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Re: Obtaining a position fix with an android phone?
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2016 Oct 10, 23:14 -0500
Tom Sult, MD
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2016 Oct 10, 23:14 -0500
If you have the phone and a battery with juice... you have a GPS. Far better than the best sextant. Having said that I have star pilot on my iPhone.
Tom Sult, MD
Author: JUST BE WELL
I can think of at least one Android app that does what you describe. It is called StarStruck Navigation. The Help says it is only good to 1º, which, IMHO, is a stretch. And, if doing a sight on the sun, your best bet, if you don't have some kind of filter, is to use the shadow of the phone/tablet.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Fraser Kitchell <NoReply_Kitchell@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000---.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 10, 2016 11:04 pm
Subject: [NavList] Obtaining a position fix with an android phone?
Hi All,I'm not sure if this will be sacrilege in this forum, but I'm curious: has anyone heard of using an android tablet or phone to make a sight for the purposes of determining your position? In this case, the device would be used like a sextant, reliant on it's internal sensors to determine altitude. If anyone is away of software that might be available for this sort of thing, I would love to discuss.Thanks in advance
