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rampil

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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:04 pm Post subject: Altimeter App Update

Hi All,



I am still waiting to fix my cracked 912s block and it's too hot to work in the hangar anyway!



Just a quick update that avAltimeter now supports iPads with Barometer hardware.

That includes the iPad Mini 4, the iPad Air 2, and the iPad Pro series, in addition to the iPhone 6 and later.



The new version, 1.0.5, made it into the App Store today.

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rampil

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: Altimeter App Update

Its been so hot down here in Georgia, I can't stay long in the hanger, so I have been coding in the air-conditioned office. Hopefully my visit this week to Bud's shop will start my poor engine on its course to recovery and flight status.



The altimeter app "avAltimeter" is up to version 1.0.7 and now allows for setting the field elevation via GPS or manually or using the Kollsman window with either metric or imperial units.  I've collected pictures of the app being used in a variety of interesting aircraft cockpits at: http://www.aviametrix.com/avaltimeter-in-action/



I've also written a weather app which may be of interest to some here on the Europa list. Although I have yet to physically test it in the UK or the EU, I have simulated its presence across the pond and it seems to work fine for METAR reports world wide. It is a very simple, one trick pony app, but it does what I thought was useful (for me at least).  When you run the app, it gets your geographic location by GPS or other means, and fetches the closest METAR reports. No map scrolling or typing needed. You can fetch 25, 50 100 miles radius of station reports and sort them by distance to you, by heading, or by age. If you want to be a weanie, you can tap any particular station and the app will translate the METAR into english.  The app is called AvWx and it is in the App store.  You can take a peek at:

http://www.aviametrix.com/metar/avwx.html

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rampil

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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Altimeter App Update

Please be advised that iOS 10 on iPads only breaks all barometer type apps. Apple is aware of the issue and working on it.

This problem does not occur on iPhones.

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rampil

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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Altimeter App Update

The new beta release of iOS 10.1 fixes the barometer issue on iPads.

I have yet to be advised about release dates, but it should be soon.

Thanks for your patience!

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