4.0
772 reviews
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Sailing is a method of solving the various problems involving course, distance, difference of latitude, difference of longitude, and departure.

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.
Updated on
Dec 19, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
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No data collected
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Ratings and reviews

4.0
726 reviews
A Google user
October 12, 2018
Use this app whenever it required gps offline to travel from province to province through open sea. Excellent app please maintain it.
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HM
July 18, 2020
When u have a waypoint and do navigatate to it, it brings you to google map!!!
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Teubwa Tewaaki
November 12, 2020
I like this app
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What's new

- Departure and destination markers can be dragged.
- Output is copied to clipboard.
Updated to:
- Android 14 (API 34)
- com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:18.0.2