wgms Glacier 2.0
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Free Version
Publisher Description
Glacier change information from the World Glacier Monitoring Service.
The wgms Glacier app provides access to monitoring data depicting older and recent developments of glaciers worldwide, their size, elevation, and their changes in length and volume. Photographs of glaciers and graphs of their development give insights into the glaciers' reaction to climate and into monitoring programs that document them. The compass and a card game are a fun way to increase your understanding and knowledge of glacier distribution and changes.
Detailed content:
Map search for glaciers:
- map function with satellite images as background
- clickable glacier points and clusters
- basic orientation map for offline use
Text search for glaciers:
- find glaciers by name, country, mountain region
- filter your search result by type of observation, growing and shrinking glacier status
Detailed view of glaciers:
- photographs for many glaciers
- detailed information on every single glacier: length, area, minimum and maximum elevation
- graphs showing monitoring results for different observation types
- explanations of the observation methods
- information on the latest investigators and their institutions
Favourites
- save your favourite glaciers in a separate list
Compass:
- real-time compass that shows the glaciers around you in every direction reaching up to 2000km, showing clickable results
Game:
- Card game to test your knowledge against the computer
The GlacierApp allows you to explore all available glacier change information using a map browser, a text search, a compass. or by playing the glacier card game.
wgms ist located at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich (UZH).
About wgms Glacier
wgms Glacier is a free app for Android published in the Reference Tools list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops wgms Glacier is Universität Zürich. The latest version released by its developer is 2.0.
To install wgms Glacier on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2017-08-10 and was downloaded 28 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the wgms Glacier as malware as malware if the download link to ch.wgms.glacierapp is broken.
How to install wgms Glacier on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the wgms Glacier is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by wgms Glacier will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- wgms Glacier will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
