====== Introduction ======

a:Drake is a **free** application for Android devices (Android 9 and newer) designed for paperless geocaching.

If you wonder where the name came from, here is the explanation: cacher in Czech sounds like "kačer" and it is a male duck, i.e. drake :-)

a:Drake is designed for **off-line work, i.e. without an internet connection**. It's possible to download data on-line, but this possibility is meant as a tool for quick updates, not as the main way of using the program. **Cache data is downloaded via the Geocaching API, which means the user has to be a Premium Member to use this feature without significant restrictions.**

Since version 6.15 a:Drake also has a **companion app for Wear OS watches** – navigation to the cache right on your wrist.

News, questions and bug reports: [[https://forum.geocaching.cz/t/30477|a:Drake discussion on the geocaching.cz forum]] (in Czech, English posts are welcome too).

[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.adrake|{{https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/images/generic/en_badge_web_generic.png?200|Get it on Google Play}}]]

====== Screenshots ======
{{:hlavni.jpg|Main menu}} {{:seznam.jpg|List of selected caches}}  {{:cekajici_logy.jpg|List of pending logs}}

{{:det_hlavni.jpg|Detail - main data}} {{:det_listing.jpg| Detail - listing}} {{:det_logy.jpg|Detail - logs}} {{:det_kompas.jpg|Detail - compass}}

{{:mapa1.jpg|Map - OSM}} {{:mapa2.jpg|Map - OSM}} {{:mapa6.jpg|Map - mapy.cz with different filter}}

{{:mapa3.jpg|Map - OSM}} {{:mapa4.jpg|Map - OSM}} {{:mapa5.jpg|Map - OSM}}

{{:filtr1.jpg|Filter - properties}} {{:filtr2.jpg|Filter - cache types}} {{:filtr3.jpg|Filter - waypoint types}} {{:filtr4.jpg|Filter - Location}}

//Screenshots come from older versions, the current look may differ.//

===== Features overview =====

  * finger-friendly
  * database of geocaches and waypoints (not included)
          * database fully compatible with [[https://www.geoget.cz|GeoGet]], data transfer over Wi-Fi (GeoGet Sync)
          * can handle huge data volumes, tens of thousands of caches (plus waypoints)
  * complete cache information
          * coordinates, terrain and difficulty, distance and direction
          * attributes
          * listing (original HTML), images for off-line use
          * list of assigned waypoints, projection, formula solver
          * logs
          * own notes
          * own log as a draft (Field Note), with images
  * navigation to cache or waypoint
          * compass, proximity alerts, radar
          * navigation on a Wear OS watch
  * drafts (Field Notes) and on-line sending to the website
          * customizable text of log, include time, note and sequence number
  * map
          * on-line maps (OpenStreetMap, Mapy.cz, Google etc.) with automatic saving for off-line use
          * custom map sources, off-line raster maps in SQLite format (e.g. created by [[https://mobac.sourceforge.io/|Mobile Atlas Creator]])
          * Mapsforge vector maps (OpenAndroMaps etc.) with themes loaded directly from ZIP archives
          * map rotation by direction of movement
          * details in the [[en:mapy|technical description of maps]]
  * trackables (inventory, own, watched), logging
  * GPX import and export
  * track recording, export to GPX, KML, PLT



===== Authors =====

**[[https://www.geocaching.com/p/?u=LudekV|LudekV]]** – original author

**[[https://www.geocaching.com/p/?u=lnavrat|lnavrat]]** – co-author, contributing since 2021 and maintaining the current version (new Android versions, maps, Wear OS, bug fixes)

Icon set: Karas0911 (Trnkáči).