GeoNames Map Explorer – *Version 1.0.0* launched on NGA’s GEOINT APP STORE
GeoNames Map Explorer App is an app designed for maintaining your situational awareness and getting around in a foreign country. It has NGA’s Foreign GeoNames & USGS Domestic GeoNames databases setup in highly optimized fashion for display on map, table/grid and searching.
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App Features & Capabilities
- The app works immediately after install with internet access
- The map, search and audio playback work with data on Tech Maven Geospatial’s server
- Offline Data can be downloaded for custom user defined area of interests
- Required data is automatically requested and optional data can be selected and downloaded
- Users can also load their own map data (GeoJSON and MBTILES and GPKG raster tiles 3857)
- Users can load their own PDF documents
- The app has an advanced mapping engine that’s vector tile based with OpenMapTiles OpenStreetMap Vector Tiles with custom stylesheets as well as raster tile basemaps
- GeoNames data is displayed by Feature Class and users can decide what feature classes to show. The GeoNames Display field is used to control the scaling/zoom levels of the data.
- Advanced GeoNames Search and Spatial Search (constrain your queries to a certain geographic area)
- Supports GeoPackages
The Map Features :
- Coordinate Display (Lat Long, MGRS, GARS)
- Scale Bar
- Measure Area and Linear Tools
- GeoLocation with settings for tracking your location
- Spatial bookmarks
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Online Layers Raster Tile Basemaps Picker
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Raster Tile Basemap
![TimeZones_Vector_Overlay](https://blog.techmaven.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/TimeZones_Vector_Overlay.png)
Time Zones Vector Overlay
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Measure Area Map
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Select Your Area (AOI)
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Bookmark
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Manage AOI Request
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Change OSM Style
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MGRS Grid
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Attribute Table Search