The Vector X bino/rangefinder has an app from Vectronix: VECSS. Oddly the Google Play store said it wasn't compatible with my Android phone or tablet, although it only requires Android version 9. I was able to download the app as an APK file and sideload it onto both devices. The device is remarkably capable and sophisticated, although as engineers are wont to do, the documentation does not begin to explain or explore these capabilities. The device has an internal compass and displays the target azimuth. Happily, in the Settings you can adjust for your magnetic declination (not mentioned in the PDF manual). The app makes it easier to set up and utilize rifle/ammo profiles but also has a mapping capability.
The mapping capability is remarkable, although I haven't quite figured out what I'll use this for! I paired the Vector X with a Lenovo tablet that I use for shooting apps (bigger screen and easier to read in the field without my #*&^$ reading glasses). You open the VECSS app, pair the Vector X with the device, and open Mapping. The app reads the rangefinding info, likely uses its internal GPS chip to find your location, then shows the location of your ranged target using the distance and compass azimuth.
Although my location should require 12.9 East, I had to fiddle with this a bit. There is a water storage tank for my neighborhood about 1200 yards distant. I set up the Vector X on a tripod and ranged this several times and found that using 7.3 East put me on the center of the tank. Maybe the magnetic pole is wandering, might be some metallic interference from the tripod, who knows? The Vector X displays a "chicken" in the display when it wants the internal compass recalibrated, and that seems to happen fairly often. Not important unless you need the azimuth for something like this.
The VECSS app works like most smartphone apps, so you can zoom in and out on the display and also rotate it to fit your shooting location and the target into a landscape display. You can do this with multiple different targets and it will mark each on the map display and show the ranging information in the table below. Being an old guy who grew up with paper maps, this is amazing technology.
The mapping capability is remarkable, although I haven't quite figured out what I'll use this for! I paired the Vector X with a Lenovo tablet that I use for shooting apps (bigger screen and easier to read in the field without my #*&^$ reading glasses). You open the VECSS app, pair the Vector X with the device, and open Mapping. The app reads the rangefinding info, likely uses its internal GPS chip to find your location, then shows the location of your ranged target using the distance and compass azimuth.
Although my location should require 12.9 East, I had to fiddle with this a bit. There is a water storage tank for my neighborhood about 1200 yards distant. I set up the Vector X on a tripod and ranged this several times and found that using 7.3 East put me on the center of the tank. Maybe the magnetic pole is wandering, might be some metallic interference from the tripod, who knows? The Vector X displays a "chicken" in the display when it wants the internal compass recalibrated, and that seems to happen fairly often. Not important unless you need the azimuth for something like this.
The VECSS app works like most smartphone apps, so you can zoom in and out on the display and also rotate it to fit your shooting location and the target into a landscape display. You can do this with multiple different targets and it will mark each on the map display and show the ranging information in the table below. Being an old guy who grew up with paper maps, this is amazing technology.
