Topo Profiler 2.2をリリースしました。AppStoreで入手可能になっています。
今回のリリースでは新機能として「高低図での部分範囲選択モード」「簡易的現在地表示機能」を実装しました。「高低図での部分範囲選択モード」は高低図内をタップしたときに、パスの一部分を選択して、その部分範囲の距離、高低差、平均勾配を表示するものです。全体の中の一部分の勾配を知りたい場合に役に立つモードです。「簡易的現在地表示機能」はマップに現在地を表示し、現在位置が作成パス上にあれば高低図内に対応する点を表示します。また、新しいオプションとして「経路の全体データ表示」オプションを追加しました。このオプションが有効なときはパス作成時に中継点が追加されるごとに全体距離をラベル表示します。また高低図表示時にパス全体の距離、高低差を表示します。
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Hello and thank you for the great app. It is very useful. If I may humbly offer a few suggestions for how to make it even more cool:
ReplyDelete1. It would be very useful if the app would calculate the cumulative vertical gain along a path in addition to the net gain. For example, looking at your horseshoe bend sample path, the app reports the max diff as 500m. Clearly though, any poor hiker who follows that path will climb more than 500m many times over as he alternately descends into the canyon and climbs out the other side. If the app could identify those segments of the path that are gaining in elevation and add the up, it would provide users with an idea of how much climbing (I.e. effort) is really involved with the path. This would be extremely useful when planning and comparing different routes as it would allow the user to select routes with the minimum vertical gain.
2. Speaking of comparisons, it would be nice if, once you've gotten the cumulative elevation function complete, if users could plot several routes and then compare them based on horizontal distance and cumulative elevation gain. This would help the user choose the best route among several options -- there is a market for this among the orienteering and adventure racing crowd.
3. Special bonus points if, after 1 and 2, you can make the app display the magnetic bearing and distance of each leg of the path!
Again, this is a great app. Thanks...just some ideas is all.
Thank you very much for using Topo Profiler. We are really pleased to hear that the app is useful for you.
DeleteWe appreciate your sincere suggestions. As for a cumulative elevation gain of a path, we're now considering to add a feature to show it. Since calculation of it is not straightforward (for example, it depends on a sampling pitch on the path, a threshold value for an elevation difference which should be counted, and etc.), we can't tell when the version with the feature will be released. Please be patient until a development is completed.
Regarding comparisons, it would be great to have the feature like you suggested. However, at present, we can't make any promise since it needs a lot of work including internal design change of the app. It will be challenging for us to add the feature keeping the app's simplicity and easiness.
Anyway, we really appreciate your feedbacks. Thank you very much.
Topo Profiler Team