iPhiGéNieisthetoolofchoiceformappinginFrance.
ThereareGPSapplicationswithFrenchmapsinside,iPhiGéNiebringsyouALLFrenchmapsfromtheNationalGeographicInstitute,withaGPSinside.
iPhiGéNiedisplaystopographicmaps,ortophotos,streetandcadastralmapsfromtheGeoportail.Onthisreferencebackgroundyourpreciseposition(GPS+phoneandwifiinterpolation)isshown.Everymapdisplayedonceiskeptinthedeviceandisavailableevenwithnonetwork(off-linemode).Allnon-topographicmapsandmostortophotosstaypermanentlyfree.
NEW:since2017-April-1theprovisionalcachelicenceisincludedintheIGNannualbasiclicence.
NEW:FREEworld-widecoveragethoughOpenStreetMap/openCycleMap,Spain,Germany,Italy,Norwey,IGN-littoral,andothersnewmapsfromIGN.
WithV6,yourIGNaccountissynchronizedwithIphiGéNie,andanewtransparentlayer"slope>30°"isavailable.
IMPORTANT:Geoportailmapserviceandresourcesaretiedtoapersonalsubscription,recurringbydefault.Seeconditionsbelow.Theapplicationinstallationisfreeandcomeswith7calendardaysoffreeaccesstotheservice.OptionalAmaxmoduleaddsextendedfeaturesbutdonotincludemapsubscription.
InAppPurchases:
Amaxoption:Thisoptionalmodule,availablethroughInAppPurchase,addfollowingfeatures:
•Waypointsmanagement,withphotos:Add,file,annotate,export-importinGPXfileformat.
•Tracksandroute:Recording,manualcreationandediting,following,export-importinGPXfileformat.
•Automaticdownloadingofmapsalongapredefinedtrack.
•Searchaddressoranytoponympresentonamap.Automaticcreationofrelevantwaypoint.
•"GPSbeacon"feature:Peopleyouauthorize,canfollowyourpositiononadetailedmap,eitheronsupportwebsiteoninsidetheapplication.Notrackingisdoneunlessyouactivateit.
•Followyoufriendsbeacon:Automaticupdateoffollowedpositions.Veryhandfultofindeachotherinthemiddleofnowhereorseehowfarareyourfellows.
Notes:
•GPS"beacon":Warning,giventhephonenetworknatureetbatterycapacity,youshouldneverengagesecurityontheavailabilityofthisfeature.
•GPSandbatterylasting:theGPSisshutdownwhentheapplicationissenttobackground,ifthereisnoactivatedfunctionrequiringit(trackrecording,"GPSbeacon").ContinueduseofGPSrunninginthebackgroundcandramaticallydecreasebatterylasting.
•WhilethereisnoEnglishtranslationofthemanualyet,EnglishspeakingusersaremorethanwelcometoaskanyquestionintheEnglishsectionoftheforumonthesupportwebsite.
•RecurringsubscriptionstoGeoportailmapservice
-Yearlysubscription.
-PaymentwillbechargedtoGoogleAccountatconfirmationofpurchase
-Subscriptionautomaticallyrenewsunlessauto-renewisturnedoffatleast24-hoursbeforetheendofthecurrentperiod
-Accountwillbechargedforrenewalwithin24-hourspriortotheendofthecurrentperiod.
-Subscriptionsmaybemanagedandauto-renewalmaybeturnedoffbygoingtotheuser’sAccountSettingsafterpurchase.
-Nocancellationofthecurrentsubscriptionisallowedduringactivesubscriptionperiod
-Anyunusedportionofthefreetrialperiod,willbeforfeitedwhentheuserpurchasesasubscriptiontoGeoportailmapservice.