True Bearing

True Bearing Free App

Rated 3.96/5 (139) —  Free Android application by Earthlight Research, Inc.

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About True Bearing

True Bearing is a simple app that displays orientation and distance from your current location to some point-of-interest (a runway, a dive spot, a geocache, the 9th green, etc) using Google maps and your mobile device's GPS & internal compass. A point-of-interest (POI) can be selected using the map, entered using latitude and longitude, set from your current location, or recalled from memory.

Possible uses include: aviation, diving, golf, hunting, and geocaching. Set a POI from your current location when you park and use True Bearing to find you car later.

FEATURES

• Tracks your current location and the current true heading of your android device

• Select a point-of-interest (POI) using Google maps, by entering latitude and longitude explicitly, or from your current location

• Allows one to save a recall POIs

• Displays in street mode or satellite view mode

• Displays distance in: feet, yards, meters, kilometers, miles, or nautical miles

Release notes for v0.8.1
- Fixed a problem with display on some devices

Release notes for v0.8.0
- Converted to GoogleMaps v2.0 API
- Improved Text scaling for High Resolution devices
- Small UI changes to conform to modern android GUI practices
- Fix bugs with auto-scaling
- Re-Implemented compass accuracy depiction

How to Download / Install

Download and install True Bearing version 0.8.1 on your Android device!
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Android package: com.earthlight.apps.bearing, download True Bearing.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Bug fixes for problems displaying on some devices.
Version update True Bearing was updated to version 0.8.1
More downloads  True Bearing reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update True Bearing was updated to version 0.7.1
More downloads  True Bearing reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads

What are users saying about True Bearing

Q70%
by Q####:

Very disappointing. User interface frustrating. Its name is true bearing but doesn't give any bearing between the points. No settings, no help or instructions. Whatever it does at least I can't understand, need a microscope to read, etc. Please create something better.

H70%
by H####:

Requires you enter coordinates, not addresses, or visit the target location. Points of Interest list is either non-functional or has nonsensical controls. Work's well, but the UI is bad.

R70%
by R####:

A great app, very good on shortcuts. And uses less space yet handy

C70%
by C####:

Good job on this app

K70%
by K####:

good apps

R70%
by R####:

I couldn't work it

M70%
by M####:

I see the app hasn't been updated for 5 years. On my Samsung Galaxy Galaxy S6 it does not work properly. Entering point selection mode from the map rarely works - I only got it to go I to selection mode once from about 15 tries. The only way to enter poi (other than your current position) is to enter lat&long coordinates. If I have to use another app to get the coordinator ates of the point, it seems a bit pointless. Maybe it use to work on older phones, but doesn't seem to fully work now.

W70%
by W####:

Would not save weigh points

K70%
by K####:

It's a good app. It would be even better if : * it displayed azimuth and bearing, not only lat / lng of POIs * it would use offline maps from google maps..

K70%
by K####:

Very handy, superb!

K70%
by K####:

Bravo

Y70%
by Y####:

This is the best navigation tool I've seen great app. to make it better add mariner navagation charts then ill rate 5 stars

Y70%
by Y####:

Can't understand why if it can give distance why it can't give bearing as well.

Y70%
by Y####:

It's. ...!

V70%
by V####:

How do you save your location? I can't find a save button.

Y70%
by Y####:

Got a track started but couldn't get it to stop.

S70%
by S####:

Pretty cool..impressed works well on my droid 2

Q70%
by Q####:

Very smart

R70%
by R####:

Easy to set points but compass doesn't work so its kind of useless as a GPS point locator Needs a simple add point to favorites feature and height from current location as well as distance from

H70%
by H####:

A good and useful tool during my RF measurement work. It will be nicer if it can support csv or kml file import function such that a large amount of POIs can be easily imported. It is a very painful experience to manually type coordinations of POIs.

M70%
by M####:

Awesome tool for hunting and hiking. Helped me out of woods when turned around

K70%
by K####:

This is the best navigation tool I've seen great app. to make it better add mariner navagation charts then ill rate 5 stars

T70%
by T####:

would be better if you could plot several point. when flying, we use several "legs", so this doesnt work for me. also, how hard could it be to have the angel on the lines you plot out? would have helped alot

T70%
by T####:

This is the best navigation tool I've seen great app. to make it better add mariner navagation charts then ill rate 5 stars

T70%
by T####:

Not a GPS but still handy This does exactly what it says and it great helping better understand the geography around you. Have not tried it in the plane yet but seems it would be handy for storing a list of alternate airports enroute, just in case of bad weather or other unanticipated events. Kind of fun too just to get a sense of where local landmarks and points of interest are, how they line up, and even for points of interest on the other side of the world. I grew up on a farm 7,000 miles from where I live now but kind of fun to have it point out the exact direction and distance. Sad there is no version for the Apple.

M70%
by M####:

I have a motorola Droid bionic. I have used the app while up on a tower with clear line of sight to GPS satellites. However, it takes forever and sometimes never locks on to satellite to give position making it extremely difficult to use the app.

P70%
by P####:

A little jumpy, but not bad for a free program. Gives you north, and rough position on map

T70%
by T####:

I use this aplication to aling my ham radio antenna.

T70%
by T####:

Don't understand this. It's called bearing but doesn't give you the bearing of where you want to go. Can't find an app that does mind you so maybe it's not possible. Would have thought it was just maths?

T70%
by T####:

This app works perfectly. You can save a location, then navigate DIRECTLY to that spot (the shortest distance) from anywhere. Surely there are other apps that do this, not so sure they're as simple.

L70%
by L####:

Great app for my hobby

T70%
by T####:

Would love to see it numerically display the bearing, the graphical view is nice but numbers are too!

T70%
by T####:

Compass on Droid is often unreliable, esp. indoors. But this app works very well when the compass is working.

T70%
by T####:

Needs a compass mode with Bering and distance to the poi for offline use.

N70%
by N####:

Does exactly what it says, well done

L70%
by L####:

Thank you

Z70%
by Z####:

WORKS FLAWLESS ON HTC INSPIRE USING ATT.

O70%
by O####:

Good

T70%
by T####:

Fudu

T70%
by T####:

Brilliant... Pretty accurate and haven't found any bugs. Need to make a "my location" makes my fingers tired from swiping all the way back.


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