Hiking trail app, anyone?

[randomness]

Is there a Google Goggles sort of app for hiking trails? I would like to be able to look "through" the phone and see a brightly colored line the color of the trail blazes that indicates the trail route I am supposed to follow.

Some of the trails I've been on lately are really badly blazed. It doesn't help that last fall and winter was not kind to the trees and trails so some of the blazed trees are now flat.

As it is, I do a lot of backtracking and cursing.

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[karakara98.livejournal.com]

Having encountered similar problems, I am thinking about investing in good topo maps of areas I frequently hike. I think that hiking may be best suited to options that don't require connection to the internet. REI seems to have a selection of paper and cd-rom topo maps.

I'm also starting a "basic hiking class" at the AMC in Boston next week. I'll let you know if they have any suggestions.