SkyMapisahand-heldplanetariumforyourAndroiddevice. Useittoidentifystars,planets,nebulaeandmore.
OriginallydevelopedasGoogleSkyMap,ithasnowbeendonatedandopensourced.
Troubleshooting/FAQ
TheMapdoesn'tmove/pointsinthewrongplace
Makesureyouhaven'tswitchedintomanualmode. Doesyourphonehaveacompass?Ifnot,SkyMapcannottellyourorientation. Lookituphere:http://www.gsmarena.com/
Trycalibratingyourcompassbymovingitinafigureof8motionorasdescribedhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EPbAapaeI.
Arethereanymagnetsormetalnearbythatmightinterferewiththecompass? Tryswitchingoff"magneticcorrection"(insettings)andseeifthatismoreaccurate.
Whyisautolocationnotsupportedformyphone?
InAndroid6thewaypermissionsworkhaschanged. YouneedtoenablethelocationpermissionsettingforSkyMapasdescribedhere:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/6270602?p=app_permissons_m
TheMapisjittery
Tryadjustingthesensorspeedanddamping(insettings). Wehaveabettersolutioncomingsoon!
DoIneedaninternetconnection?
No,butsomefunctions(likeenteringyourlocationmanually)won'tworkwithoutone. You'llhavetousetheGPSorenteralatitudeandlongitudeinstead.
CanIhelptestthelatestfeatures?
Sure! Joinourbetatestingprogramandgetthelatestversion.
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.stardroid
Finduselsewhere:
* https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid(github-sourcecode)
* http://goo.gl/XWjRg(GooglePlus)
* http://groups.google.com/group/google-sky-map
* http://twitter.com/skymapdevs