Rockd

UW Macrostrat

About this app

Explore, learn about, and document your geologic surroundings! Whether you are a professional geoscientist or curious about the rocks around you and the stories they tell, Rockd allows you to explore and learn about the geologic record, contribute your own observations, and log your journey through the geologic record.

Features:
- Instant access to geologic and geographic summaries of your current location via a Dashboard
- Interactive global access to more than 140 geologic maps, with more being added weekly
- See your past location and explore paleogeographic maps from C.R. Scotese and GPlates
- Explore published literature containing mentions of mapped geologic units (when available) via GeoDeepDive
- Elevation data for most points on Earth from SRTM, GMTED, NED and ETOPO1
- Add your own field observations even offline; tag features from Macrostrat and the Paleobiology Database
- Record strike/dip or trend/plunge for geologic features, using your phone's compass
- Track your progress through the geologic record privately, or share it with others
- See the public activity of other users and share your own and other public checkins using unique URLs

Rockd is produced by the Macrostrat lab in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Support provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Dept. of Geoscience.

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Ratings and reviews

I really like it so far, but I can't view all of the boxes on the dashboard, some are hidden behind the bottom bar. Even though it has camera access, I can't access my camera or photos... This seems like a big issue if I can't check in or even change my profile picture.

Great app! I wish I could change the colors of certain areas or at least edit areas to my liking with my own sort of account. Not sure how possible this would be though.

Everything geology on one app, global maps, mineral info, palaeography, fossils and a compass-clino. Would only ask for a slightly higher resolution of maps in Australia and the option to remove superficial geology. Great app!

What's new

Updated privacy policy and terms of service with account deletion information