«Satellite Finder AR» - is a professional app with augmented reality for satellite antennas configuration.

Description:
You will find the satellite and check the line of sight fast and easily.

«Satellite Finder AR» - is also a transponder database of all TV/RADIO satellites. You can easily find satellite antenna configuration parameters.

Features:
- Shows azimuth, elevation, LNB skew angels for the desired satellite
- Shows frequency, polarization, FEC, Symbol Rate
- Shows official site links, coding algorithm if supported and free-to-air or not status
- Group by C and Ku frequencies
- Search by frequency, channel name, radio station, internet provider, tech info
- Search through all satellites
- Search by satellite name
- Channel filtration: radio, video, internet, data for the chosen satellite
- Entirely off-line version

An enormous data base with more than 190 satellites, 5000 transponders, 14300 video channels, 4000 radio stations and 260 Internet service providers.

User manual:
- For best accuracy hold your device vertically.
- Press on the "Augmented reality " button to enter video mode.
- To calibrate the compass make several 8-shaped movements in horizontal plane to enhance satellite azimuth location.
- Look at device display and try to get 180° at "Heading" indicator if you are in the northern hemisphere and 0° if you are in the southern hemisphere. All available satellites are at the equator.
- Now you should be able to see satellites available for your geoposition.

Lite version without augmented reality feature available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xcodium.satellitetransponders

If you like “Satellite Finder AR”, please rate it 5-stars in Google Play! We are read all your reviews and strive to make this app better with every update. We pay great attention to your opinion and take it into account while working on newer versions. It is you who help us to improve the app.

Thanks for using “Satellite Finder AR”!

Keywords:
satellite finder, satellite antenna alignment, augmented reality, satellite transponders, satfinder, sat finder, satellite service, satellite provider, satellite tv, dish pointer, satellite location
mobile augmented reality, sat finder android, sat tv, general satellite, sat internet

This application was developed in order to assist in the alignment of Ku-Band (as well as some C-Band) satellite dishes.

It is very easy to use. Simply click on the “Find My Location” button in order to set your current latitude and longitude. Select the satellite you wish to align and then click on the calculate button. The results are shown in °E from North. Using a compass this will give you the approximate initial position for your selected satellite.

NB: LNB skew should be set as if you are standing behind the dish looking at the LNB feedhorn

Position is obtained via GPS if available. However positioning accuracy when using the standard built in “network” provider (aka Skyhook) works perfectly well. It is only necessary to get a reading of within 5 kms of your target. Even at this range your dish alignment will only be approximately 0.1° out.

The GPS receiver will activate for a period of 1 minute. If no GPS fix is found during this time then it will automatically fallback to Skyhook. If you are indoors and cannot obtain a GPS fix, you have the option of cancelling the search with the button “Stop GPS”.

Assists in alignment of satellite dish antennas using augmented reality. Determines local position by using GPS/Skyhook; Automatically computes all values necessary to align antenna; uses magnetic sensor to help during alignment (emits sound when aligned). Ideal for RVs, Campers, aligning second dish, or use as professional installer.

* Camera Support
* Auto/Manual Image Capture with email/save
* Alignment Assist
* Custom Point of Interest (POI) using Google Seach
* Multi-LNB Support
* Over 250 satellites (Europe/Americas/USA ...)
* Specify Favorite Satellites for quick lookup

PolarFinder is an useful tool for helping you in polar alignment of your mount. PolarFinder shows you the actual of the Polaris or the Sigma Octantis using the system time and GPS location. PolarFinder is an astronomical app. Pro version with no ADS.

With this program you can easily align your satellite dish. To have determine the direction satellite dish, you'll should get up near of dish, should wait for the best accuracy, should fix your position - long tap or menu, and, moving away, get your current azimuth, most closely matching the nominal azimuth. The program uses to determine a coordinates of the GPS, the accuracy which is about 5 meters, so for the most accurate determination of your current azimuth is recommended you to move away at 50-100 m.
Dish pointer helper. Google maps view.

SatFinder, an Android satellite finder.

SatFinder is a tool for finding TV satellites and aligning satellite dishes. Use you AR camera view to see and target satellites in the sky.

* New feature: Touch screen to take a screenshot of Augmented Reality view

SatFinder uses your phone sensors to detect your physical location and calculates azimuth and elevation needed for your satellite antenna to face.

Augmented Reality View:
Use your camera for Augmented Reality View which paints the satellite icons in places where they're positioned in the sky. It gives a realistic view to the sky and it helps to make sure there is a line of sight (LOS), i.e. no obstacles, such as tree branches or house tops, between the satellite dish and the satellite itself.

Target Satellite View:
Use Target Satellite View to find or to "lock onto" a particular satellite. Direction arrows simply guide you to the desired satellite position.

tags: satellites, sat tv, satellite finder, tv satellite, satellite pointer, dish finder, satellite dish, satellite tv, compass

Use your phone's camera to quickly and easily determine where commonly used satellites appear in the sky. An Augmented Reality app that DirecTV and Dish Network Installers can appreciate. Hold the phone in landscape mode, launch the app, and it will draw the location of every known geostationary satellite on the screen allowing you to quickly identify any potential line of sight issues. Using the camera button will allow you to capture the current screen contents to the SD card, for documentation or to show the customer. For a phone without a camera button, simply tapping the screen or the search button will also capture the screen contents. Bringing the cross-hairs close to a satellite marker will show the computed look angles at the bottom of the screen. Hassle free money back guarantee. If you have a problem, email me, you will find that we are very responsive. Perfect for RV'ers, or Professional Installers.

Works with all geostationary satellites
Select satellites from a list
Azimuth, elevation and skew calculations
Screen capture, saves screen image to SD card

Notes: You must hold the phone in landscape mode (sideways) and make sure the phone pitch is 0, otherwise it can throw off the azimuth and elevation. Azimuth is above the cross hairs, elevation to the left, and roll is lower right. Also, if you have a problem, email me. Developers do not look at the comments and it is not a good method of reaching us.

The latest version asks for permission to access the internet only so that exception reports can be sent, to help us fix any unknown issues with the app.

NOTE: Some users have noticed a problem after upgrading to Gingerbread (2.3.3). Gingerbread has a compass bug, causing issues with apps that use the compass/accelerometer. Google "Gingerbread compass" for more information.

This program is a data base of all TV/RADIO satellites in the world. You can easily find satellite antenna configuration parameters.

Features:
- Shows azimuth, elevation, LNB skew angels for the desired satellite
- Shows frequency, polarization, FEC, Symbol Rate
- Shows official site links, coding algorithm if supported and free-to-air or not status
- Group by C and Ku frequencies
- Search by frequency, channel name, radio station, internet provider, tech info
- Search through all satellites
- Search by satellite name
- Channel filtration: radio, video, internet, data for the chosen satellite
- Entirely off-line version

An enormous data base with more than 190 satellites, 5000 transponders, 14300 video channels, 4000 radio stations and 260 Internet service providers.

Professional version with augmented reality feature available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xcodium.satellitefinderar

If you like “Satellite Transponders”, please rate it 5-stars in Google Play! We are read all your reviews and strive to make this app better with every update. We pay great attention to your opinion and take it into account while working on newer versions. It is you who help us to improve the app.

Thanks for using “Satellite Transponders”!

Keywords:
satellite finder, satellite antenna alignment, augmented reality, satellite transponders, satfinder, sat finder, satellite service, satellite provider, satellite tv, dish pointer, satellite location
mobile augmented reality, sat finder android, sat tv, general satellite, sat internet

This is the pay version of SatFinder. This app is optimized for Android 4.0. On older devices it will look a bit different than on the screenshot...

SatFinder (Satellite Finder) is a tool which will help you to set up satellite dish. It will give you azimuth, elevation and LNB tilt for your location (based on GPS) and chosen satellite from list. The result is shown both as numeric data and graphical on google maps. It has also built in compass which will help you to find proper satellite azimuth.

The satellite list is complete and includes all televison satellites, so the app should work worldwide. If you found some errors please send me e-mail. It will help me make this app better ;)

Since version 1.07 there is whole world FTA and encrypted channels database. It take a few seconds to show whole list so be patient. It use internet connection. Top 10 countries got fixed language on nice list. The list will be updated. The users from another countries can type language manual. But the list uses language shortcuts, for example - English = eng, German = ger, etc... The channel list is still incomplete - I'm working on it. If you find error on list please send me e-mail...

SatCalc Pro is a powerful satellite antenna angle calculator and Augmented Reality Satellite Finder / dish pointer. It can accurately calculate and indicate the look and skew angles of almost 500 communications satellites.

If you require a satellite that isn't included in SatCalc Pro Satellite Finder / Dish Pointer, please leave a comment including details of the requested satellite, and we will try to include in in the next update of the satellite finder.

Dish Pointer supports:
INTELSAT, INMARSAT, TIANLIAN, EUTELSAT, AMC, LUCH, COSMOS, OPTUS, APSTAR, SUPERBIRD, BEIDOU, JCSAT, CHINASAT, PALAPA, AFRICASAT-2, ABS, KIKU-8, MTSAT, MBSAT, KIZUNA, SINOSAT, ST, HIMAWARI-6, EXPRESS-AM, N-STAR, VINASAT, ZHONGXING, COMS, , FENGYUN, GARUDA, ASIASAT, THAICOM, TELKOM, INDOSTAR, KOREASAT, N-SAT, BSAT, ASTRA, NSS, SES, ASIASTAR, EXPRESS, INSAT, KODAMA, YAMAL, TDRS, CHINASTAR, KAZSAT, RADUGA, HORIZONS, GSAT, ESIAFI, TELSTAR, ELEKTRO, KALPANA, LEASAT, RADUGA-1M, GALAXY, METEOSAT, BONUM, DIRECTV, DP, SKYNET, YAHSAT, SIRIUS, SYRACUSE, AZERSPACE, AFRICASAT, NIMIQ, THURAYA, NIGCOMSAT, TURKSAT, HELLAS-SAT, AKSAT, NATO, ARABSAT, EUROBIRD, DFH, HYLAS, ORIZONT, XTAR, BADR, AMOS, COMSATBW, RADUGA-1, RASCOM, THOR, MSG, NILESAT, HISPASAT, ECHOSTAR, AMAZONAS, GOES, BRASILSAT, STAR, QUETZSAT, VENESAT, XM, ICO, SPACEWAY, SKYTERRA, LES, AMSC, GSTAR, SATCOM, MSAT, ANIK, SOLIDARIDAD, SATMEX, MEXSAT, HGS, CIEL

Keywords: Satellite Finder, Dish Pointer, Antenna Angle Calculator, Dish Skew, Satellite Pointer, Augmented Reality, AR.

This Free Application (without Ads) offers you a very simple tool based on augmented reality in order to guide effectively your dish.

How to use :
What you need to do is to enable first the GPS or Internet, then launch the application and set your mobile at the top of your dish, you’ll notice the appearance of some red dots on your mobile screen , those dots represent the satellites.
All you have to do is to match the viewfinder (present in the phone screen) with the dots.

Besides this application offers you the opportunity to check the channels frequencies.
Also, if you have an Enigma 2 Dreambox you can verify the signal strength via your phone easily.

Satellite Finder Pro supports :

NSS 9
AMC 8
AMC 7
AMC 10
Galaxy 12
AMC 11
Ciel 2
Galaxy 13/Horizos 1
AMC 21
Galaxy 14"
Galaxy 18
EchoStar 9
Galaxy 23
Anik F3
DirecTV 7S
EchoStar 14
SatMex 5
SatMex 6
Anik F2
DirecTV 5
EchoStar 10/11
Anik F1/F1R
AMC 15/18
AMC 1
Spaceway 1
DirecTV 10/12
DirecTV 4S/8
SES 1
Galaxy 16
Spaceway 2
DirecTV 11
Galaxy 19
Galaxy 3C
Spaceway 3
Galaxy 25
Galaxy 17
Nimiq 1
Galaxy 28
AMC 3
AMC 16
Brasilsat B4
AMC 9
Nimiq 4
AMC 2/5
Simon Bolivar
EchoStar 1/4/8
Brasilsat B3
Horizons 2
DirecTV 1R
Nimiq 5
AMC 6
Star One C2
Star One C1
Telstar 14
EchoStar 3/6/12/15
Amazonas 1/2
Intelsat 9/16
Intelsat 805
Intelsat 707
Intelsat 1R
Intelsat 14
Intelsat 11
NSS 806
NSS 10
Telstar 11N
Intelsat 903
Hispasat 1C/1D
Intelsat 907
NSS 703
Intelsat 905
NSS 7
NSS 5
Intelsat 901
Telstar 12
Atlantic Bird 1
Express AM44
Nilesat 201
Atlantic Bird 2
Atlantic Bird 4A
Nilesat 101/102
Atlantic Bird 3
Thor 3
Amos 2/3
Thor 5/6
Intelsat 10-02
Astra 1D
Astra 1C
Rascom QAF 1R
Eurobird 4A
Astra 1E/4A
Eutelsat W3A
Eurobird 9A
Eutelsat Ka-Sat
Eutelsat W2A/Hylas 1
Hot Bird 6/8/9
Rascom QAF 1R
Eurobird 16
Eutelsat Sesat 1
Eutelsat W2M
Astra 1H/1KR/1L/1M
Arabsat 2B
AfriStar 1
Eutelsat W6
Astra 3A/3B
Eurobird 2
Badr 4/5/6
Astra 2A/2B/2D
Eurobird 1
Arabsat 5A
Sirius 3
Africasat 2
Astra 1G/2C
Eurobird 3
Eutelsat W4/W7
Paksat 1
Hellas Sat 2
Express AM1
Turksat 2A/3A
Intelsat 12
Yamal 202
Intelsat 26
Express AM22
Insat 3E
Bonum 1
NSS 12
Intelsat 904
Intelsat 902
Intelsat 17
Intelsat 906
Intelsat 17/702
Intelsat 7/10
Eutelsat W5
Edusat
Insat 3C/4CR
ABS 1/1A
Eutelsat W75
Apstar 2R
Thaicom 5
Express AM2/MD1
Insat 2E/3B/4A
Intelsat 15
ChinaSat 5A
ST 1
Yamal 201
Measat 3/3a
ChinaSat 9
Insat 3A/4B
NSS 6
Express AM33
AsiaSat 5
Express A2
AsiaStar
AsiaSat 3S
NSS 11
Telkom 1
NSS 11
SES 7
BSAT 2A/3A/3B
ChinaSat 5C
N-Sat 110
ChinaSat 5B
Koreasat 5
Palapa D
ChinaSat 6B
Koreasat 3/6
Telkom 2
AsiaSat 4
JCSAT 4A
ChinaSat 6A
ChinaSat 6A
JCSAT 3A/RA
JCSAT 5A
Vinasat 1
Apstar 6
Telstar 18
Express AM3
Superbird C2
ABS 5
JCSAT 1B
Optus D2
JCSAT 2A
Optus C1/D3
Optus D1
Superbird B2
Intelsat 8
Intelsat 5
GE 23
Intelsat 701

SatCalc is a free handy dish pointer app for satellite antenna angle / dish pointer calculations, now including skew. It can accurately calculate the look angles and skew angle of almost 500 communications satellites.

If you require a satellite that isn't included in SatCalc Lite Free Satellite Finder / Dish Pointer, please leave a comment including details of the requested satellite, and we will try to include in in the next update of the satellite finder.

Dish Pointer supports:
INTELSAT, INMARSAT, TIANLIAN, EUTELSAT, AMC, LUCH, COSMOS, OPTUS, APSTAR, SUPERBIRD, BEIDOU, JCSAT, CHINASAT, PALAPA, AFRICASAT-2, ABS, KIKU-8, MTSAT, MBSAT, KIZUNA, SINOSAT, ST, HIMAWARI-6, EXPRESS-AM, N-STAR, VINASAT, ZHONGXING, COMS, , FENGYUN, GARUDA, ASIASAT, THAICOM, TELKOM, INDOSTAR, KOREASAT, N-SAT, BSAT, ASTRA, NSS, SES, ASIASTAR, EXPRESS, INSAT, KODAMA, YAMAL, TDRS, CHINASTAR, KAZSAT, RADUGA, HORIZONS, GSAT, ESIAFI, TELSTAR, ELEKTRO, KALPANA, LEASAT, RADUGA-1M, GALAXY, METEOSAT, BONUM, DIRECTV, DP, SKYNET, YAHSAT, SIRIUS, SYRACUSE, AZERSPACE, AFRICASAT, NIMIQ, THURAYA, NIGCOMSAT, TURKSAT, HELLAS-SAT, AKSAT, NATO, ARABSAT, EUROBIRD, DFH, HYLAS, ORIZONT, XTAR, BADR, AMOS, COMSATBW, RADUGA-1, RASCOM, THOR, MSG, NILESAT, HISPASAT, ECHOSTAR, AMAZONAS, GOES, BRASILSAT, STAR, QUETZSAT, VENESAT, XM, ICO, SPACEWAY, SKYTERRA, LES, AMSC, GSTAR, SATCOM, MSAT, ANIK, SOLIDARIDAD, SATMEX, MEXSAT, HGS, CIEL

Keywords: Satellite Finder,Free, Dish Pointer, Antenna Angle Calculator, Dish Skew, Satellite Pointer.

Hier ist sie nun, die Problemlösung für Camper, Häuslebauer und alle anderen "Self-Made-Schüsselausrichter".

Die App nutzt die GPS-Funktion zur genauen Positionsbestimmung, zeigt per Google-Map den Standort, errechnet die genaue Position des von über 40 (!) gewählten Satelliten.

Elevation (Neigung bzw. Höhenwinkel) und Azimut (Horizontalsurichtung) des Satellitenspiegels können mittels Audiosignal und Differenzanzeige problemlos eingestellt werden. Diese Funktion ist natürlich von der Genauigkeit des Gerätes abhängig und ist nur bei Geräten verwendbar, die sowohl mit GPS-Funktion als auch mit Gyro-/Kompassfunktion ausgestattet sind.

Ein nützliches App zur Einrichtung eines Satellitenspiegels und zur Auffindung von Satelliten.

Und nun los! Und bitte nicht vom Dach fallen. Wir übernehmen keine Gewährleistung.

The satellite list is in the app menu.

For people who are giving me one star "because this app use camera permission". This app need this permission, to work ARView. It is not taking any photos - only use camera preview to show you where the satellite is on the sky...

SatFinder (Satellite Finder) is a tool which will help you to set up satellite dish. It will give you azimuth, elevation and LNB tilt for your location (based on GPS) and chosen satellite from list. The result is shown both as numeric data and graphical on google maps. It has also built in compass which will help you to find proper satellite azimuth. It also can use augmented reality to show where is satellite on camera view.

The satellite list is complete and includes all televison satellites, so the app should work worldwide. If you found some errors please send me e-mail. It will help me make this app better ;)

Since version 1.07 there is whole world FTA and encrypted channels database. It take a few seconds to show whole list so be patient. It use internet connection. Top 10 countries got fixed language on nice list. The list will be updated. The users from another countries can type language manual. But the list uses language shortcuts, for example - English = eng, German = ger, etc... The channel list is still incomplete - I'm working on it. If you find error on list please send me e-mail...

attention! If you found outdated or invalid biss keys/channel info, or if you have not found some satellites or channels, please send us message over email on biss@exunity.net. Do not send your keys requests in comments!

This is application for fast search for biss keys of encrypted satellite channels. Do not confuse with paid channels! Biss keys - is a twelve-character hexadecimal code + four symbols for checksum (optional for some receivers) that have to install in satellite receiver for decrypting some encrypted channels.

SatFinder Lite, an Android satellite finder.
The Lite version is slimmed down version of the full SatFinder, which has additional functionality such as Target Satellite view and no ads.

SatFinder is a tool for finding TV satellites and aligning satellite dishes. Use your Augmented Reality Camera view to see and target satellites in the sky. It can be used anywhere in the world since all major TV satellites are in the database.

SatFinder uses your phone sensors to detect your physical location and calculates azimuth and elevation needed for your satellite antenna to face. Since the satellite position calculation depends on the accuracy of your device sensors, your device should be calibrated by shaking and moving it in a figure 8 fashion, once SatFinder has been started. If you have any problems please email our support @ satfinderlite@ftpcafe.com

Augmented Reality View:
- Use your camera for Augmented Reality View which paints the satellite icons in places where they're positioned in the sky. It gives a realistic view to the sky and it helps to make sure there is a line of sight (LOS), i.e. no obstacles, such as tree branches or house tops, between the satellite dish and the satellite itself.
- Touch screen to take a screenshot of Augmented Reality view
- Pinch camera view to set the distance between satellites

Target Satellite View (in full version only):
- Use Target Satellite View to find or to "lock onto" a particular satellite. Direction arrows simply guide you to the desired satellite position.

tags: satellites, sat tv, satellite finder, tv satellite, satellite pointer, dish finder, satellite dish, satellite tv, compass

This free utility lets you search in the Maritime Identification Digit (MID) database by country or by MID number. The utility comes very handy when you see a ship's Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number on the AIS and you want to know which country the given vessel is coming from. Or, you want to know the MMSI part of the AIS for a given country.

Under the first tab you can search for a county, based on its MID number. You can do it by scrolling the list or searching for it by entering numbers. Scrolling is done by swiping the screen up or down. As the list is scrolled a number column appears on the right side of the list. If you tap on it and hold it, you can move your finger up and down to quickly jump to the number under your finger.

The second method is to enter digits into the search field and let the application reduce the list to only those countries for which the MID starts with the entered number. As you type into the text field the application searches the database and displays all countries which has an MID starting with the numbers you have entered. If there are no countries for the typed in numbers the list will be empty. As soon as you tap on a list item the MID will be put into the search field and this single item will be shown.

Any time you can change to the other representation of the database and start searching for a MID number by country. To do so, tap on the "By country" tab. The list and the search field on this screen behaves the same way as described above. The only difference that in this list you search for a MID number by a known country.

Find and sort astronomical (NGC/IC) objects in seconds with ease.

NGC Mate is a simple database application which contains the full revised New General and Index Catalog of astronomical objects. Its main power is the search and sort capability with which it lets you find the objects you want to observe. You can make your night's observing list in seconds with ease. It contains links to the Messier, Caldwell and Herschel 400 objects as well. As a vivid astronomer you can spend more time beside you telescope and let the search be done by NGC Mate.

In the details page you will get information about:

• catalog (including Messier, Caldwell and Herschel 400 object numbers)
• common name
• type and subtype
• constellation
• RA, Dec
• visual magnitude
• size and position angle
• visibility, and transit time

The application can also download images of objects (basically areas around coordinates) from the Internet, if you have network access. All downloaded images are stored locally in the device's memory, so a second download or network access is not required, until you wipe the cached images from the memory.

Please have a look at our video tutorial to see how easy it is to operate the application.

As a sailor you know that radio traffic - mainly in emergency - is very important and has to comply to a strict form to make messages compact, yet understandable. This ensures that the most information is transferred to coastal radio stations with the least time and effort. This application helps mariners or their co-boaters to compose various standardized VHF messages, including distress, MOB etc. based on user input. After supplying the necessary information the application generates the corresponding text to be transmitted to CRS.

Features include:

• Composing of distress, MOB, distress relay, distress ACK, urgency, safety and cancel alert messages
• Use of built-in GPS
• Save name of ship, call sign, MMSI and name of skipper in preferences for auto-fill
• Text to speech, to help those who have problems speaking out a written English text. Please make sure that your TTS service is set up correctly in order to pronounce English text.

A mariner should know all recommendations of the IALA lighting and buoyage system. Have you ever had problems identifying lighthouse beams at night or imagining how an abbreviation used on maps would look like in real life? If yes, this utility is what you need.

The utility has two major working modes. In one you set the parameters of the light source and the application tells you the corresponding abbreviation. In the other mode you can enter the abbreviation from the navigational chart and the application shows you how it would look like at night.

Selectable characteristics include:

• Fixed
• Occulting
• Group occulting
• Composite group occulting
• Isophase
• Flashing
• Group flashing
• Composite group flashing
• Long flashing
• Quick, very quick, ultra quick
• Group quick, group very quick
• Group quick + long, group very quick + long
• Interrupted quick, interrupted very quick, interrupted ultra quick
• Morse
• Fix + flashing
• Alternating

Screen controls for selecting the number of flashes in groups, composite groups or the characters for a Morse code are enabled or disabled depending on the selected phase characteristic.

When the selected light phase belongs to a cardinal or lateral buoy then the light-house tower is replaced by the corresponding cardinal or lateral buoy on the drawing.

When entering an abbreviation from the chart the height of the light-house or the range of visibility are optional and may be omitted.

Please make sure you check out our short screen-cast presentation for a quick introduction.

Understanding and constructing maritime flag signals can be crucial in situations when all your electronics fails or you or the signaling station have language problems. This application contains the full International Code of Signals database and knows the proper signaling technique, including the usage of substitute and code flags. It has two main functions:

• interpret flag signals or
• show which flags should be hoisted for a given message.

In interpretation mode, flags are entered by selecting them from a list of flags on the right hand side of the screen. Selected flags are then inserted into the list of hoisted flags in the middle of the screen. This list can be edited, new elements can be inserted or existing ones can be removed from it. As you enter the flags a rough syntactical analysis runs on them and formal problems are reported.

When a message contains numerous additional information (e.g. coordinates, numbers, names of places) the complete message is sent in chunks, so called hoists. At the end of each hoist you have to check the completeness of the chunk. At the end, the whole message can be interpreted with all its additional information.

In send mode you can view and search the generic and medical part of the complete ICS in two independent lists. Both lists are structured the same way as the original ICS book, you can open/close chapters, sections, scroll them and read each message. The most powerful part is that you can search both lists for any term. After the search, only those messages (and their section and chapter descriptors) remain in the list which were matching the search criteria. Tapping on a message element will select it for sending. After entering values for additional information you can let the application generate the flags in chunks of hoists.

The usage of the application is very easy and self-intuitive. The search is very robust and works as a full-text search, hunting for matches in any part of the ICS database.

Currently only the English ICS is supported. If you find any mistakes in the database or want your localized version included, please pick up contact with the author.

As a sailor you know how essential it is to regularly check the position of your ship during the voyage. Any coastal feature that can be seen by the navigator, can be used for this purpose. The Cross Bearing Fix is probably the most common for position finding. To achieve it, bearing sights on at least 2-3 fixed objects should be taken over the widest arc and over the shortest period of time.

Normally you use a compass to take the bearings, but nowadays's gadgets, just like your mobile phone can also be used for this purpose as it contains a magnetometer. This utility allows you to take as many bearing as you wish by sighting the coastal feature with the built-in camera and taking a picture of it. Along with the picture the magnetic bearing and the time stamp is saved for later reference when you are doing your chart-work.

Features include:

• List of bearings with time stamp and picture
• Continuous camera view for coastal feature identification
• Continuous read-out of magnetic bearing, roll and pitch for correct camera handling
• Automatic zoom-in for better coastal feature identification
• Calibration, in case of local magnetic interference

If you have a WiFi bridge on your boat or sailing ship, this utility will be your best friend very soon. It connects your WiFi capable phone to the bridge and listens for standard NMEA sentences of the following types:

• GPS positions,
• waypoints,
• wind direction and speed,
• course and speed over ground,
• depth,
• water and air temperatures.

It then displays the readouts of the above mentioned devices. By tapping the unit field you can change the currently used unit. Tapping the screen toggles the day-time (white on black) and night-time (red on black) views. With the long-tap over a given gauge line the context menu appears where you can reset the value (and the stored min/max) of the gauge or bring up the settings dialog. In the dialog you can set parameters for announcing the readout or set alarm values.

This is of great help for example when you are anchoring and have to look after a lot of things and you still want to have a continuous readout of the depth gauge. In this case you can setup an announcement for a time interval or depth change. You can also set an alarm for any gauge for any value. Your phone will alert you e.g. when the wind speed grows above a certain value or when your vessel reaches a pre-defined speed over ground.