I'm sure my Native teachers would sneer at the idea of GPS, Google View, etc. for hiking. They discouraged paper maps, even. They were always urging us to use eyes, ears, and all other senses for situational awareness.
That said, my experiences in the Middlesex Fells indicate that such an app would not have enough GPS resolution to be useful. The tricky places where the trail is hard to follow are often within a few feet, and it can still be hard to figure out which is the real trail and which is a bogon.
In your defense, this time of year is the worst for following poorly marked trails -- after the snow has gone, before the undergrowth has greened -- everything's just brown and flat, and it can be quite difficult to find the trail.
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Date: 2012-04-10 02:51 pm (UTC)That said, my experiences in the Middlesex Fells indicate that such an app would not have enough GPS resolution to be useful. The tricky places where the trail is hard to follow are often within a few feet, and it can still be hard to figure out which is the real trail and which is a bogon.
In your defense, this time of year is the worst for following poorly marked trails -- after the snow has gone, before the undergrowth has greened -- everything's just brown and flat, and it can be quite difficult to find the trail.