Compass Eye Bearing Compass2.9 - App Store

Professional Augmented Reality Bearing Compass with real-time camera and map views, bearing markers and up to 8x zoom providing Compass Binocular features at a fraction of the cost.

"..works nicely, we tried it out at the Voiles d'Antibes...the Captain's response when trying it out was 'Cool!'." - Boatbookings, The World's Leading Online Yacht Charter Broker

Compass Eye can be used to help with navigation on land, sea or air as a bearing or marching compass.

Compass Eye is fully gimballed and works accurately in all orientations and angles when held vertical and horizontal.

“This app is a compass on steroids! It is fully gimballed so it will work in any orientation on your iPhone or iPad. You can use it on land while hiking or as a hand bearing compass on the ocean or in the air while flying.” i-Marine Apps

"The app's compass works way better than the iOS default compass and I don't have to wave my iPhone in the air every time I launch the app." Gizmodo Review (App of The Day, 6th December).

MAIN FEATURES
- Real time, accurate in all orientations
- Compass overlaid on live camera view
- 8x Digital zoom
- Back, transit, or collision bearing markers
- Draggable Green and red bearing lines
- Triangulation bearings
- Optional time, date and GPS location information
- Magnetic or True North setting with variation based on location
- Live map view with position and track
- Artificial Horizon with roll and pitch readout
- Night Vision and FLIROne(R) Infra-red support
- Location sharing
- Longitude and latitude degree display in DD° MM.mmm', DD° MM' SS.ss" and now DD.ddd°
- iOS Dark mode support
- Full screen on iPhoneX and later devices

Enabling GPS also shows the Speed Over Ground (SOG) , Course Over Ground (COG) and optional COG bearing (purple).

HOW TO USE

Taking a bearing - look through your iPhone at the distant object, line it up with the centre line and read off the bearing! Zoom in to get more accuracy.

Setting a bearing - look through your iPhone at the point you want to get to, tap the Bearing button (Top right) and follow the yellow bearing line.

Setting a bearing from the map - lay the iPhone flat, rotate or drag a bearing line to line up with the point you are aiming for and follow that bearing.

Triangulation - use the three bearing lines - yellow green and red to take bearings on 3 points. Capture the view including compass, bearings, time and location information (Camera button on left of screen) and then use the photo to plot a fix on a chart.

Clearance bearings to a point on an approach - set one line to the minimum bearing (e.g. the angle the target must bear greater than) and the other line to the maximum bearing and navigate between the two. Use the colours according to the IALA lateral markings to help you remember which way to steer. e.g. in North America use red for the minimum bearing and green for the maximum (vice-versa in Europe!).

SPECIFICATIONS
Based on the iPhone camera the image specification at full zoom compares favourably with a 7x50 pair of binoculars:
- Field of Vision at 1000m at 8x: 122m
- Angle of view at 8x: approx 7 degrees
- ISO 3200 or better.

NAVIGATION SAFETY
Compass Eye should only be used for basic navigation assistance. Never rely solely on the digital compass for determining direction, proximity or distance. The user is responsible for the prudent use of information provided by this application and must not use it for direct navigation.

Requirements: iOS device with back facing Camera, Magnetometer and accelerometer (gps is optional).

N.B. Battery consumption can go up considerably when the iPhone's GPS is enabled, Compass Eye allows you to turn off location display to preserve battery life.

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Support: help@pocketmariner.com

Version History Update for latest iOS and FLIR 2.9 10/02/2025 Fix for lubber line (compass pointer) disappearing in iOS15 and iPhoneX plus devices. 2.8.1 05/06/2022 Full Screen on iPhoneX and later devices
Dark mode support added
Fix for compass gimbal problem on iOS14 2.8 03/17/2021 Compass Heading improvement for latest iPhone devices. 2.7 11/19/2018 Selector for choosing longitude and latitude degree display, DD MM.mmm or DD MM SS.ss and now DD.ddd too 2.6 03/14/2018 Augmented Reality support for the new 3rd Gen FLIRONE Infra-red devices including the higher resolution FLIRONE Pro. to provide vision at night and in fog. 2.5 09/16/2017 CompassEye now supports the amazing FLIR ONE Infra-red camera. See ships and people in the dark and in fog.
Pitch (Altitude) and Roll angles now show when artificial horizon is selected.
Location now shows in DD MM.mmm (e.g. 51° 21.421') by default. Change in settings to display seconds DD MM SSS ( 51° 21' 25.261"
iOS9 improvements for 6 plus 2.4.4 06/07/2017 CompassEye now supports the amazing FLIR ONE Infra-red camera. See ships and people in the dark and in fog.
Pitch (Altitude) and Roll angles now show when horizon is enabled.
iOS9 improvements for 6 plus 2.4.3 01/13/2017 CompassEye now supports the amazing FLIR ONE Infra-red camera. See ships and people in the dark and in fog.

iOS9 improvements for 6 plus 2.4 12/01/2016 iOS8 ready
New rotating map display.
Camera Focus improvements in low light.
Alternative Compass Horizon view.
Performance improvements
Map scale added

If you enjoy Compass Eye please leave a review or rating. If you have previously review or rated Compass Eye, please update your review so that it reflects your opinion of our most recent release. If you have issues or problems, please contact us via our support links ( help@pocketmariner.com) , we do not have any way to respond to comments left in reviews. 2.3 01/16/2015 iOS7 support
Fix log - time and date stamp of previous fixes.
Camera Focus improvements in low light.
Alternative Compass Horizon view.
Performance improvements
Map scale added
iPhone 4 fix for iOS7 2.2 12/29/2014 Low light mode focus stabilised 2.1 03/12/2013 iPhone 5 Low Light boost support. Incredible increase in visibility at very low light levels.
Night Vision mode.
Artificial Horizon.
UI improvements. 2.0 11/09/2012 Improved UI performance 1.22 05/07/2012 iPad 2+ support - think "Big Compass Binoculars"! 1.21 11/29/2011 Important: Please do not update if you are an iPhone user, we have a new update waiting for approval. 1.2 11/21/2011 UI refresh with new graphics and icon
Map overlay
GPS blue course indicator
GPS course over ground value and speed over ground
Photo sharing via Twitter 1.1 11/16/2011 1.0 10/18/2011