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Solocator is a GPS camera for fieldwork or when you need photos for proof. Overlay and stamp photos with location, direction, altitude, date & time taken. With the Industry Pack (In-App Purchase), capture field notes such as project name, photo description, company or username.
Solocator is used by many industries, government agencies and professionals across the globe for photo documentation.
TAILOR OVERLAY INFORMATION TO YOUR NEEDS
Select information you need to capture & stamp on your photos:
+ GPS position (Latitude & Longitude in various formats) ± Accuracy
+ UTM/MGRS coordinate formats (Industry Pack)
+ Compass direction–bearing
+ Altitude (Metric & Imperial units)
+ Tilt & Roll angles
+ Crosshair
+ Local date & time based on your GPS location
+ Local time zone
+ UTC time
+ Show compass
+ Street address (Industry Pack)
+ Show cardinal direction in Building mode, e.g. North elevation of a building face.
+ Option to use abbreviations or Unicode characters for direction, position and altitude.
CAMERA
Overlays are designed for both back and front selfie cameras. Ultra-wide angle and pre-set zoom buttons are supported within pinch zoom, plus other standard camera controls, including self-timer, flash and exposure.
AUTOSAVE PHOTOS TO iCLOUD & CAMERA ROLL
Take and autosave two photos at once: one stamped with the selected overlays and the other as an original high-resolution photo.
SORT, SEARCH, SHARE OR EMAIL
+ Photos are sorted by time, location, distance from current location and project name if using the Industry Pack.
+ View photo direction and location in map view and navigate there.
+ Share photos individually or as a zip file via the share sheet.
+ Search for photos by date, date range or with the Industry Pack search by text used in notes and address.
+ Email photos including the following information:
- Exif metadata
- Compass direction
- GPS position ± accuracy
- Altitude
- Tilt & Roll
- Date & time taken
- Street address (Industry Pack)
- Elevation of building face viewed
- Links to maps so the receiver can navigate there easily
INDUSTRY PACK (In-App Purchase) “One-time charge”
EDITABLE NOTES OVERLAY
Stamp your photos with "Project name", "Description" & “Watermark”. The Project Name field could be used as a job or ticket number. The Watermark field is typically used for company or username. You can also edit these fields later.
CUSTOM EXPORT FILENAME
Define your photo export filename from a selection of fields: Project Name, Description, Watermark, Street Address, Date/Time, Number# and the Custom text field.
BATCH EDIT NOTES OVERLAY FIELDS
Select multiple photos from the library and edit Project Name, Description & Watermark fields in one go.
STREET ADDRESS & UTM/MGRS
Add street address to your overlay or use UTM/, UTM Bands & MGRS coordinate formats instead of Lat/Long.
AUTOSAVE OR EXPORT PHOTOS TO CLOUD STORAGE
Autosave original and stamped photos to Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive (Personal & For Business), including SharePoint Sites and Teams. You can also save photos in date or project name subfolders - automatically. Or select and export photos later.
PHOTO DATA in KML, KMZ & CSV
Along with photos, email or export photo data and notes in KML, KMZ or CSV formats. Both email and export buttons are customisable to suit your data requirements.
TRACK PHOTOS IN MAP VIEW
View photos by direction, the distance between photos, area of photos taken and distance to your added markers via imported KML files or dropped pins.
REFINE & LOCK GPS LOCATION
Ideal for those working in and around buildings; to improve your GPS location. You can also use it to lock the asset position you're photographing.
COMPACT VIEW
Switch off Compass, Building and Street modes and only show the GPS info bar on top of photos for a more compact view.
VPP Customers: https://solocator.com/enterprise-app-for-mdms/
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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MilGPS is an MGRS/USNG focused premium navigation tool trusted by soldiers, search and rescue personnel and other professional navigators around the world. View your current location and navigate to a waypoint in seconds. Or plan and organize your navigation using the powerful and intuitive mapping and overlay capabilities.
FEATURES
Display your current location in real time
- Cell phone signal not required but will make location fixes faster (maps require a data connection)
- Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) & United States National Grid (USNG) (4, 6 8 10 figure grid references supported)
- Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
- Latitude/Longitude (degrees, degrees and minutes, degrees minutes seconds supported)
- Ordnance Survey National Grid (grid and easting/northing in metres)
- Military date time groups for local/zulu time
- All info is displayed in large, clear text for easy viewing at all times
- Location and navigate screens are fully customisable - choose what info you want to see
- Wide variety of datums supported including WGS84, NAD27, OSGB36, AGD66, ED50
- Define up to 3 combinations of datum and location format for location display and waypoint entry
Create and navigate to waypoints
- Unlimited waypoints (upper limit dependent on device storage and memory)
- Enter waypoints from current location, map or using any of the above supported location formats.
- Live update of distance/bearing as you enter coordinates (sanity check your grids)
- Waypoints are fully editable, and can be sorted by distance or name
- "Quick goto" feature for quickly entering grids and navigating to them - accepts shortened MGRS grids.
- Receive an arrival indication as you approach your waypoint
- Import and export waypoints via the standard GPX file format (routes and tracks not currently supported)
Mapping
- View current location and waypoints on map, complete with custom smooth scrolling grid overlay (MGRS/USNG/OSNG/UTM)
- Choice of Apple or Google maps.
- Display user-supplied offline maps in raster MBTiles format.
- Use the crosshairs to position new waypoints and measure distances/bearings
- Choose from standard/satellite/hybrid/blank map type
- Grid overlay with labels for grid zones, 100km, 10km, 1km, 100m squares
- Map can be set to follow your current location and/or heading.
Other features
- Simple, intuitive interface.
- Supports a wide variety of location, angle, altitude, and distance formats.
Why choose MilGPS over other apps?
- MilGPS is under active development and testing (since 2010)
- MilGPS is painstakingly crafted by an independent developer
- MilGPS emphasises accuracy, simplicity, ease of use and stability
Things that aren't in the app (yet):
- track recording
- route planning
- online mapping sources other than Apple and Google maps
App Store Privacy Information Note
Because you can choose to use Google maps in the app, we are required to disclose the data collected by Google in our App Store listing. If you do not use Google maps minimal data is collected. See our privacy policy for details.
NOTE: Mapping function requires a data connection. WiFi-only iPads are not supported because they don't have a GPS receiver. Using GPS will shorten battery life.
WARNING:
YOUR USE OF MILGPS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK
MilGPS is an aid to navigation only and is intended to be used in conjunction with other navigation methods and tools.
MilGPS must not be used where relying on MilGPS could result in death, injury or financial loss. This includes use on military operations, live-firing activities, aviation and surveying use.
MilGPS is not tested to military specifications and is not endorsed by the military of any nation. MilGPS is not a substitute for military issue equipment.
Your use of MilGPS is governed by the standard App Store Licensed Application End User License Agreement.
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