KOMPASS Outdoor & Hiking Maps vs GPS Waypoints Usage & Stats
Where the paved roads end, KOMPASS's world begins. Our outdoor and hiking map app is the perfect companion for your hikes, mountain tours, cycling or MTB adventures and other outdoor activities.
Navigate with professional maps featuring marked trail networks, signs, landscape names, summits, as well as nature reserves, highlights and huts both on and off the beaten path.
Choose from thousands of editorially reviewed and certified hiking and biking tours, described by experienced authors. As a PRO member, gain access to everything you need for relaxed hikes with family and friends or adventures in undiscovered areas away from the crowds.
Features & Content:
Tour Recording & Planning
Genuine KOMPASS Hiking and Outdoor Maps
OFFLINE Storage of Maps and Tours
Satellite Map with Additional Information and Points of Interest
Slope Overlay (Alps)
GPS-Location, Live-Tracking
Import of GPX Data
KOMPASS Certified Hiking and Biking Tours with descriptions
Tour Filtering (Difficulty, Distance, Mountain hut…), Tour Types, Elevation Profiles
Digital Hiking and Biking Guides for Various Holiday Destinations
On www.kompass.de/outdoorkarte/, PRO members have access to additional maps (public transportation, topography, Switzerland), advanced tour planning, and a clear and fast tour search. Saved tours are automatically synchronized with the app.
FREE TRIAL PERIOD OF THE PRO SUBSCRIPTION:
The app with basic features (base map, location, tour recording) is free (KOMPASS Basic). With a KOMPASS PRO membership, you have access to all features and content. After registering, we offer you a trial period for PRO (activatable on www.kompass.de in your profile settings). The subscription ends automatically.
THE GENUINE HIKING MAPS & OUTDOOR MAPS:
Our maps strike the ideal balance between content density and clarity. Not every hiking trail is a via ferrata, and not every mountain hut is accessible by a mountain bike trail. Paths, trails, and climbs, rest stops, viewpoints, landmarks, etc., are clearly marked or labeled. As a PRO member, you can easily read this information and more from the map materials of over 500 KOMPASS hiking maps.
THEMATICALLY MARKED TRAIL NETWORKS:
Hiking and biking trails, bike parks, trails, via ferrata, ski tours, cross-country ski tracks
Quality hiking trails: certified by the German Hiking Association
Long-distance hiking trails: E-paths, Camino de Santiago, Via Romea, …
Long-distance cycling trails: Weser Cycle Path, Elbe Cycle Path, EuroVelo, …
Conduct and Disclaimer:
All trails and tours are researched to the best of our knowledge and are intended as suggestions. Use them at your own risk. The actual condition and usability of trails and terrain can change temporarily or permanently due to natural events, landowners, and structural changes. Data updates occur after research. Always adhere to any prohibitions, signs, and markings on-site. Current local inquiries are necessary. KOMPASS-Karten GmbH cannot assume liability under any circumstances.
About KOMPASS-Karten GmbH:
Since 1953, KOMPASS has stood for reliable quality. We are the world's largest producer of high-quality hiking, biking, and ski tour maps. In our versatile range, every outdoor enthusiast can find the right product: from northern Germany through Austria to Italy, Istria, Mallorca, and the Canary Islands.
www.kompass.de/produkte/produktfinder/
Further Information and Notes:
Continuous use of GPS can significantly reduce battery life.
In the App Store, you can manage subscriptions, cancel them, and disable automatic renewal after purchase.
For questions or comments, contact: support@kompass.at
Privacy Policy: www.kompass.de/service/datenschutz/
Terms of Use: www.kompass.de/kompass-pro-allgemeine-geschaefts-und-nutzungsbedingungen/
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Multi-purpose mapping and surveying tool for both professional and personal use. The tool is valuable in several professional land-based surveying activities, including agriculture, forest management, infrastructure maintenance (e.g. roads and electrical networks), urban planning & real estate and emergencies mapping. It is also used for personal outdoor activities, such as hiking, running, walking, travelling and geocaching.
The application collects Points (such as points of interest) and Paths (sequence of points) to perform mapping and surveying activities. The Points, that are acquired with accuracy information, can be classified by the user with specific tags or characterized with photos. The Paths are created as a temporal sequence of newly acquired Points (e.g. to record a track) or alternatively with existing Points (e.g to create a route). Paths allows to measure distances and, if closed, forms Polygons that allows the determination of areas and perimeters. Both Points and Paths can be exported to a KML, GPX and CSV file and thus be processed externally with a geospatial tool.
The application uses the internal GPS receiver from the mobile device (typically with accuracies >3m) or, alternatively, allows professional users attaining better accuracies with a Bluetooth external GNSS receiver compatible with NMEA stream format (e.g. RTK receivers with centimeter level precision). See below some examples of the external receivers supported.
The application includes the following features:
- Acquire current position with accuracy and navigation information;
- Provide details of the active and visible satellites (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BEIDOU and other);
- Create Points with accuracy information, classify them with Tags, attach photos and convert coordinates into a human-readable address (reverse geocoding);
- Import Points from geographic coordinates (lat, long) or by searching for a street address/point of interest (geocoding);
- Create Paths by acquiring sequences of points manually or automatically;
- Import Paths from existing Points;
- Create survey's themes with custom Tags for classifing Points and Paths
- Get directions and distances from current position to Points and Paths using a magnetic or gps compass;
- Export Points and Paths to KML and GPX file format;
- Share data with other applications (e.g. Dropbox/Google Drive);
- Configure positioning source for the internal receiver or using an external receiver.
The Premium subscription include the following professional features:
- Backup and restore user's data (it also allows transfer data from one handset to another);
- Export Waypoints and Paths to CSV file format;
- Export Waypoints with photos to KMZ file
- Import multiple Points and Paths from CSV and GPX files;
- Sort and filter Points and Paths by creation time, name and proximity;
- Satellite signal analysis and interferences detection.
The Maps feature is an extra paid funcionality that allows selecting and visualizing your Points, Paths and Polygons on Open Street Maps.
Additionally to the internal mobile receiver, the current version is known to work with the following external receivers: Bad Elf GNSS Surveyor; Garmin Glo; Navilock BT-821G; Qstarz BT-Q818XT; Trimple R1; ublox F9P.
If you successfully tested the application with another external receiver please provide us your feedback as a user or manufacturer in order to extend this list.
For further information check our site (https://www.bluecover.pt/gps-waypoints) and get the details of our complete offer:
- Free and Premium features (https://www.bluecover.pt/gps-waypoints/features)
- GISUY Receivers (https://www.bluecover.pt/gisuy-gnss-receiver/)
- Enterprise (https://www.bluecover.pt/gps-waypoints/enterprise-version/)
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KOMPASS Outdoor & Hiking Maps VS. 
GPS WaypointsDecember 8, 2024