New Android Sailing App : SailFreeGPS

[UFO]

Nice looking App Fred - Will try it out soon.


Have you got around the issue of the later versions of Android putting the GPS to sleep after around 20 mins after the screens goes off?

[lask]

Thanks fred seems good to try today from athens to aegina island.

[Sailormanbigd]

Thanks, very responsive! out of the box usability, no adds, no brainer!

[StuM]

I like the ease of sharing the data.

[Fred31]

Originally Posted by SeanPatrick

Would it be possible to add an option for a rectangular heading graph similar to the speed graph? I feel it would be better for correlating speed with heading.

Thank you for your suggestion



At the begining I implemented a linear graph but I finally consider it wasn't relevant when saliing close to 0° ... The values were fluctuating from 3° to 356° for example and back again
I keep the idea of correlation between the 2 graphs...


Fred

[Ted and Relinda]

don't apologize for your English. It's a lot better than 99 percent of our guys French...

[Fred31]

Hello,


I have just uploaded a new release with some bug fix (for some strange device ) and now SailFreeGps keeps screen on.


Fred

[SeanPatrick]

Originally Posted by Fred31

At the begining I implemented a linear graph but I finally consider it wasn't relevant when saliing close to 0° ... The values were fluctuating from 3° to 356° for example and back again

Understood. Thanks!

[Juho]

Originally Posted by Fred31

Thank you for your suggestion



At the begining I implemented a linear graph but I finally consider it wasn't relevant when saliing close to 0° ... The values were fluctuating from 3° to 356° for example and back again
I keep the idea of correlation between the 2 graphs...


Fred

A floating window where the range of displayed values could sometimes be from 0 to 360, and sometimes e.g. from 180 to 180 (i.e. first from 180 to 360, and then continuing from 0 to 180) could be one way to approach this problem. The middle/centre value could also be your current direction, or your target direction. Just a thought.

[Fred31]

Hello,
I have just released a new version displaying on the full screen (no more bottom menu). So I have introduced a more classic left side menu.
Fred

[grecko]

Looks like a useful app. Will try it for sure.

[hoolie]

Thanks for the update. I find that dragging the menu in from the left is much more difficult to use as my tablet has a case that partly obscures the edges of the screen. Not much better on my phone.

On-board just being able to select menu items is far easier, more convenient and well worth the small loss of display area.

[Fred31]

I will see what I can do ...

[StuM]

I prefer just a swipe to slide between pages.

[hoolie]

Sitting at home or down in the cabin I might agree, but not so practical on deck. Needs two hands as well unless your device is hard mounted