Hi guys,

I thought this looked SUPER useful for outdoorsman in general, and for trip planning. They designed it for hunters but it seems useful for other things. I like that it has maps of your choice stored localy on the phone, so you can be out of network range and still use the maps. You can mark your waypoints and such. It might make the smartphone a contender for replacing handheld GPS

http://cabelas.trimbleoutdoors.com/C...tners/Cabelas/

Works for iphone and andriod.

Anyone know of any competing apps?

 

seems cool... too bad i wont pay that much for an app without trying it first.. i wish there was a free version

 

Yeah that is an issue...I was looking around and found this one for Andriod and windows mobile,

has a free and pro version. I'm trying it as we speak

http://www.backcountrynavigator.com/

 

I have heard of the back country one, and it seems to be pretty good.
Never heard of the Cabelas one.

Yeah, I like to try apps first, in fact all of my apps on my Droid were free, have not paid for a deluxe version yet.

 

mapdroyd, and backcountry navigator... those r the 2 I use on my htc evo, and they seem to work well.

 

I'm going to have to try mapdroyd. Backcountry seems pretty good so far.

Anything that helps track position and destination in the back country will work for me.

There are also a few more "pure" gps apps that I haven't tried yet, but they don't seem to have the map part. They seem more appropriate for geologists or something.

 

MotionX lets you download maps make way points..

also you can track your run and you get a google map link like this one

http://maps.google.com/?t=p&z=15&ll=...6fb58add41ce1d

 

Oh I like that google maps feature! Can you save a database of trips, kind of crating a history of sorts, of your trips and explorations?

I wonder if an android version exists?

 

It saves tracks to your phone automatically...and you can see them later..

http://alternativeto.net/software/mo...atform=android
Android alternatives

 

ive come across a new app that is much like the motion x one... its called AccuTerra... pretty wicked... downside is that it saves the maps to your physical memory, so its a HD Hog...

ill be upgrading my phone soon, so i will keep my current 32g 3GS iPhone as strictly a music/GPS device...