Solar Compass ============= What is Solar Compass? ------------------- Solar Compass is an Android application for finding directions using the position of the sun in the sky. Downloading ----------- Latest release of Solar Compass can be downloaded from http://code.agnibho.com/solarcompass/ The source code is available at https://github.com/agnibho/solarcompass/ Installation ------------ Please see the file named INSTALL.txt for installation instructions. Usage ----- Start the app and place your device horizontally. Now touch the sun icon on the screen and rotate it towards the position of the sun in the sky. The compass will automatically rotate to point the directions once you release the sun icon. Tips: To properly find the direction of the sun place your finger vertically on a horizontal surface. The direction of the shadow will be the exact opposite direction of the sun. The left upper corner of the screen contains your location information. You can touch the button by its side to enter a location manually. The right upper corner contains the help button. Clicking it will open a help screen detailing the usage instructions. Licensing --------- Copyright (c) 2016 Agnibho Mondal All rights reserved This file is part of Solar Compass. Solar Compass is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Solar Compass is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Solar Compass. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. Contacts -------- Agnibho Mondal mondal@agnibho.com www.agnibho.com