Rockd 4+
University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Explore, learn about, and document your geologic surroundings! Whether you are a professional geoscientist or curious about the rocks around you and the stories they tell, Rockd allows you to explore and learn about the geologic record, contribute your own observations, and log your journey through the geologic record.
Features:
- Instant access to geologic and geographic summaries of your current location via a Dashboard
- Interactive global access to more than 290 geologic maps, with more being added weekly
- Explore the landscape with a dynamic, 3D virtual globe
- Save maps for use in the field with a built-in map caching system
- See your past location and explore paleogeographic maps from C.R. Scotese and GPlates
- Explore published literature containing mentions of mapped geologic units (when available) via xDD (formerly, GeoDeepDive)
- Elevation data for most points on Earth from digital elevation models (DEMs)
- Add your own field observations even offline; tag features from Macrostrat and the Paleobiology Database
- Record strike/dip or trend/plunge for geologic features, using your phone's compass
- Track your progress through the geologic record privately, or share it with others
- See the public activity of other users and share your own and other public checkins using unique URLs
Rockd is produced by the Macrostrat lab in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Support provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Dept. of Geoscience.
Experiencing issues? Send an email to contact@rockd.org and we will do our best to help you resolve it.
What’s New
Version 3.4.0
Improvements:
- Add paper "snippets" via xDD
- Improve display of long outcrop descriptions
- Synchronize privacy policy with website
Bug fixes:
- Fix map caching system
- Fix photo and camera roll access
- Improve login experience
- Fix private checkin toggling
- Fix checkin updates from EXIF data
- Allow more trips to be loaded
Ratings and Reviews
Awesome!
great app or reference tool for anyone interested in geology 😊 especially useful for students
Amazing concept, well executed
Overall it’s quite well integrated. The paleo maps are a little bit clunky (something where you could just zoom in on one map might be better than 3 at different zoom levels) and I can’t seem to get local fossils to load (even though I’m sure I saw them the first time). The fossils section could use a bit more attention in the instructions.
Good app
I wish you could friend or follow people on the app
But other than that it’s a fantastic app
App Privacy
The developer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps
- Size
- 151.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © UW Board of Regents, 2023
- Price
- Free