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A GPS navigation app for hiking and mountaineering that works offline, even in airplane mode or out of cell range. With Geographica on your iPhone, you can help prevent getting lost or stranded. Your current location is displayed accurately on topographic maps even deep in the mountains, and you can record the route you walked.

■ How to Use
Search "Geographica how to use" on YouTube for tutorial videos.

■ Quick Tips
・Slide the coordinate bar at the top of the screen to reveal the search bar. Search by mountain or place name.
・The third button from the top on the right shows your current location. Long-press to turn it green and lock your location to the center. Tap again to turn it yellow for free scrolling.
・The third button from the bottom registers a marker at the screen center.
・The second button from the bottom starts GPS log recording.
・The menu button in the upper left gives access to all functions.
・If you're unsure how to operate something, long-press the menu button for context-relevant functions.

■ Main Features
・Nearly all features are free to use.
・Cache-based offline GPS app. Maps you view are automatically saved and can be accessed without cell coverage. Older maps are automatically deleted based on capacity and age, so your storage won't fill up.
・Supports various maps including detailed topographic maps from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and OpenStreetMap. Usable worldwide for city walks and overseas trekking.
・Distance and elevation units support meters, miles, nautical miles, and feet.
・Coordinate displays include latitude/longitude (DD, DDMM, DDMMSS), UTM, and MGRS.
・Equipped with essential mountaineering features: GPS logging, marker registration and display, and route guidance.
・Voice route guidance and shake-to-speak features let you get information without screen operation—useful in snowy mountains or other situations where screen use is difficult.
・Save maps via Wi-Fi to use the app on devices without a data plan.
・Popular as teaching material for map-reading courses.

■ Compatible Devices
iPhone and iPad running iOS 16 or later. Apple Watch supported.

■ FAQ
Q. My current location isn't displayed.
A. Location can't be determined if GPS is off. Turn on "Location Services" in Settings. Accuracy may suffer indoors, underground, in urban canyons, or in valleys. Try somewhere with a wide view of the sky.

Q. Map cache disappears automatically.
A. Display cache is deleted after a certain time or capacity threshold. Cleaner apps may also delete it—please exclude Geographica from them. For maps you absolutely need to keep, use the bulk cache function. We recommend saving both detailed and wide-area maps.

■ Notes and Disclaimer
・The developer assumes no responsibility for any damage caused by using this app.
・Take care against water and cold if your device has limited durability. If it powers off from cold, warm it in your pocket and relaunch—log recording will resume.
・Allow location services on first launch,

A GPS navigation app for hiking and mountaineering that works offline, even in airplane mode or out of cell range. With Geographica on your iPhone, you can help prevent getting lost or stranded. Your current location is displayed accurately on topographic maps even deep in the mountains, and you can record the route you walked.

■ How to Use
Search "Geographica how to use" on YouTube for tutorial videos.

■ Quick Tips
・Slide the coordinate bar at the top of the screen to reveal the search bar. Search by mountain or place name.
・The third button from the top on the right shows your current location. Long-press to turn it green and lock your location to the center. Tap again to turn it yellow for free scrolling.
・The third button from the bottom registers a marker at the screen center.
・The second button from the bottom starts GPS log recording.
・The menu button in the upper left gives access to all functions.
・If you're unsure how to operate something, long-press the menu button for context-relevant functions.

■ Main Features
・Nearly all features are free to use.
・Cache-based offline GPS app. Maps you view are automatically saved and can be accessed without cell coverage. Older maps are automatically deleted based on capacity and age, so your storage won't fill up.
・Supports various maps including detailed topographic maps from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and OpenStreetMap. Usable worldwide for city walks and overseas trekking.
・Distance and elevation units support meters, miles, nautical miles, and feet.
・Coordinate displays include latitude/longitude (DD, DDMM, DDMMSS), UTM, and MGRS.
・Equipped with essential mountaineering features: GPS logging, marker registration and display, and route guidance.
・Voice route guidance and shake-to-speak features let you get information without screen operation—useful in snowy mountains or other situations where screen use is difficult.
・Save maps via Wi-Fi to use the app on devices without a data plan.
・Popular as teaching material for map-reading courses.

■ Compatible Devices
iPhone and iPad running iOS 16 or later. Apple Watch supported.

■ FAQ
Q. My current location isn't displayed.
A. Location can't be determined if GPS is off. Turn on "Location Services" in Settings. Accuracy may suffer indoors, underground, in urban canyons, or in valleys. Try somewhere with a wide view of the sky.

Q. Map cache disappears automatically.
A. Display cache is deleted after a certain time or capacity threshold. Cleaner apps may also delete it—please exclude Geographica from them. For maps you absolutely need to keep, use the bulk cache function. We recommend saving both detailed and wide-area maps.

■ Notes and Disclaimer
・The developer assumes no responsibility for any damage caused by using this app.
・Take care against water and cold if your device has limited durability. If it powers off from cold, warm it in your pocket and relaunch—log recording will resume.
・Allow location services on first launch,

- Geographica: GPS map app which can use even offline.

Geographica is a [Map Caching Offline GPS app] for mountaineering. Once you viewed a map image on the screen, that will be stored in your device. Therefore with this app you can check maps even in the wilderness without mobile phone signal or internet connection. Moreover, you can use GPS navigation offline.

*Features
-Cached Maps are usable even though offline.
-Several types of maps available such as OpenStreetMap, etc.
-Usable as GPS logger.
-Create Markers, a.k.a. POI, and show them.
-Navigation function using Markers and Routes.
-UTM coordinate format available.
-Support units; meter, mile, nautical mile, knot, foot
-Speech function lets you know time, coordinates, speed, etc. with a voice.

*System Requirements
-Android OS 8.0 or later.Required GPS,e-compass,Accelerometer.

*Cautions; Please be sure to read the following.
- Developer do not take any responsibility for damage caused by using Geographica (will write as "this app" in the following).
- Developer do not take any responsibility for accuracy, reliability and usefulness of the information provided by this app. Please use at your own risk.
- At the time of the first start-up, iPhone would ask you whether you allow this app to use the Location Services. Although you should allow always. If you do not allow, your device cannot receive the Location information. In that case, set your SmartPhone as below;
Turn on [Access my location] and , [Settings] > [Location access(service)] > [Location mode] > Turn on [Use GPS,Wi-Fi,mobile network] or [Use GPS only(Device onky)]
- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
- This app use the background audio. For the record confirmation of track log and voice guide.
- This app is using Google Maps SDK, and web services from Geographical Survey Institute, OpenStreetMaps, etc.
- Please note that this app may be in unusable status due to each web service's operation status or specification changes.
- This app use Apache Software License 2.0 CWAC,TouchListView.

*Maps license
- Geographical Survey Institute of Japan
- Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd.
- Open street map.
- Thunderforest
- Google

■ Wear OS (smartwatch) app
View your maps on your Wear OS watch.
- Shows the same map, current location, markers, tracks and shapes as Geographica on your phone. While connected to the phone, the watch uses the phone's coordinates and altitude.
- Works without the phone, using built-in maps such as the GSI maps.
- Lock on to markers, change the route guidance target, and stop a track recording running on the phone.
- Tile "Geographica": shows altitude and speed, or distance, elevation difference and estimated arrival while a marker is locked on. Updates every 5 minutes (every minute while recording). Tap to open the app.
- Complications you can add to your watch face: "Geographica" (app icon and current altitude), "Altitude", "Speed", "Distance walked"

- Minor behavior improvements.
- Track log image generation now also renders map overlays.