Mountain ID: Peak Scope AR

Mountain identifier tools help you put names to a skyline and explore nearby summits. Peak Scope combines a camera label view, a nearby peak list and a mountain compass so you can compare names, elevations and directions from your current position.

POINT TOWARD THE HORIZON

The camera view projects peak names using your location, phone heading and tilt. See a summit name with its database elevation, estimated distance and bearing. This is a geometric label overlay, not recognition of a mountain photograph or a match of the terrain silhouette. A label can refer to a summit hidden behind another ridge.

BROWSE NEARBY PEAKS

The app uses a distance limit of 150 km and shows up to 24 entries in the nearby list. Explore names and details, with elevation in meters, distance in kilometers, bearing in degrees and an estimated elevation angle. Open a peak detail sheet to inspect an entry without needing to align the camera with it.

TRY THE MOUNTAIN COMPASS

Use the compass view without the camera to compare the phone direction with peak bearings. Location and usable heading sensors are still needed. Readings depend on your phone rather than a survey instrument, so treat alignment, bearings, angles and distances as approximate reference information.

KNOW THE DATA COVERAGE

The bundled database contains about 82,000 selected named summits from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0. It is not a complete catalog of every mountain or hill. Selection rules and the available records mean smaller, unnamed or less documented summits may be absent. The database elevations are recorded values, not a live measurement of the mountain height.

SAVE A VIEW OR SHARE A SUMMARY

Where the device capture and save functions are supported, save a labeled view to the photo library after granting the required media permission. Capture or saving can be unavailable or fail on a device. Sharing a nearby-peak text summary involves a rewarded-ad unlock.

BEFORE USING THE LABELS

Allow location access and wait for a real position fix. Without a fix, the nearby list stays empty. The camera overlay also needs a usable heading, tilt and true-north correction; missing readings can leave labels unavailable. Camera access requires camera permission. Phone sensors, magnetic interference, GPS quality and altitude estimates affect the result.

Use Peak Scope to learn summit names, compare a view with the nearby list or keep a visual memory of an outing. It does not test terrain visibility or provide route guidance, trail maps or emergency navigation. Use it for general reference, not safety decisions.

Peak data is bundled with the app. The app also contains advertising, uses Firebase Analytics and retrieves ad configuration over the network. Bundled data does not mean that every app service runs without a connection.