How to use “Planimeter - GPS Area Measure” on iOS and Android in Manual Tracking Mode.

Tracking Mode is one of the distinctive features of Planimeter - GPS Area Measure app. It can be used to measure track or path distances and to measure areas of objects or territories by  driving/biking/walking around. You have an option to set GPS accuracy (if GPS is available on your device) and time interval for dropping a pin. If both conditions are satisfied, your current location is added to to the track automatically. Please note, mobile GPS provides accuracy ~2-3m in the best conditions, so make sure it is enough to satisfy your particular requirements.

Sometimes you want to measure an area or distance using tracking feature but you need to place waypoints manually only at certain locations and avoid redundant points in between. You can do it by selecting MANUAL option for the tracking time interval

[LONG TOUCH on Track button ]

to see  time interval options for Tracking Mode.  “Set Point”  button will appear at the bottom of the screen. Now when you start tracking,  your current location - green pin - will be constantly updated as long as GPS accuracy condition is satisfied.  When you are ready to add a point to your measurement track -  just touch “Set Point”  button.

Tracking Mode with Manual option is a very handy feature and can be applied for different tasks. For example, it can be used for mapping objects or places for later use or visit.

Another application where manual tracking can be useful is marking your property with poles. First you can manually (by touch) build a pole line on maps  in Planimeter with required distances between pins. Then you can use Tracking with Manual option enabled to visually estimate your current location (green pin) relative to the planned path and red pins (poles) on it. As soon as you are close enough to the planned point you can place a pole and move to the next point.

Planimeter Manual for iOS

Described functionality available on both iOS and Android versions of the app.

Planimeter - GPS Area Measure for iOS. How to manage files. Save and Open previously saved measurements.

This video demonstrates how to  manage your measurements using Save and Open features in recently released Planimeter - GPS Area Measure app on iOS.

This functionality is very useful not only for saving your area and distance measurements but also can be very handy for storing your favorite locations to visit later again or to map an initial spot you want come back to (e.g. to find your car, property, house, park, tent, tree, etc.)

Planimeter - GPS Area Measure is our mobile application for different land measurements on maps using Geo-coordinates, Satellite view with manual touch or GPS tracking. The app can be applied in such areas as farming, road building and repairing, construction and planning, solar panel installation, real estate business, hiking and travel and many others.

"Planimeter - GPS Area Measure" - popular Android app for measurements on maps is now available for iOS.

We have had many requests from users about developing iOS version of our popular map measurement app - “Planimeter - GPS area measure”. The app has been available on Android platform for some time  and received very positive feedback.

We are proud to announce that the first version of "Planimeter - GPS area measure" has been released and available on the App Store.

This version of the app is not exact copy of the Android tool in terms of functionality. Android version of Planimeter has evolved over time (with kind help, feedback  and suggestions from the app users) from a simple tool for manual distance estimation on Google Maps to the tool with many handy features used by professionals on a daily basis.  The first iOS version of the app uses Apple Maps and already offers plenty of features for comfortable and productive work:

• Accurate distance and area calculation
• Metric and Imperial units (m, km, feet, yards, miles, ha, acres)
• Angle between lines
• Bearings To and From selected point
• Forth and Back navigation through points by touch on Info Panel
• GPS coordinates of a point
• GPS accuracy settings (if GPS available)
• Manage previously saved projects: open, save, share KML files
• KML files created by Planimeter can be imported to  Google Earth and Google Maps to view on a desktop
• Send data by email: picture, coordinates as text message, KML file
• Save KML or TXT in local storage
• Map/Satellite View
• Zoom and Edit points
• Current location search
• Text (address) search
• Delete selected/last/all points
• Zoom to Fit-in and center points on a screen - quick points search
• Add points by touch
• Add current location as a point
• Show location with Latitude and Longitude coordinates
• Add points by Geo-coordinates: Lat and Lng
• Option to center last point added
• Option to show/hide lines
• Preferences: location accuracy, tracking time interval, delete points confirmation, sound option for tracking
• Separate units settings for distance, area, perimeter
• Target Mode for accurate pin placement
• Show current coordinates in Target Mode
• Stylus Draw Mode
• Full-screen option
• GPS TRACKING
• Manual pin placement option in GPS Tracking

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You can read our recent post, Measurements on Google Maps using Planimeter App, about Android version that gives a good overview of the app, its applications and user experience with the app. We hope the app  will also be useful for iOS users.

Here is an example how you can quickly estimate area on the map in manual mode:

We would appreciate any feedback, early bug reports and improvement suggestions from you. Please contact us at support@vistechprojects.com.

"Planimeter - GPS Area Measure" with new Magnifying Glass / Zoom feature - even more accurate measurements on Google Maps.

Update v3.8.0 for “Planimeter - GPS Area Measure” on Android features Magnifying Glass option in Edit Mode.

This feature comes in handy when you need to adjust pins accurately on the map  while working in Edit Mode. It solves the problem with fingers blocking a view while editing your measurements  and also brings some extra zoom for more accurate pin placement.

Magnifying Glass option is available in Preferences and  enabled by default in the latest version of the app.

See a short video how the new zoom feature helps to place pins on Google Maps accurately: