Skyline

Skyline finds direction and air-line distance to places and mountains nearby. It's also a nice augmented reality compass, perfect for travel and hiking. Containing a search function, various lists as well as user defined places, favorites and tiles. Skyline works offline once the geographical data for the region have been loaded to the device.

available in English and German with geographical data in 33 languages

requires Windows Phone 7.5, 8 or 8.1 and a device with a magnetometer

Skyline doesn't run on the Lumia 520, 525, 530, 535, 625, 630, 635 or other devices without a magnetometer.

Skyline beta

Skyline beta finds direction and air-line distance to places nearby. It's also a nice augmented reality compass, perfect for travel and hiking. Skyline works offline once the geographical data for the region have been loaded to the device.

Skyline beta is not developed further except of bugfixes, but will stay free.

available in English and German with geographical data in 33 languages

requires Windows Phone 7.5, 8 or 8.1 and a device with a magnetometer

Skyline beta doesn't run on the Lumia 520, 525, 530, 535, 625, 630, 635 or other devices without a magnetometer.

f.a.q.

Why is the heading inaccurate?

The compass needs to be calibrated. Turn it like the figure 8.

Since the app relies on the magnetometer of your phone, there can be problems within buildings, boats, trains or similar constructions influencing the geomagnetic field.

Some devices are more accurate than other ones. This app was mainly tested on a Lumia 620, 800 and 820, which usually are more or less accurate.

Sorry, Skyline doesn't run properly on the Lumia 520, 525, 530, 535, 625, 630, 635 or other devices without a magnetometer.

Is an internet connection required?

Only once to download the geo data for your region (regions are roughly 150,000 kmē large, a bit more near the equator, a bit less near the poles) and each time you enter a new region. You can also download regions manually in advance. Afterwards Skyline works offline, so you can use it at places without a connection.

Why can't I change the geo data language later?

You can with Skyline. You cannot with Skyline beta.

Thanks to geonames.org Skyline supports a lot of different languages. However each language pack has to be downloaded separately, and to minimize internet traffic the free version is limited to one language. If you want to change the language, you have to reinstall Skyline beta.

version history

1.1.0.0

Different display settings added including current location and altitude, geo position accuracy improved, plus many small enhancements and bugfixes.

09 Jun 2015

1.0.0.0

Widely enhanced version with mountains, a search function, various lists as well as user defined places, favorites and tiles.

18 May 2015

0.9.3.0

Camera image deactivatable, manual scrolling for devices without integrated compass, bugfixes.

18 May 2015

0.9.2.1

Landscape orientation mode bug fixed.

02 Jan 2015

0.9.2.0

Geo database updated (much more cities added). To make the app work when no GPS signal is available the last known location is cached. And again several bugs fixed.

30 Dec 2014

0.9.1.0

World map added and range increased - plus bugfixes of course.

23 Oct 2014

0.9.0.0

First version released.

11 Oct 2014