Maps Features

Map function lets you search for places that are of interest to you. Be it for your hiking adventure, or going to Basecamp for a multi-day trek, you can search for the place by its name or by its POI (point of interest) category. For example, you could search for - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - a trail in Uganda.

 

When you Search for a place name, potentially many results are shown. You need to narrow down and choose one from amongst this set. Select each place annotation having a relevant name, to view its address details. When the place annotation seems like the one you wish to visit, simply add it as a Start Point / an End Point / an intermediate Waypoint in your trip route. Repeat this process and add all the POIs of your trip to the route.

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Note:

You'd first add a Start Point annotation.

Next, you'd add an End Point annotation, and this displays a route.

Then you'd add one or more Waypoint annotations - each time the route is refreshed to include the newly added Waypoint.

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The latest active Search is automatically re-invoked when you pan the map (press the surface of the map, and move it to reveal another region in the map). As a result, new place annotations are shown in the visible region of the Map. You can add pins you find interesting as Waypoints to visit. Auto-search is turned off when you are done adding Waypoints, when you press the button to clear the displayed annotations.

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At each Waypoint, you can search for POIs around the place. Perform Search on say handicraft or flower exhibition or botanical garden, then pan and zoom to your region of choice, select the annotation of place to visit, then choose to navigate there. Visiting local POIs let’s you chat with the locals, visit specific locations to experience these places first hand, and gain a perspective on the local culture. This is indeed the rich information you want to build travel stories around, as you journal your places visited, and your activities, thoughts, and emotions from each day. Do highlight the fun moments, as well as new things you learnt to do, new experiences you never had before, and of course, all the adventure moments. Do mention the season, the weather and the time of day at the POI you visited.