This app is pretty much worthless for sailing.
I purchased this app on the recommendation of a fellow yacht club member who proclaimed to me that it gave wind speed and direction based on noise through the mic and that it was very accurate.
As I stupidly trusted his recommendation I didn't read the description to find that it really just took local weather station data and displayed it on the screen over a compass with a wind speed. A tell tale and a hand bearing compass (or the compass on your iphone) will give you better data on wind direction because they are relevant to your condition and apparent wind at the time. I suppose if you want a quick idea of what the wind is doing without gong outside this might be able to give you a general idea, but that's about it and free weather apps will give you a whole forecast including current and forecasted wind. This is a big waste of money. IF they were to develop a fairly accurate algorithm for estimating wind speed based on mic noise this app would be worth $2.
As I stupidly trusted his recommendation I didn't read the description to find that it really just took local weather station data and displayed it on the screen over a compass with a wind speed. A tell tale and a hand bearing compass (or the compass on your iphone) will give you better data on wind direction because they are relevant to your condition and apparent wind at the time. I suppose if you want a quick idea of what the wind is doing without gong outside this might be able to give you a general idea, but that's about it and free weather apps will give you a whole forecast including current and forecasted wind. This is a big waste of money. IF they were to develop a fairly accurate algorithm for estimating wind speed based on mic noise this app would be worth $2.
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Steve
Superby constructed&conceived...well done
Need more locations
Don't understand why the data for the largest city in Maine, portland has no data, but Sanford which is in the middle of nowhere is listed. This app is virtually useless to me till more locations become available. Gave it 2 stars because the display/graphics are nice. I'll re-rate if more locations are added.
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Fantastic!
It’s no surprise that this app is well put together and very useful. I also have another app by this developer (“Sun Seeker”) and it’s quite superb as well. Keep up the great work Dev team!
Superb, unique app
The simplicity of this app is deceptive; this is one of the most impressive pieces of augmented-reality I've seen. To see the wind in visible, animated form in 3D overlay on the camera view is amazing - a kind of fusion of science fiction with the natural world. Remarkably, it's also practical. I've already found to be handy more than once in the few days since I installed it. Recommended.
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