an app on the other end, so your wife or mate could just tap the link to start navigating to your location.
  
  You may also copy coordinates or links in any of supported formats from Mail, SMS, web pages or anywhere – then just paste them into the app – it understands everything it sends or exports.
  
  
  Units, formats and coordinate converter
  
  Units and all coordinate systems aren’t just simply supported – whenever the app asks you to enter location coordinates, or distances, or sizes you may use any of supported formats or units and your input will be automatically converted into the current format – you may also launch the built in coordinate converter using the “(i)” menu.
  
  When you need to type in location coordinates using a different coordinate system, or to type in distances or sizes using different units, there is no need to reconfigure the app – just type or paste using that different coordinate format or units.
  
  Use any of DMS formats for either geodetic latitude or longitude. When you need to enter grid reference coordinates or both the latitude and longitude coordinates into a single field – use any of supported formats. For distances and sizes just follow the number with the unit abbreviation – type “10 yd 1 ft” and it will be automatically converted into your current units.
  
  ***
  
  Do you like the update? Enjoying the app? Don’t forget to leave good reviews on the App Store and let us know what else features you miss.

• 3.3.7

  Mar 28, 2012
  v. 3.3.7:
  ✓ Compatibility: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS/4/4S and all iPad 1/2/3 models
  ✓ Compatibility: Optimized for the New iPad
  ✓ Compatibility: Enhanced for iOS 5.1
  ✓ Added compass accuracy and GPS strength indicators
  ✓ Improved gyrocompass startup on devices with built-in digital compass
  ✓ Improved overall stability and compatibility
  ✓ Various bug fixes
  

• 3.3.6

  Oct 17, 2011
  v. 3.3.5:
  ✓ Compatibility: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4S, all iPad and iPad 2 models
  ✓ Compatibility: Enhanced for iOS 5
  ✓ Magnetic compass works with Location Services off (with magnetometer on-board)
  ✓ 20% less of GPU usage
  ✓ Slightly optimized battery power usage
  ✓ Typos corrected in German and French translations
  ✓ Bugfixes
  
  v. 3.3.6:
  ✓ Fixed the landscape orientation bug
  

• 3.3.5

  Oct 10, 2011
  ✓ Compatibility: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4S, all iPad and iPad 2 models
  ✓ Compatibility: Enhanced for iOS 5
  ✓ Magnetic compass works with Location Services off (with magnetometer on-board)
  ✓ 20% less of GPU usage
  ✓ Slightly optimized battery power usage
  ✓ Typos corrected in German and French translations
  ✓ Bugfixes
  
  PLEASE, KEEP THE BACKUP OF THE OLDER APP VERSION!
  IOS PRIOR TO 4.3 ISN'T SUPPORTED BY THIS UPDATE!
  IOS 4.3 SUPPORT MAY BE DROPPED IN FUTURE UPDATES!
  

• 3.3.3

  Jun 28, 2011
  ✓ Improved Compatibility: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, all iPad and iPad 2 models
  ✓ Critical bug fixes, including a bug making the coordinate parser losing the signedness for DMS and HMS formats for geo and star coordinates in between -1.0 and 0.0 degrees
  
  

• 3.3

  May 22, 2011
  Commander Compass Lite 3.3 adds new features and over 200 improvements, including:
  ✓ Gyrocompass: full 3D orientation with gyroscope only for maximum precision
  ✓ Compatibility: iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, all iPad and iPad 2 models
  ✓ Sharing: share your location and waypoints with friends using email
  ✓ Quick mode switching: access mode menu by double tapping anywhere on screen
  ✓ King size for iPads: everything is now bigger on iPad's gorgeous big screens
  ✓ Improved pointing arrow design: a more vivid sci-fi and hi-tech look
  ✓ Bigger pointing arrows: now configurable for multiple targets
  ✓ New targets added from within the main screen are now primary
  ✓ Primary target info: now shown also for stars and bearings
  ✓ Visually set or edit existing location coordinates with maps
  ✓ Extra info when selecting locations in maps: coordinates, distance, azimuth
  ✓ ETA: Estimated time of arrival predicted while on the go
  ✓ Maximum movement speed: shown for the current session while on the go
  ✓ Car orientation mode: uses current movement course instead of azimuth
  ✓ Manual orientation mode: adjust azimuth manually by two finger sliding
  ✓ True 3D orientation: optionally use target altitudes and earth curvature
  ✓ Pasting: paste coordinates or map links in many formats, copied from anywhere
  ✓ Geocaching friendly pasting: supports native Geocaching coordinate format
  ✓ Map links pasting: supports map links from many web sites
  ✓ Copy & paste: copy and paste bearings, locations and stars
  ✓ Open locations with many different map apps
  ✓ Set or refine your current location manually for better AR nav. accuracy
  ✓ Map panning with three finger sliding over the HUD screen in maps mode
  ✓ Improved angular calculator: measure distances visually with maps
  ✓ Automatic detection of measurement units with current locale settings
  ✓ No magnetic interference reported while in gyrocompass, car or manual modes
  ✓ Bad Elf GPS: supports popular external GPS accesory for better accuracy
  ✓ Improved per orientation accelerometer calibration
  ✓ Improved touch handling
  ✓ New 60-page user guide: .PDF & .ePUB on our web site, translations - soon
  ✓ New language localizations: Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese
  

• 3.0.1

  Dec 13, 2010
  ✓ Compatible with iPad 2 3G!
  ✓ Added German, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish and Russian localizations
  ✓ Fixed bug with the keyboard occasionally non-appearing
  ✓ Other bug fixes
  

• 3.0

  Aug 11, 2010
  Latest hardware and software support within the one same universal binary:
  - Optimized for iPhone 4, 3GS and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G (iOS 4.x, 3.2.x and 3.1.x)
  - Gyroscope aided compass and improved motion dampening*
  - High resolution graphics and icons (for retina display)
  
  Improved target tracking:
  - Constantly displays primary target distance
  - Beeps at each 1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001 mile or kilometer
  - Bigger noticable primary target pointer
  
  Improvements:
  - Per orientation based accelerometer calibration
  - Copy info via long tap on screen or through target details
  - Nice sound effects (zoom, shutter and sonar beeping)
  
  Overall code cleanup with over 50 fixes.
  
  * - not required and only used when present
  
  *** IMPORTANT NOTES ***
  
  When after update compass won't move and will stuck on North - then please check "General > Location Services" in iPhone settings to be on for the app.
  

• 2.2

  Apr 5, 2010
  ✓ Version 2.2 is a major update with many changes including:
  - Tracking of multiple destinations
  - Better UI, logic and usability
  - Bugfixes

• 1.2

  Dec 10, 2009