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Re: Photo sextant sights & Apps
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2016 Sep 16, 08:36 -0400
Don Seltzer
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2016 Sep 16, 08:36 -0400
I have the Spyglass app on my ipad. Confusing instructions, but I have used it for a few simple tasks, such as measuring the grade of a road and estimating a few structural heights. I'd guess that accuracy was on the order of a quarter of a degree.
The navigation claim is nonsense.On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:38 AM, Andrés Ruiz <NoReply_AndresRuiz@fer3.com> wrote:
I am still interested in Photo sextant sights, while I am searching about orthophotos, I found this App.Has anyone used this application?Sounds well, but it seems that is not true...TRACK STARS, SUN AND MOON & NAVIGATE BY STARSTrack positions of stars, Sun and Moon with arc second precision – use them as a reference to calibrate compass for maximum accuracy.SEXTANT, ANGULAR CALCULATOR AND INCLINOMETERFind out heights of objects and distances to them – measure visually and calculate dimensions and distances.CAMERATake pictures overlaid with all available GPS, positional and directional data.Regards,--
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