Place APK
App information
Version 1.56 (#115)
Updated 2023-12-13
APK Size 5 MB
Requires Android Android 6.0+ (Marshmallow)
Offered by Chanaka Alahakoon
Category Free Tools App
App id com.latitude.place
Developer's notes A free hand held GPS replacement tool for your coordinate transformation needs!
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Download the latest Place application, version 1.56, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Tools app is developed by Chanaka Alahakoon and is easy to download and install.
Previous versions, including 1.56, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.
Description
Product Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C9f6LiGvqZ5nEJge9Dr-OcR1lguLK0Ap/view?usp=sharing
A tool that will evolve continually in to an inexpensive, full fledged hand held GPS unit replacement software to be used in the field. It supports many Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) to get local grid values from Latitude and longitude it receives from your mobile device sensor.
It is a tool that can help surveyors, military, hikers and folks in other engineering domains!
If your CRS is not available, email EPSG number to the developer...
e-mail: chanakasat@gmail.com
Fun facts: This tool can even be used for games like treasure hunt (scavenger hunt) or navigate through an unknown territory like a jungle offline!
Basic Functions:
- Free alternative to handheld GPS units
- Coordinate transformation with many local grid support
- Ability to save waypoints and tracks (GPS tracker)
- Offline navigation with an arrow pointing to the correct direction
- Back-tracking with navigation (You will never get lost in a jungle)
- Measure distance between selected places using local grid parameters
- Measure area using local grid parameters
- Parameter customization ability (For advanced users)
- Custom map support in offline mode
- On the fly conversion of any saved point to any coordinate reference system
- View saved tracks and places in Google or custom Maps
- Single and Bulk coordinate conversion
- Saved coordinate export support (CSV, GPX and KML format)
- Supports Google Drive as storage making sharing easy
- Coordinates can be exported to Google drive making sharing easy
- Built in Compass (At the moment uses device hardware sensor if available)
Currently supported projections
- Transverse Mercator (tmrec)
- Lambert Conformal Conic (lcc)
- Cassini (cass)
- Albers Equal Area (aea)
Transformation algorithm
Place algorithm is based on Helmert transformation and it utilizes 7 parameter Coordinate Frame Rotation (CFR) method.
Hope this tool will help you in some way...
Peace!
App permissions
Place 1.56 APK requires following permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Ratings and Reviews
Rating: 5.0/5 based on Less than 100 reviews
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5 ★ I am Dr Dayaratne, Assistant Director, Land use planing, we always use CT droid and place apps. Very very easy and useful for our day today works. Thanks lot.
5 ★ Very usefull application indeed thanks. It's a plus if can add 1:50000 grid square map to map view and map view save option as a picture
2 ★ Only 2 complains 1. Not able to enter coordinates manually. 2. Rd map navigation not supported If these two issues are resolved..it is a fabulous app Regards
5 ★ Great , it would be great if you can add a button to navigate to a specific coordinate
5 ★ Very nice app.easy to use .great all in one gps app to do my office works.thanks developer.
5 ★ Great app this app full fill more surveying works very easily and correctly .......
4 ★ Nice app made my huge work easy. hope to some improvement like convert to KML etc...
5 ★ Pls make a app for app gallery also. I'm working on army ctdroid sri lanka lots help us
5 ★ This app and Ctdroid app are very helpful and useful for my field works as an Irrigation engineer. Thanks
2 ★ Could not edit description, compass also not working
5 ★ Navigate in Google maps is necessary
5 ★ Easy for mapping works
5 ★ How to innistall this to huawei y7a phone
5 ★ If map modified as satalite map will be good advantage
4 ★ Nice app made my huge work easily
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