Welcome to the PeriscopeView IOS product support page.

The PeriscopeView IOS App allows your device to become a satellite augmented electronic periscope, you can visualize what lies beyond what you can see from ground level.

Using the devices compass (magnetometer), GPS, camera, and internet connectivity PeriscopeView access the Apple Map system and displays either a map or a satellite view from above of the view that your camera is showing in the viewfinder.

The detail provided is as detailed as available with the online mapping data, and can be zoomed out to approximately 150 miles.

Points of interest can be marked with any of three colored pins using either coordinates, text based geosearch, or by finding a spot on a detailed map view and dropping a pin. You can even easily drop a pin on your current location.

Periscope view makes extensive use of the devices magnetometer (compass). Because of this, if you are located in or near magnetic fields or certain types of electronics or metallic objects, the heading obtained may be incorrect or unstable. Most compasses have this same issue, it's no different here.

On occasion, the device compass calibration screen will appear and ask you to tilt the device.

If you are in a location where you cannot verify that the compass is pointing accurately, you should hold the device with the touch screen up (on the devices 'back') and rotate the device through two full turns (clockwise or counterclockwise, does not matter). This often helps the compass gain its proper orientation.

You can select between three different zoom ranges by using the RANGE button.

On the right side is the ZOOM slider which changes the scale of the displayed map within each range.

You can switch between the SATELLITE view or the MAP view as desired.

Below the camera viewfinder is a smaller slider which allows you to offset the heading of the unit in the event you have a magnetic disturbance nearby that you cannot avoid. Moving this slider will allow you up to 25 degrees of correction in either direction.

To eliminate the correction, just tap the HEADING indicator.

The HEADING indicator will display in YELLOW when there is no compass correction, and ORANGE when you have added correction.

Your present Latitude and Longitude is displayed on either side of the HEADING indicator.

If you are in the smallest RANGE and using MAP mode, you can select between a tilted '3D' map view or a normal '2D' view.

If you tap on a Marker Pin you will bring up a detailed map view of that location.

If you double tap or long-tap on the map you will bring up a detailed map view of that location. You can fully control the detailed map view and add marker pins as desired.

SETTINGS

The SETTINGS button opens up the settings menu where you can enable or disable the 'Hemispherical pin assist' and the 'compass correction' modes.

Hemispherical pin assist will add the appropriate + or - to the Latitude and longitude you enter if you are locating marker PINS via the manual entry of the numbers. This may be an annoyance in certain parts of the world, so you can disable this feature if desired.

Manual compass correction can also be enabled or disabled as you desire.

Marker Pins

You can place any of three marker pins on the map either from the Pins Menu or by issuing a long press on a detailed map view.

You can drop a marker pin at your current location. (this button will turn green to denote you have reached the location of this, or any other pin).

You can do a geosearch for a location to place your pin.

If you decide to locate a pin by entering the latitude or longitude by entering numbers, you can choose between using the decimal or degrees notation.

Please note that if you locate a pin from the detailed map view, the 'place name' shown will be '??', waiting for you to enter it's familiar name. Similarly, when you use the 'locate here' button, the 'place name' field is made blank.

The iPhone display showing a typical screen.

On the upper left you see the range button. It is currently shown in the smallest range, which displays mapping information out to about 3 miles.

Please note that when you have zoomed in far enough (by pulling the slider on the right side down all the way) the center 'my location' blue-white dot will appear to bounce up and down.

The inner zoom limit is based on what mapping detail is available in your particular area and varies from place to place.

On the upper right is a compass rose displaying the orientation towards true north from the view shown.

Below the map display is indicators showing your current latitude and longitude, and the heading that the devices camera is viewing.

Below the camera viewfinder is another (horizontal) slider that allows you to adjust the heading indication to compensate for unavoidable local magnetic disturbances. This adjustment provides +/- 25 degrees of compensation.

To the right of the slider is the button for placing marker pins and then the setup menu button.

As you can see from the range indicator in the upper left, this view shows the medium range, which extends from near zero to roughly 60 miles.

Below the range button on the left is the map mode switcher that allows you to select either standard 'MAP' display or a 'Hybrid Satellite' display.

Below the map notice the heading indicator is YELLOW.

When you have NOT applied any magnetic correction this displays in yellow. When you apply more than 1degree of correction, the heading display changes to ORANGE and the amount of correction is shown in small orange type, to the right of the heading display.

The Marker Pin placement menu allows you to place up to three colored pins on the maps.

Each pin allows you to enter a familiar name for you to remember it (not displayed elsewhere) and the pins coordinates in latitude and longitude using either decimal or degree coordinates.

Geosearch via a text search is also available via the search button.

To the right of the search button is the 'PIN HERE' button which will drop a pin at your current location.

Whenever you happen to be located at, or within about 300 feet of a pin, the 'PIN HERE' button will turn GREEN.

The check box at the upper left of the screen will return you to the normal mapping view.

Here is a 'STANDARD' Map view.

You can see there are three pins located on the screen.

If you tap on a pin a more detailed map will be displayed of the area around that pin.

If there is a non-pin area of the map you wish to display in detail, double tap that spot, or long tap to bring up the detailed map display.

On the detailed map you have full functionality via swipes, pinches, etc to navigate around and to zoom or rotate the map. You can even change map displays to or from the Satellite images as desired.

From the detailed map, a LONG TAP will bring up a pin placement menu that allows you to place any of the three pins at the location that you have tapped.

Here is a view of a 'detailed map' which is obtained from either tapping on a pin, or double tapping anywhere on the map display.

In this view, a LONG TAP was placed where the red 'target' is located on the north side of Crystal Lake.

Selection of any of the three pins is available, as is cancelling the pin placement entirely. Tapping outside the pop-up pin placement menu will also cancel any pin changes.

On the upper right you will see a compass rose display to show you the orientation that the map is in. This will move as you rotate the map using the standard gestures.

To the left of the compass rose is the map change button which allows you to alternate between the 'STANDARD' map display and the 'HYBRID SATELLITE' view.

At the upper left is the BACK button that will dismiss the map and return you to the normal map.

The Geosearch button that you will find on the Marker Pin menu allows you to type in a textual search term and retrieve a list of likely locations that match your desired search.

PeriscopeView on the iPad is very similar to that on the iPhone, though the controls are located differently to take advantage of the large screen.

On the right is the same zoom slider as on the iPhone.

On the left are the buttons to select map range, map style, and the button to bring up the marker pin menu.

Not shown in this view is the 3D - 2D button.

3D mode, which changes the perspecive of the map displayed to semi-simulate depth, is only available in the 'STANDARD' map display mode and at the smallest range setting. When not in a mode where 3D is available, the button will not be present.

Please note that the heading correction adjusting slider is at the lower right of the iPad display, with the SETTINGS menu button at the usual lower right corner.

This is what the compass calibration screen looks like on an iPad (similar on the iPhone). This screen is called up automatically by the operating system when it decides that it needs calibration.

Compass 'calibration' by this method just corrects the devices compass for internal magnetic disturbances and DOES NOT correct for external disturbances caused by magnetic fields at your location.

If you are located in or near magnetic fields or certain types of electronics or metallic objects, the heading obtained may be incorrect or unstable. Most compasses have this same issue, it's no different here.

If you are in a location where you cannot verify that the compass is pointing accurately, you should hold the device with the touch screen up (the device lying on it's 'back') and rotate the device through two full turns (clockwise or counterclockwise, does not matter). This often helps the compass gain its proper orientation.

When you tap the 'MARKER PINS' button on the lower left you are presented the pin selection menu, as shown.

The commands on the iPad are identical to that on the iPhone and allow for pin location via latitude or longitude entry, geosearch, or 'pin here' buttons.

As you can see by the lower right 'pin here' button having a green glow, the purple pin is at the location known as 'right here'. You can also note that the purple pin is placed on the 'my location' marker at the center of the screen.

This is how the textual geosearch menu looks on an iPad.

QUESTIONS / COMMENTS / SUPPPORT

If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, or problems with Periscope View please email the author, John Martin at john@kf8kk.com .