Sailings

1.21

Navigational Algorithms

4.00

712 reviews

100,000+
Downloads

Free

Great Circle and Rhumb line routes

About Sailings

Sailings is a maps & navigation app developed by Navigational Algorithms.

How many times has Sailings been downloaded?

Sailings has been downloaded 210 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 50 times.

What is the rating of Sailings?

Sailings is rated 4.00 out of 5 stars, based on 710 ratings.

Is Sailings free?

Sailings is free to download. The APK download size is 2.90 MB. The latest version available is 1.21. The last update was on April 9, 2025.

What are the requirements for Sailings?

Sailings requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2015.

Description

Sailing is a method of solving the various problems involving course, distance, difference of latitude, difference of longitude, and departure.

The app plots on a Google map the route between a departure and a destination point, using the following sailings:
- Rhumb line (loxodromic).
- Great Circle (orthodromic).
And calculates:
- Course & distance.
- Waypoints of the great circle route.
- Save between Rhumb line and Great Circle route.
- Nodes and vertices of the Great Circle.

It also plots the entire Great Circle.

OPERATION
1 - Long click 1: adds the departure point
2 - Long click 2: adds the destination point and plots RL & GC
3 - Tap the Mark to see the information
4- [Output]
- GC course C and distance D
- Save between RL & GC
- Waypoints of the GC route
- Vertices and nodes of the GC

WARNING not for live navigation. Sailings App is a useful calculator for navigation.

User interface:
- Zoom buttons +/-
- Map types: normal, terrain and satellite
- GPS location. ("Location" App permission must be allowed. Switch on you GPS, and then automatic location detection is possible).

See App help for more details.

Recent changes:
Upgraded to:
Android SDK 36
'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:19.1.0'

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More data about Sailings

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	210 thousand
Recent downloads	50
Rating	4.00 based on 710 ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	1.21
APK size	2.90 MB
Number of libraries	15
Designed for Android	4.4+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

Sailings has been downloaded 210 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 50 times.

Changelog of Sailings

Apr 9, 2025UpdateVersion 1.21
Jul 16, 2024UpdateVersion 1.20
Dec 19, 2023UpdateVersion 1.19
Nov 7, 2023UpdateVersion 1.18
Aug 21, 2023UpdateVersion 1.15
Mar 7, 2023UpdateVersion 1.14
May 31, 2022UpdateVersion 1.12
May 7, 2020UpdateVersion 1.10
Apr 6, 2020UpdateVersion 1.7
Jan 8, 2020UpdateVersion 1.6
Dec 2, 2019UpdateVersion 1.3
Jan 10, 2018CategoryMoved from Travel & Local to Maps & Navigation
Jan 1, 2018UpdateVersion 1.2
Nov 17, 2017Installs100,000+ installs
Jan 31, 2017Installs50,000+ installs
Jul 22, 2016UpdateVersion 1.1
Apr 14, 2016Installs10,000+ installs
Feb 12, 2016Installs5,000+ installs
Oct 5, 2015Installs1,000+ installs
Aug 8, 2015Installs500+ installs
Jun 13, 2015Installs100+ installs
Jun 6, 2015Installs50+ installs
May 23, 2015Installs10+ installs
May 19, 2015New AppVersion 1.0 in TRAVEL_LOCAL for Free

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Developer information for Navigational Algorithms

Navigational Algorithms

navigationalalgorithms@gmail.com

Website

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Comments on Sailings for Android

★★★★★ A Google user · Oct 12, 2018

Use this app whenever it required gps offline to travel from province to province through open sea. Excellent app please maintain it.

★☆☆☆☆ HM · Jul 18, 2020

When u have a waypoint and do navigate to it, it brings you to google map!!!

Google Play Rankings for Sailings

This app is not ranked

Technologies used by Sailings

Sailings is requesting 6 permissions and is using 17 libraries.

Permissions

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, full network access

Your accounts

read Google service configuration

Extra

com.Sailings.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Firebase Android Library Icon

Firebase

Android Jetpack Annotations Android Jetpack Widgets Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections

Android Support VectorDrawable AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter Google Maps SDK Android Library Icon

Google Maps SDK

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