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Your wants for a backpack trip smartphone app

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Doug Coe BPL Member
PostedJul 14, 2015 at 9:16 am

I'm developing ideas for an app for backpacking trips. My starting point is–wouldn't it be nice to have all the info you need on a trip in one place?

This could include things during the drive like:
Gear checklist
Food checklist
Shopping list for things to buy en route
Address/location of ranger stations, en route campsites
Trailhead info on parking, water sources
Fire, bear, etc regulations

Things on the hike like:
Recipes
Campsite options
Food resupply options

After the hike:
Public transportation info
Campgrounds with shower facilities
Ice cream shops nearby

Do you think you would use an app like this? If not, what do you use instead? And if you like the idea and would like to see more things included, please let me know what they are.

Thanks in advance for any and all comments!
Doug

Doug Coe BPL Member
PostedJul 14, 2015 at 11:34 am

One hiker's ice cream is another's hiker's brews. Uh, you know what I mean. :)

JCH BPL Member
PostedJul 14, 2015 at 2:16 pm

I know you guys are kidding…kinda…but are you really that far off?
When I get off the trail about the only things I can think of are beer and bbq.
Of course, apple maps and yelp usually take care of that.

PostedJul 14, 2015 at 3:08 pm

>> Do you think you would use an app like this? If not, what do you use instead?

Sure… but it would have to be able to function without any cell signal in a lot of places that I go, and that includes en route campsites (national forest areas, for instance) and trailheads.

I basically never assume that I'm going to have a signal. I collect information pre-hike, throw them in a document that I put on my Kindle or print it out to take with me.

Doug Coe BPL Member
PostedJul 14, 2015 at 3:21 pm

Yeah, the idea is for it to work offline as an organized way to store the info you collected pre-hike. Any appeal in that for anyone?

Thanks!

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