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Flype on the iPhone / iPod Touch

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Info

This is the info screen which is shown at every start. From here you can easily reach the online manual and version and licence infos.

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To visit the other parts of the app, tap the respective buttons at the bottom.


Flype

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The main part of the Flype screen is covered by the map, which shows your current location while flypeing. The map is used as any map in other apps:

  • Slide the map with one finger to change location
  • Double-tap to zoom into. The altitude will be changed accordingly
  • Spread two fingers to zoom into the map
  • Pinch with two fingers to zoom out
  • Tap with two fingers to zoom out

This video shows the map in action:

 

And now ...

  • tap once on the map to start flypeing
  • tilt your iPhone to left/right to change direction
  • tilt your iPhone forward/backwards to change altitude
  • tap once again to stop flypeing

This is how it looks like:

To change your Flype Speed:

  • Move one finger near the right or left border of the map up slightly: as long as you hold your finger on the map, Flype will accelerate
  • Move one finger down slightly: as long as you hold your finger on the map, Flype will decrease speed
  • Double-tap on the map to stop down to "default speed", which is 30 mph or 50 km/h.

 

You can lay down your iPhone and control Flype with one finger on the map. If your iPhone is laying slanted or is on a stand, Flype would go into curves or steadily climb or fall. To prevent from this, tap with two fingers on the map to "trim" Flype:

 


Status Bar

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Up at the top on the Flype page you'll always see the status bar.

 

flype-statusline-directionThis button shows the current direction, up is North.

Tap on this button to fixate direction.

 

flype-statusline-horizonThis is your horizon as in real airplanes. The dark area symbolizes the floor. So you can easily realiye your current orientation. Tap on this button to stop changing altitude.

 

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In the middle altitude and speed is displayed. Of course, you can also show this in feet and mph. Go to Settings tab for this option.


The menu

... can be reached from the top of the Flype page:

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Special Places

  • Goto user location: The iPhone tries to find the current GPS position and moves the map to there
  • Set current location as 'Home': You can define any place as"Home". Flype to a nice place and tap this button. Positions, direction and speed will be stored
  • Goto 'Home': Warps you to "Home"

 

EarthGlider

The following menu entries are for control of EarthGlider, this app for a Mac can be downloaded for free . (see .... Flype site)

  • Record Flype Track : You can record your flype in EarthGlider. Later this track can be played on Google Earth, e.g..
  • Show Streets: Street lines and names are displayed on the EarthGlider's map.
  • Show Loaction Names: Names of locations and some kinds of borders and lines are displayed in EarthGlider.
  • Show 3D Buildings: Because EarthGlider is based on GoogleEarth, 3D buildings can be displayed, where available. This is very impressive in cities like San Francisco, Paris or New York.

Places

Tap on Places at the bottom and you can access the placemarks, i.e. places which you can visit with a single tap.

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To add your own placemark, simply tap on the pin icon while flypeing:

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The new placemark will appear at the top of your placemarks list. To gather the adress data, a online service is consulted. However, this will not always show nice results. But you can easily edit the placemarks description (see later).

Placemarks can also be deleted and re-arranged. Tap on Edit to start this.

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To edit description and flype data of a placemark, tap on the respective blue circled button in the placemark list. This is the Edit Placemark page:

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Share placemarks

Besides "My Places" you'll also find the "Online" section of placemarks. This one is filled by other users who wants to share their favorite locations! You can do this, too! On the placemark edit page you find the sharing button::

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Tap this button to access a dialog to enter details. One further tap and you can send me this placemark by mail. After a check, I will put it online for all users of Flype::

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Thank you very much in advance!


Settings

The settings page is always only one tap away. So you can quickl change the map style, e.g.

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Mapbox Maps Style

The map which you se for flypeing can be displayed in different styles. Just try out the several styles or watch this video for an overview:

Measurement Units

  • Metric: meter and kilometer or ...
  • Imperial: feet und miles

 

Misc.

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  • Show Map Overlay: The current tilt and roll state of the iPhone will be displayed by green lines on top of the map. Because of the small attitude indicator on the toolbar, you may switch off this overlay.
  • Show Help Dialogs: there are a few help dialogs thoughout the app. You may even omit these.

If you have any suggestions for more options and settings, just drop me a mail, and we'll see 🙂

Happy Flyping!

Robert Fischer, tin:b Software


Hinweis: Google Earth ist Warenzeichen von Google Inc.