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Place 1.56

5 MB / 50K+ Downloads / Rating 5.0 - 1 reviews


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Place, developed and published by Chanaka Alahakoon, has released its latest version, 1.56, on 2023-12-13. This app falls under the Tools category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 50000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 5.0, based on 1 reviews.

Place APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 6.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.latitude.place

Updated: 1 year ago

Developer Name: Chanaka Alahakoon

Category: Tools

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Place on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Reviews

5 ★, on 2021-05-11
Superb app for GIS works. Most useful for Sri Lankans. Keep up the good work @Chanaka

5 ★, on 2021-05-23
Very good app.Can you add satellite sky view

5 ★, on 2020-09-13
I'm working as a Licensed Surveyor, very usful app for land surveyors I'm using both ctdroid & place also using my mobile as a handheld gps device in field Excelant . I shall be thanksful if you could add option for easy calculation of distance & area like a "Fields Area Measure" App in google play store thanks a lots

5 ★, on 2020-08-21
Nice app to do my office work. Please try to add a function to measure horizontal distance in between two places which saves in my phone Thank you for your quick response. That's you have added distance measurement feature in your grate app .

5 ★, on 2020-02-20
Superb app. Very simple and user friendly. Need some developments and updates about search option in map view, Offline mood of map. Keep it up. Good luck.

5 ★, on 2020-06-16
I am Dr Dayaratne, Assistant Director, Land use planing, we always use CT droid and place apps. Very very easy and useful for our day today works. Thanks lot.

Previous Versions

Place 1.56
2023-12-13 / 5 MB / Android 6.0+

About this app

Free world Coordinate Converter with local grid support!

Product Brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C9f6LiGvqZ5nEJge9Dr-OcR1lguLK0Ap/view?usp=sharing

A tool that will evolve continually in to an inexpensive, full fledged hand held GPS unit replacement software to be used in the field. It supports many Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) to get local grid values from Latitude and longitude it receives from your mobile device sensor.

It is a tool that can help surveyors, military, hikers and folks in other engineering domains!

If your CRS is not available, email EPSG number to the developer...
e-mail: chanakasat@gmail.com

Fun facts: This tool can even be used for games like treasure hunt (scavenger hunt) or navigate through an unknown territory like a jungle offline!

Basic Functions:
- Free alternative to handheld GPS units
- Coordinate transformation with many local grid support
- Ability to save waypoints and tracks (GPS tracker)
- Offline navigation with an arrow pointing to the correct direction
- Back-tracking with navigation (You will never get lost in a jungle)
- Measure distance between selected places using local grid parameters
- Measure area using local grid parameters
- Parameter customization ability (For advanced users)
- Custom map support in offline mode
- On the fly conversion of any saved point to any coordinate reference system
- View saved tracks and places in Google or custom Maps
- Single and Bulk coordinate conversion
- Saved coordinate export support (CSV, GPX and KML format)
- Supports Google Drive as storage making sharing easy
- Coordinates can be exported to Google drive making sharing easy
- Built in Compass (At the moment uses device hardware sensor if available)

Currently supported projections
- Transverse Mercator (tmrec)
- Lambert Conformal Conic (lcc)
- Cassini (cass)
- Albers Equal Area (aea)

Transformation algorithm
Place algorithm is based on Helmert transformation and it utilizes 7 parameter Coordinate Frame Rotation (CFR) method.

Hope this tool will help you in some way...
Peace!

New features

Bug fix related to app crash when measuring area and distances

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read from external storage.