Originally Posted by
phughes
WikiCamps lets you download maps to your phone so you do not need to be online to use them. The GPS on your phone will still function with your cell service turned off, or when you simply do not have signal. I used it for my last tour, and for someone who prefers paper maps, I liked using it. I got it to find campgrounds along the tour, and ended up using it as a map. I used it pretty much the way I would use a paper map, with the added benefit that it showed my position on the map.
https://usa.wikicamps.co
Wikicamps looks cool. I wasn't aware of it. I'll have to take a good look at it.
One of the files I imported to M.M was the custom map I created by downloading data from this site:
ALL US AND CANADA CAMPGROUNDS LOCATOR: STATE PARKS NATIONAL PARKS FORESTS MORE california oregon washington new york pennsylvania more
It locates and gives basic amenity info for 13,000 public(not private, with public defined as county, city, US Forest Service, National Parks, Forests, Rec Areas, Army Corps of Eng, Public Utillity, State Forests, Parks.................. campgrounds) in the US and Canada. Using this map as a background I can view any route I've ever created and note where campgrounds are versus my intend/proposed route. (For planning purposes I also do this in Google My Maps prior to finalizing a route for a tour..and loading it into my GPS.) Having all this info in M.M allows a daily review of what's ahead for the next day or two in an easily managed format and screen size.