Northern Compass & Navigation 4.5.1 - App Store

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About Northern Compass & Navigation

Now with Apple Watch Series 5 Magnetometer support. Featuring: 1. Precision GPS Heading Compass 2. Magnetic compass - Apple Watch supported using pointer mode unless installed on Apple Watch Series 5 3. GPS Path Recording...

Now with Apple Watch Series 5 Magnetometer support. Featuring: 1. Precision GPS Heading Compass 2. Magnetic compass - Apple Watch supported using pointer mode unless installed on Apple Watch Series 5 3. GPS Path Recording 4. Precision Speedometer 5. Destination Pointer 6. Google Maps integration How are we different from other compass and navigation apps? Northern is a powerful navigation tool that lets users cross validate and compare multiple directional/navigational readings within a single unified interface. We believe this is a fantastic solution to a hard problem, namely that no one source of information is ever 100% accurate. In short, Northern is designed to help our users more confidently and reliably decide which direction they are heading. Our specialized, dual compass display is shown alongside Google Maps, providing a single, simple, focused interface, designed from the ground up to more effectively orient you within your environment. More reliably locate North South East and West, or even better, select a destination from our map - Northern will then display an arrow that locks onto these coordinates even while you move from one point to the next. Compass Types * Compass #1 - GPS Heading Compass - Extremely accurate given a strong enough GPS signal and straight enough path - Works on your Apple Watch while your phone is in your pocket - Users can select how many samples they want to include with each direction reading - up to 60 for very long paths or as few as 3 for more responsive readings - Each new GPS location sample is analyzed along with all other samples providing a continuous solution - Each solution is then run through a specialized algorithm that calculates an approximate accuracy - GPS hardware doesn't suffer the same type of magnetic interference as the magnetometer driven magnetic compass (Compass #2 below) Compass #2 - Magnetic Compass - Now available on Apple Watch Series 5 - More sensitive then the GPS Heading Compass - Includes hardware accuracy reporting - Our new pointer mode lets you view your iPhones magnetic compass readings on your Apple Watch NEW FEATURES Path generation Simple start/stop path recording lets you track your location over time. Speedometer Precision GPS analysis returns your speed in miles/kilometers per hour. Utilizes our high accuracy heading compass algorithms. Northern is Great for ... ... wanderers ... ... those with a poor sense of direction ... ... people who like to explore, know where they are, but not necessarily require a rigid set of directions. Extra Features... Integrated Apple Maps into our Apple Watch extension. Users can reference surrounding streets and other landmarks right from their wrist. Northern also uses Google Maps on your mobile device. Users can toggle between terrain, satellite or hybrid modes. We've also integrated Google Places, letting users quickly search for any destination with only a few taps. Fun sharing features, including a scavenger mode, let users leave scrambled messages for one another - just find the location to unscramble. * Apple Watch Series 5 is currently the only Apple Watch model with magnetometer hardware. Previous Apple Watch models sample magnetometer readings from paired iPhone hardware. All GPS location and heading readings also come from your paired iPhone hardware.

Version History Ui fixes. 4.5.1 Mar 27 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 4.5.0 Mar 22 Feature Changes - Renamed "scrambled message" to "Buried Treasure Message" and cleaned up instruction and sharing info. Ui Improvements - Updated menu and settings user interface. Sharing Improvements - Added apples native sharing feature letting users e-mail, text, or post "Star" locations. 4.3.1 02/19/2021 Feature Update - Users can now select how long they would like like Northern to poll for their location in background. Select up to 12 hours before Northern stops GPS location queries to save battery. General Updates - Updated for iOS 14 - Updated 3rd party libraries - Ui Improvements and fixes - Apple Watch Ui fixes 4.3.0 02/12/2021 - Fixed a bug on the Apple Watch app extension that prevents users from selecting from the main Instruments screen. - Updated "Sleep" screen on Apple Watch. 4.2.0 08/06/2020 General bug fixes. 4.1.8 06/28/2020 Library Updates and General Bug Fixes 4.1.7 12/15/2019 General bug fixes. Updated screenshot images. 4.1.6 11/15/2019 Rebuilt for latest iOS release using latest xCode 11.2.1 4.1.5 11/08/2019 New Apple Watch Compass. Users with the new Apple Watch series 5 can take advantage of our new "Composite Compass." Our Composite Compass overlays magnetic and GPS heading information in one succinct interface. 4.1.3 Additional bug fixing crashing in the background 4.1.4 Fixed a display bug that hid part of the track compass degree heading label Updated App Preview 4.1.4 10/25/2019 New Apple Watch Compass. Users with the new Apple Watch series 5 can take advantage of our new "Composite Compass." Our Composite Compass overlays magnetic and GPS heading information in one succinct interface. 4.1.3 Additional bug fixing crashing in the background 4.1.3 10/21/2019 New Apple Watch Compass. Users with the new Apple Watch series 5 can take advantage of our new "Composite Compass." Our Composite Compass overlays magnetic and GPS heading information in one succinct interface. Fixed a bug that disabled the magnetometer on the Apple Watch series 5 when switch between other apps and Northern. 4.1.2 10/17/2019 Major Apple Watch Extension update supporting Apple Watch Series 5. For the new “Always On” Apple Watch Series 5 we have added magnetic compass functionality to Northern’s Apple Watch extension. - New dual mode interface displays magnetic and GPS heading compasses side by side. - New dedicated magnetic heading compass interface. - Apple Maps integration lets users toggle between our GPS heading compass and magnetic heading compass. IMPORTANT Location permission changes relating to iOS 13 - users are now prompted to change location permissions if location services are denied or not determined. Northern does not function without location services. Our gps heading compass requires regular location updates to function effectively. General bug fixes and some interface improvements. 4.1.1 Updates Smoothed out the responsiveness of our new Apple Watch Series 5 magnetic compass cardinal and pointer animated images. Changed ui on Apple Watch app. Bug fixes and memory management. 4.1.1 09/30/2019 Major Apple Watch Extension update supporting Apple Watch Series 5. For the new “Always On” Apple Watch Series 5 we have added magnetic compass functionality to Northern’s Apple Watch extension. - New dual mode interface displays magnetic and GPS heading compasses side by side. - New dedicated magnetic heading compass interface. - Apple Maps integration lets users toggle between our GPS heading compass and magnetic heading compass. IMPORTANT Location permission changes relating to iOS 13 - users are now prompted to change location permissions if location services are denied or not determined. Northern does not function without location services. Our gps heading compass requires regular location updates to function effectively. General bug fixes and some interface improvements. 4.1 09/25/2019 NEW Path Recording Functionality. One of our largest updates to date! - Track and record your location over time. - Export and import your path as a GPX file. 4.0.4 changes Updated Apple Watch setup UI on iPhone. 4.0.4 08/02/2019 NEW Path Recording Functionality. One of our largest updates to date! - Track and record your location over time. - Export and import your path as a GPX file. 4.0.3 changes Fixed a bug that kept users from seeing our new feature preview. 4.0.3 07/24/2019 SUMMER SALE - Limited time reduced price. NEW Path Recording Functionality. One of our largest updates to date! - Track and record your location over time. - Export and import your path as a GPX file. 4.0.2 changes Stability improvements to the new Path recording feature. Bug fixes and behind the scenes optimizations. 4.0.2 07/18/2019 SUMMER SALE - Limited time reduced price. NEW Path Recording Functionality. One of our largest updates to date! - Track and record your location over time. - Export and import your path as a GPX file. 4.0.1 changes Fixed a bug that kept the Apple Watch extension from force sleeping the parent app while the parent app is running in path recording mode. 4.0.1 06/30/2019 SUMMER SALE - Limited time reduced price. NEW Path Recording Functionality. One of our largest updates to date! - Track and record your location over time. - Export and import your path as a GPX file. 4.0.0 06/28/2019 NEW FEATURE - Speedometer on iPhone, iPad, & Apple Watch Precision GPS analysis returns your speed in miles/kilometers per hour. Utilizes our high accuracy heading compass algorithms complete with documentation. Version 3.6.1 update - general improvements and bug fixes 3.6.1 05/23/2019 NEW FEATURE - Speedometer on iPhone, iPad, & Apple Watch Precision GPS analysis returns your speed in miles/kilometers per hour. Utilizes our high accuracy heading compass algorithms complete with documentation. 3.6 05/18/2019 SALE 50% OFF SALE Spring Sale - Half Off. Winter is over! - UI design and layout improvements to our Main Map screen with dual compass. Magnetic & GPS Compasses are larger and more defined. - UI fixes in our track compass. - Typo and UI fixes in our track compass description. - Screenshot changes. 3.5 04/12/2019 - Updated our App Store screenshots and copy. 3.4.8 03/22/2019 - Behind the scenes improvements and bug fixes. - We have changed out Location In Background description. We now recommend users only use "Always" if they want to remove the blue "Location In Use" warning displayed at the top of their phone while Northern is running in the background. 3.4.7 03/17/2019 Updated App Screen Previews. Minor bug fixes and behind the scenes improvements. 3.4.6 03/12/2019

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Northern Compass & Navigation since it was posted on our website on 2021-10-18 19:18:00. The latest version is 4.5.1 and it was updated on 2026-06-29 13:29:51. See below the changes in each version.

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