GPS Test Plus Navigation

Chartcross Limited

About this app

Check to GPS reception in your area, update AGPS data for faster fix times all this and simple offroad navigation as well.

Supports GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, SBAS, BEIDOU and QZSS satellites.

The navigation functions can replace your 'Car Finder' app and also be used for Geocaching. It records unlimited saved locations, so you can navigate a simple route as well.

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http://www.facebook.com/GpsTest

GPS Test Plus has five screens full of information: -

1) GPS signal (SNR) bar chart, showing the signal strength for each satellite, as well as the accuracy and status of the GPS.

2) Satellite positions in the sky (skyview), shown on a rotating compass.

3) Your current location on the earth shown as text and on a world map. The current position of the sun and the day/night transition curve is also shown.

4) Compass or Navigation tool.

5) Fully configurable dashboard view, shows current speed, heading, altitude and other fields as text or as dials.

6) The current time read from the GPS and the local time in your current timezone, as well as the sunrise and sunset times at your location.

Useful for navigation or geocaching.

Supported Coordinate Grids:-
OSGB, UTM, MGRS, USNG, CH1903, Maidenhead.

Supported Datums:-
WGS84, NAD83, NAD27, ED50, AGD66, AGD84, SAD69

All the features of GPS Test, plus:-

* Speedometer, Altimeter and Compass dials.
* Seven segment display font.
* Dot matrix display font.
* HUD display mode for windscreens.
(The display is mirrored so that it shows the right way round when the phone is placed on a car's dash and the reflection is viewed in the windscreen).
* Share location.
* Import and export waypoints in GPX and KML formats.

The app has several colour schemes, which could be used to match other instrumentation, used along side the app. It has a "night mode" colour schemes as well.

Works large screen tablets and in the new Android 7.0 split screen mode.

Blog for GPSTest http://gpstestapp.blogspot.com/

Ratings and reviews

I have used this app for quite a while. However, I just purchased a OnePlus 12 and I am having the same issue reported by others: the buttons are too close to the top and no longer work when tapped. The workaround I'm using is to turn it into landscape mode, which then seems to return functionality to the buttons. But I agree with other posters, this issue needs to be fixed or the developer needs to instruct people on a workaround. I'm downgrading my review accordingly, from 5 to 3 stars.

It took me a while to understand that I was getting the size problem as well; as described by Laurence Berland. It renders inaccessible the on-screen top control functions. It's been such a great app that I upgraded to Plus a long time ago. But now several of those Plus features can't be used. The center top icon is being displayed on top of the phone's camera plus I can't access settings. ChartCross, you have to fix this.

App performs reliably, and from what I can see by comparing with the GPS in my car, it's quite accurate. I've used it after changing tire size to see if my speedometer was still accurate; to determine approximate altitude while hiking in the mountains; to align my TV's indoor antenna; and to get compass bearings when storm spotting. It's a very useful smartphone app.

What’s new

Fixed font issues.
Updated copyright year.
Fixed disclaimer text.
Fixed setting update issues.
Update to support the latest Billing library.
Removed test display font.
Fixed the fuzzy font problem, on some phones.
Fixed show on map bug.