YOU R HERE

 
 

YOU R HERE is designed for travelers, hikers, and amateur cartographers. It allows you to make custom maps for your iPhone. Take a photo of a map board, calibrate it, and your iPhone GPS will plot your location on the map image.


You can use:

  1. Photos of map boards at trailheads

  2. Tourist maps you find on the internet when researching your vacation

  3. Topo maps from various online sources (USGS, Canadian government)

  4. Scanned paper maps

 

Create your own maps for the iPhone

Tutorial #1 Making a map from a map board photo

Tutorial #2
Using any map image

Tips: Choosing the right map image

Tips: Calibrating your map

FAQ
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When traveling abroad or hiking in the backcountry you can’t expect to have a data connection, so using the built-in mapping application on the iPhone isn’t always an option. YOU R HERE works using only the built-in GPS so no phone or data connection is required.

By creating your own maps, you can also take advantage of unique local tourist and trail maps that contain information that won’t be found in generic mapping programs. Take a look at the details on the map board photo below compared to google maps at the same location:

Park map board

Google maps