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Little Sailor sail & motorboat simulator
Little Sailor is a sailing, surfing and motorboat simulator for mobile devices. Take Little Sailor with you and learn basics of sailing anywhere! See how wind force affects the sail and test your skills against AI opponents in a yacht race. Learn how to trim the sails to make the most use of wind energy. Discover when there is a risk of capsizing. Practise sailing downwind and upwind, tacking and gybing. * six AI opponents, from newbies to experienced sailors * generator of new tracks * adjustable weather conditions (wind strength, direction and variation) * shoals and dangerous areas * textual and graphical race summary * comparative sailing skill estimate * control by keys or touch * all scores (run lengths, times, speed, penalties, motor usage) are saved for future reference and comparison * miscellaneous speed units (knots, m/s, km/h, mph) and distance units (meters, feet, yards) * target hint to help beginners * real wind and telltale indicators * full-screen animated apparent wind display * speedometer, thrust and velocity vector display. This is a shareware listed under games, entertainment sports category.
Keywords: risk dangerous areas variation knots sailing skill opponents weather conditions wind strength wind force target thrust newbies speedometer sailors yacht race wind energy sails mobile devices apparent wind velocity vector cart check poses
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PrettyMap - World Atlas and Maps, GPS
View maps of Earth and other planets with PrettyMap! See current day and night regions, learn geography by taking the quiz, enjoy 3D elevation surfaces, measure distances between locations and create your own maps with special places! PrettyMap lets you view vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, world cities, rivers, satellite photos), search in geographically-referenced data, visualize and analyze spatial information, download current weather reports and forecasts, extend your knowledge by taking an educational quiz, and edit your own simple maps. PrettyMap is a GIS program with the following features: - support for vector maps (points, lines, areas) - support for raster maps (terrain elevation and bathymetry, images, symbolic) - displays maps of various planets - supports GPS, logging GPS locations, wardriving and the "follow GPS" mode - GPS fleet tracking service: PrettyMap can regularly report locations so that you know where your fleet is, and others know where you are - displays current weather maps, detailed weather reports and forecasts (requires Internet connection) - all maps are free: - political: country boundaries with country names, capitals, population sizes, ... - comprehensive set of data for each country, based on the current information from The World Factbook - elevation data for Earth, Moon, Mars - lunar mountains, craters and crater chains, seas, lakes, swamps, valleys, ... - spherical projection - relief and 3D elevation (DEM) view with vector map overlay - shows day and night regions, shadow length and sun/north orientation - zoom range from whole planet to meters - multiple, configurable vector map layers - data search for vector map databases - versatile quiz with teacher mode - bar charts and color-by option - distance measurement - integrated user-defined locations (Points Of Interest) editor, stores notes and values for each POI - sessions to quickly save/restore program state. PrettyMap - World Atlas and Maps, GPS is a shareware categorized under education geography tools.
Keywords: elevation data terrain elevation earth moon shadow length crater chains night regions population sizes distances between locations satellite photos vector and raster measure distances bathymetry images detailed weather reports spherical projection teacher mode vector maps country boundaries raster maps lunar mountains current weather maps screen interface imap server
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