The Marine Compass


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Nothing fancy, no extra functions,
complications or
applications. Just a marine
compass with bearing, which is all you need, really.
How to…
Point the black arrow on the upper
side of your
screen against a
target and read the bearing.
Select magnetic or true depending
on whether
you wish to read
magnetic north or true north.
If you are moving you will get your
COG
(course over ground), and SOG (speed
over ground). If not
moving, both COG and SOG
will
read zero.
As the only additional function you
can always
read your position
in latitude/longitude.
Keep in mind that your smartphone
sometimes
needs to calibrate.
Adopt the habit to always
start by moving
your device in circles.
To make sure that
you are getting the correct data,
always check with
another compass,
mechanical or other device. Due to limitations
of smartphones you
should never make
important decisions based upon the
smartphone compass
only.
We hope you will enjoy The Marine
Compass
and find it useful.
Background
We always found it very
user-friendly to have a
handheld compass
when all you want to do is
read the bearing.
Thus, we decided to create
an app since our
phones are glued to our
hands anyway! So we did.
Nothing more
exciting or
groundbreaking than that.
Take care out
there and always navigate safe!
The Marine Compass team
info@themarinecompass.com
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