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Know any good backpacking software?

Asked by ru2bz46 (6748points) March 14th, 2010

Does anyone know of a good application in which I can mark campsites, add personal notes, and set waypoints on USGS topo maps, and then have the software calculate route length, vertical feet gain/loss, etc. and print out my personalized maps with the routes highlighted?

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malevolentbutticklish's avatar

Trimble Outdoors for Andriod based phones***

***I have never used this software personally.

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jaytkay's avatar

National Geographic Topo

There are two desktop programs, State Series and Weekend Explorer, and a wev version.

Desktop software
http://www.natgeomaps.com/software.html

Online
http://www.topo.com/

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Rarebear's avatar

I’ve used Google Earth for exactly this.

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YARNLADY's avatar

Try the Sierra Club website, or Rei You can also find the best backbacking at camper community

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zenvelo's avatar

I like TOPO also.

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