GetBack GPS for Android
Imagine visiting a town, going to an event or doing some hiking. When finished, you have to find your car again, or the way to the station, or any other point where you started. Store a location when you start your trip, and at the end of the day, use the app to find your way back to where you started.
Features
- determine location based on GPS signal, WiFi or cell phone network :
- use best/most accurate location provider
- get location updates automatically (based on a time interval or change of location) or
- get location on demand (by manually refreshing)
- save current location as destination
- add a destination with manual coordinates
- ‘get back’ mode : indicator pointing to a stored location (showing distance and direction)
- indicate current speed and current bearing
- use built-in sensors to get more accurate and quicker updated bearing
- a compass rose that points to the North
- detect travel direction and adjust relative direction to destination accordingly
How to get it?
The latest version is available on F-Droid. Install the apk directly from the F-Droid website, or use the F-Droid app to keep automaticaly up to date with future releases.
If you want to try out the latest development version, you can get the code from the git repository and build the current development version yourself.
Bugs and feature requests
Please report bugs and add feature requests in the issue tracker.
Requests for translations to a new language can be made here as well.
Translation
You can help translating the app to your own language.
Is your language not listed? Follow the instructions on the New translation tab on Weblate or open an issue in the github issue tracker.
Credits and acknowledgements
See Credits.
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Affiliations
- Open Invention Network Community Member