[pct-l] Advice for iPhone apps?

[Kevin Cook]

Thanks Jim

If you have no smartphone, have you used any of these apps? I did research
my options once, but there were a LOT of options. I'm looking for some
advice from folks on ones they have used and liked. It has to NOT need a
data connection too. Of course, this makes many of them take up a lot of
storage space. The ideal app will strike a good balance in that regard.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:39 PM, <enyapjr at comcast.net> wrote:

> > > Don't forget to get some 'field guide' apps, too - astronomy, birds,
> > > botany (flowers, trees), animal tracks, etc., etc. - learn more of
> > > the 'green world' you're walking through & appreciate it even more...
>
> > Any suggestions for this sort of iPhone app?
>
> Please note: I do NOT have a smartphone (yet!) - but have researched both
> iPhone & Android apps...  Probably won't get any smartphone until sometime
> after the iPhone5 comes out later this year (plus see if Verizon will then
> have a 'fully functioning' version)...  There are MANY apps out there!!
>
> Astronomy: Star Walk, Star Map Pro, Moon Globe HD, many others - get a free
> moon phase app, too, if you want to try night hiking aided by the
> moonlight.
>
> Birds: iBird Explorer Plus (or Western), Chirp! Bird Songs USA, *Audubon
> Birds - North America, Peterson Birds of North America...
>
> *Audubon has many 'new' app guides & more on the way - some 'combo' apps
> such as Birds/Mammals/Wildflowers/Trees or Birds/Butterflies; each combo
> has
> full single item apps at cost savings...  I'd get the '4' pack plus
> Butterflies
> and Insects & Spiders and maybe Reptiles & Amphibians, too, but...Audubon
> also
> has an "Ultimate Nature Series", too - California and Pacific Northwest
> apps
> would be ideal for the PCT...  Decisions, decisions - even for apps!!
>
> Animal Tracks: Falcon Scats & Tracks North America, MyNature Animal
> Tracks...
>
> That should give you enough to start searching further - if you're going to
> carry a smartphone you might as well have some nature guide apps on it -
> much
> lighter than the 'book' versions of yesteryear...
>
> Happy trails!!!
> Jim (PITA)
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