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Location Distance Finder

Location Distance Finder is a very useful and unique application to help you to find the distance (great-circle distance) information between any two locations in the world, also it provides detail information of your current position:
Category Price Seller Device
Navigation $0.99 Ubermedia, Inc. iPhone, iPad, iPod

Features:
- get coordinates and detail information of your current location, email a screenshot to your friend
- quick obtain the distance between any two places in the world by simply drawing a line on the map
- fine-tune your search of distance by easily moving the maker on the map
- the distance can be calculate for short distance like your and your friends houses, long distance like two cities in the world
- The distance value is calculated as great-circle distance, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of earth
- store the distance information in the your iPhone, which can be retrieved and edited at any time

How to use (in case you have trouble to use it):
1. To quickly find out distance between two locations, select 'Distance' tab, move and zoom the map to the desired level and place, click 'Ruler' icon (after click, the map can not be moved), draw a line on the map, the distance information will be displayed on top left corner. If you want to move the map, click 'End'.

2. To fine-tune your search, select 'Advanced' tab, move and zoom the map to the desired place. Click 'Start Point', set the start pin(green) on the map; Adjust the map if the desired end location is outside the view, click 'End Point', set the the end pin(red) on the map. Finally, click 'Detail' button to get the distance information. Additionally, you can use 'Current' button to center the map to your location.

3. In the 'Advanced' tab, you can choose to save the distance data by click the 'Save' button, which is not clickable until both 'start point' and 'end point' are set.

Reviews

Good idea.
JetProp

GoogleMap shoud probably have it. Thanks for fixing their shortcoming. I would add distance in nautical miles or have choice. Can "Find" also search like googlemaps?


Not a bad product
Bigup4u

This app has great potential. It helped me locating a needed distance. However, I concur that a search functionality is important especially for unknown locations. I too agree with the choice of selecting meters or miles. Not worth the $1.99 as of yet but could if enhancement were made quickly.


Difficult to use not getting better
swim42

Obscure operation with no instructions. Good idea with poor execution. This revision added no instructions to the ap. Don't waste your money


A for effort but not enough
Rokear

It would be nice if you added way points. When your driving a car distance is not a straight line.


Good Idea, Horrible Execution
TitanShadow

Great idea for something that Maps should already do. Absolutly •••• execution of said idea. Designed by monkeys.


Bad
EELB189

Can only find distances with a straight line. Only good if u want to find the lenth of your driveway. Whoever made it is dumb.


Incomprehensible user interface
Faithfulguy

The key to usability is the app behavior makes sense to users (not developers). This app fails that test. It keeps doing things I don't expect and I can't get it to answer the simplest question like how far is it to Hati?


Search for distance app continues
J-Boogie_69

This app tries to do things right but gets lost in the process. It lacks simple user things like, clear, or settings. Without a doubt you should at a minimum be able to switch measurements from feet to meters etc. If this function is possible I haven't found it. They are using Google maps but you don't have all Google map functionality. You should be able to see satellite images for refined distance, but no such luck. Has potential but needs more work.


Ray
Rwr1384072

Does not work.


Location Distance Finder
raltman210

I found the application very difficult to use because I could not move the locator points with precision. The instructions said to zoom in ––but not how to do that. It may work well if I could overcome this setup issue?


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