SearchPatterns app for iPhone and iPad


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Developer: Adam Kusch
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 01 Feb 2012
App size: 206.93 Kb

Easily calculate various values to help you manage your Search and Rescue search patterns.

Featured search patterns:
- Expanding Square
- Creeping Line Ahead (CLA)
- Sector Search

For each search pattern, calculate:
- total distance of your search
- how long it will take to fly it
- total square area searched
in addition to:

Expanding Square:
- calculate number of waypoints needed to enter the pattern in a GPS

Creeping Line Ahead:
- calculate number of legs to fly based on a given the distance you need to creep (defined search area)
OR
- calculate the maximum distance you can cover based on a fixed amount of legs

Sector:
- use 60 degree or 30 degree cuts
- calculate subsequent tracks