Hi,
After taking the weekend to discuss things with everyone involved in this venture; here are some notes/comments that we have so far and once again THANK YOU all for contributing because we really do read your posted comments and your PM comments.
What this app IS NOT going to be:
A group size measurement (plenty of them already)
GPS only for Targeting purposes (plenty of GPS nav apps)
A Logbook (honestly it’s in ColdBore and its usage is extremely insufficient)
No abundance of reticles (flashy but basically useless)..we can add a basic one in MRAD and MOA with hash marks…that’s more than enough since all are just theme variations of the very same thing
Picture annotations (too cumbersome to add given the broad scope of the app, and best doing with a separate app)...Let me see what I can do with image uploading, the problem is you need it geo-referenced (to make sense when using the GPS for ranging and azimuth).
General features
- User files will be in XML format (a universal vendor-independent supported standard).
- User data files will be compatible with ColdBore .1.0 so data exchange between the two will be seamless.
- User files can be exported/imported to a desktop PC and to the cloud.
- Like in ColdBore, all pages will display the selected track’s data (load, rifle, etc).
- It’s likely to release the app when reaching beta status to a number of testers.
- Full screen rotation will be featured too.
- Like in ColdBore, all parameters will be supported for metric/imperial and most important, the user will be able to mix them up as desired. NO need to set up “preferences”
- A Tabbed interface is going to be the primary metaphor to use. Submenus will be almost nonexistent.
- The app will feature the same “truing” mechanism present in ColdBore (ie the Drag Coefficient)
- Error messages will be abundant and clear, same as in ColdBore, so the user will get always a meaningful message in plain english.
- Kestrel Series 5XXX pairing
- The current TURRET units as featured in ColdBore, takes care of the custom turret value (turret actual built-in error)
- Full support for Multiple Winds (up to 3 zones) as in ColdBore
- Ranging tool supporting Angle of View
Range Card specific
- The Range Card will be user customizable for selected parameters and units (which columns to display, MOA, MRAD, TURRET units, etc).
- Will try to do our best to support as many tags as possible, however given the constrained real estate available that’s not an easy feat.
- Excel and CSV formats will also be supported so users are free to change whatever they want (ie layout, fonts, size, etc).
- Printing will be in PDF format, which given its widespread support is essentially a universal standard.
- Like in ColdBore 1.0 all user settings (Coriolis, Aero Jump, etc) are user selectable (on/off)
- Full support of Target coordinates (GEO, UTM and MGRS) and up to 72 reference ellipsoids.
- Targeting and Mapping functionality
Sincerely,
Theis