Recent Posts
Extended Field Test on the Picturesque Paria Plateau
After a year in the garage, I took Mapkind GPS afield for its first real test. A bizarre stability bug emerged, but debugging from a canyon overlooking the Colorado River gave the frustration a silver lining: a rock-solid app.
Distance at a Glance with Selectable Range Rings
Borrowed from nautical radar and aviation displays, the new Range Ring HUD overlays concentric distance circles on the map — a simple, optional tool for gauging proximity to features at a glance.
Reducing Clutter with the Temporal Visibility Filter
Years of recorded GPS data are worth keeping but not always worth displaying. New temporal visibility settings filter your map by recency, keeping things clean without sacrificing a single data point.
Active Route Utilization with Proximity-Gated Checkpoints
Routes come alive with proximity-gated checkpoints that sense your progress as you move. Wander off course, skip ahead, or rewind with a tap — not every adventure needs to follow the plan exactly.
Making Refinements to Route Planning Mode
Routes are the biggest UX challenge in GPS app development — everyone plans differently. We’re building from strong fundamentals, with one guiding question: what makes us genuinely want to use this?