K-Index monitor
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About K-Index monitor
Flying your UAV (a.k.a. drone) in GPS mode? Use K-Index monitor to see if it's safe to do so!
K-index sits in the background of your phone/tablet and gives an alerts if high levels of solar activity are generating geomagnetic storms - potentially disrupting GPS reception.
If you do not like to run this app all the time, then please have a look at K-Index lite.
More info: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kijk.Kmonitor.Lite
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The K-index quantifies disturbances in the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field with an integer in the range 0-9 with 1 being calm and 5 or more indicating a geomagnetic storm.
The Estimated 3-hour Planetary Kp-index is derived at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center using data from the following ground-based magnetometers: Sitka, Alaska; Meanook, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Hartland, UK; Wingst, Germany; Niemegk, Germany; and Canberra, Australia. These data are made available thanks to the cooperative efforts between SWPC and data providers around the world, which currently includes the U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), the British Geological Survey, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), and Geoscience Australia. Important magnetometer observations are also contributed by the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris and the Korean Space Weather Center.
K-Index monitor will check the value every 1/2 hour and show the K-index in the devices notification bar.
The 1/2 hour update can be bypassed when tapping the K-Index value in the running process screen.
0, 1, 2 and 3 are shown in green and okay.
4 is yellow and maybe still okay.
5 and above are red, and not advisable to use a GPS device as GPS satellites might be affected!
K-index sits in the background of your phone/tablet and gives an alerts if high levels of solar activity are generating geomagnetic storms - potentially disrupting GPS reception.
If you do not like to run this app all the time, then please have a look at K-Index lite.
More info: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kijk.Kmonitor.Lite
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The K-index quantifies disturbances in the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field with an integer in the range 0-9 with 1 being calm and 5 or more indicating a geomagnetic storm.
The Estimated 3-hour Planetary Kp-index is derived at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center using data from the following ground-based magnetometers: Sitka, Alaska; Meanook, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Hartland, UK; Wingst, Germany; Niemegk, Germany; and Canberra, Australia. These data are made available thanks to the cooperative efforts between SWPC and data providers around the world, which currently includes the U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), the British Geological Survey, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), and Geoscience Australia. Important magnetometer observations are also contributed by the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris and the Korean Space Weather Center.
K-Index monitor will check the value every 1/2 hour and show the K-index in the devices notification bar.
The 1/2 hour update can be bypassed when tapping the K-Index value in the running process screen.
0, 1, 2 and 3 are shown in green and okay.
4 is yellow and maybe still okay.
5 and above are red, and not advisable to use a GPS device as GPS satellites might be affected!
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Removed "annoying" update message.
Removed "annoying" update message.
More downloads K-Index monitor reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads K-Index monitor reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update K-Index monitor was updated to version 1.4
More downloads K-Index monitor reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
What are users saying about K-Index monitor
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Installed it in my S7 Edge & it updated its self, will not run on my phone the update information stays in drop down menu & cannot be swiped away? Uninstalled & tried again but same result will not work or even open the app?
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It stopped working on my phone uninstalled installed it back it's still not showing up
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You can only turn it off by force stop
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Love the ap. Very simple. Just sits in the top bar of my phone. Is very accurate
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still reliable
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doesn t produce anything....don t understand what I missed I have a lot other alike app working at best related to geomagnetic realtime monitoring
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For flying cam
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Excellent, it just works. Thx.
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Terbaik waLaupun ringkas...senang nak fLy mcm ni
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Doesn't work on S5 lollipop. What a waste of time. Please fix.
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Always check your K index reading before flying GPS mode
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Works good
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I like
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Was working great up until yesterday. Now it just shows an exclamation mark and doesn't show what the index is. Galaxy Note 3
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I cant get either the monitor or the lite versions to work on my Sont Experia Z2 (Android 4.4.4) unless wifi is off.
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Can't get it to work on my HTC Droid DNA running Android 4.1.1. :( Works on my Nexus 7 though. Please look into Droid DNA support.
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Thanks work well on my Samsung note 2
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Great app
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Excellent thank you
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Nice apps.
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☺☺☺☺☺
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I'd prefer to be able to put a widget on my phantom home page, rather than have a persistent notification. But it does what it says it to do without fuss. Thanks.
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Wonder if you could also add this app to another venue, like 1 Mobile Market. Google won't let downloads work with this device in the play store, thanks.
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Would love a way to kill it when I don't need it.
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Excellent, it just works. Thx.
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Very useful.
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Simple but effective. Always check it before flying the phantom
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I'm OK with everything but the updated message that always seems to be covering something I want to click on.
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I let it run all day and it doesn't use hardly nothing for battery... just go to app manager and kill it and it won't run again until you want it too... Some settings would be cool in the future.
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The update notification is annoying. Need an on and off app control.
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Works great but I would prefer an option to not have it stay running all the time.
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I installed it on my LG android phone and the icon appears but nothing happens when I tap it
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Simple, but does the job, always check this now as part of my pre-flight checks..
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I don't like seeing the ''k index updated'' message popping up all the time when I'm using other apps. I do like being able to see the k index at a glance. Works well when I'm flying my phantom.
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I would like an option to exit the app so it is not running all the time.
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This is an excellent app. However, I'd rather have it running when I want it, rather than running all the time in the background. With that modification it definitely warrants 5 stars
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I let it run all day and it doesn't use hardly nothing for battery... just go to app manager and kill it and it won't run again until you want it too... Some settings would be cool in the future.
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I'm also seeing the continuing "updated" message, and it seems to do this very frequently for me. That, combined with my inability to make it stop, forced me to uninstall it. However, I stumbled across the lite version of this app, and it does exactly what I want! I give it 5 stars!
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Please update for 4.4.4. Currently refreshing too much and showing 'k-index updated' too much. Especially annoying when overlayed on the keyboard. Rather being in the notification bar, please add an option for a widget that refreshes every so often, or on click.
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K-index monitor for The USA only, useless for me as I live in Australia. Otherwise it's a nice app.