[pct-l] eTrails now Available

[Terry]

David,  I have downloaded the eTrail app and I'm very impressed with it and what a great tool to have to use!

Thanks

Terry



Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 15, 2013, at 5:13 PM, David Harris <David_Harris at hmc.edu> wrote:

> I'm delighted to announce a free new iPhone/iPad app called eTrails that
> presently covers California Sections A-C and E of the PCT.  You can
> download it from the App Store now.
> 
> eTrails 1.1 provides a wealth of situational awareness on the trail.  It
> has databook, moving map, elevation profile, and guidebook views of the
> trail.  The map displays your location, the trail and many side trails, and
> hundreds of points of interest overlaid on USGS base maps so that you do
> not need cell coverage.  Waypoints are hyperlinked between the various
> views.
> 
> I hope to have data for the rest of Southern California entered by the time
> most thru-hikers reach Section C.
> 
> I get about 1.5 days of heavy use out of eTrails on a iPhone 5 and 1 day on
> a iPhone 3gs.  I hope you'll find that it transcends the capabilities a
> GPS.  With an external battery for recharging, it can also serve many of
> the functions of a guidebook.  However, eTrails does not replace paper maps
> or common sense.
> 
> I gathered the data last summer while hiking Sections A-J, and have spent a
> tremendous amount of time since then developing the app. There are many
> known typos in the trail descriptions and features remaining on the to-do
> list, but the app is functional and I wanted to make it available to the
> community. There is one known bug that the app crashes when you try to zoom
> to your position on a map before obtaining a GPS fix; this has been fixed
> and will be gone in the next release. I would appreciate feedback very
> much. Please post your glowing praise to the App Store and send your bug
> reports and feature requests directly to me!
> 
> Happy hiking,
> 
> David Money Harris
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