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Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 02:54:19 No.2452170 View View Reply Original Report

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I'm looking to take an old amazon kindle outdoors with me for utility purposes. I'm not worried about it breaking, as it was $50~. This is an experiment. Obviously I'll avoid rain/snow with it. Was wondering if there were any /out/ type apps I could use ofline. I have a few books loaded on it. Also have the Google play store, so am not totally cucked by Amazon's ecosystem. Any recommendations?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 15:44:34 No.2452457 Report

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>>2452170
Learn to read a map.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 17:14:23 No.2452489 Report

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>>2452457
I already know how, and do use paper maps. As previously stated, this is an experiment. I'm not just asking for maps. Any /out/ type apps are good.

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Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 17:28:39 No.2452495 Report

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>i can't enjoy the outdoors without constant stimulation from electronics
The absolute state of post-covid /out/

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Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2022 17:31:09 No.2452497 Report

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>>2452495
I would believe that you were serious, if you hadn't posted an animu girl with that long of a filename

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 17:40:35 No.2454273 Report

Quoted By: >>2454291

>>2452170
Bring a book

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 17:46:22 No.2454281 Report

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>>2452495
>post-covid
Lol
Lmao even

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 17:55:00 No.2454291 Report

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Check out “Sky Guide.” Is a free app that shows the positions of stars and their constellations. Really neat. Works in airplane mode.

>>2452457
>>2452495
>>2454273
You people are such insufferable faggots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 18:35:50 No.2454337 Report

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>>2452170
>wondering if there were any /out/ type apps I could use ofline
what for?
record any information you want beforehand, write it on paper, mark it on your (also paper) map.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 18:40:16 No.2454340 Report

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>>2454337
It didn't work the first time you posted it.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2022 19:46:40 No.2454409 Report

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>>2452457
Asks about apps
Reeeee you must use a map
Why are you miserable cunts like this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 01:29:42 No.2454621 Report

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>>2454291
Thanks, I'll check it out. That sounds pretty fun. Could definitely seeing that wow-ing a date.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 01:46:48 No.2454629 Report

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>>2454409
Us oldfags are legitimately pissed about how much smartphone apps have transformed the outdoors, making it accessible to any retard with a phone (Alltrails), attracting overcompetitive douchebags (Strava), and blowing up scenic spots that were once pristine (Instagram). The outdoors scene changed for the worse sometime around 2010 (10 years before the plandemic) and smartphones are to blame.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 02:12:09 No.2454639 Report

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>>2454629
OP here. That is understandable. No one wants a instagram twitter whore shitting up their favorite waterfall or whatever. However, that's not me. In this specific case, I have been into the outdoors since I was a child. Born '94. Was in cub scouts, have camped my whole life, etc. I'm just looking to maximize my enjoyment of the outdoors with help from shit that already exists. Maybe it won't even be worth it to take this kindle on anything but the glampiest trips with a woman. Idk, its an experiment I'm trying. I'll be out there enjoying the woods whether I have tech with me or not. My main reasoning with this post was this; why bring a map, a notebook and pen, a book, etc., when I can bring one item instead? (I'll still have a paper map regardless) Again, an experiment.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 02:13:26 No.2454642 Report

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>>2452170
Alltrails

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 02:21:21 No.2454648 Report

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>>2454629
How old, I'm a 1975 model, you? It's called keeping up with technology

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 02:23:48 No.2454650 Report

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>>2452457

ITT: People who think they're seasoned outdoorsmen because they can read a map as if it's something that a boy scout can't do.

He didn't even mention navigation. He's just looking for interesting apps to put on an old Kindle that he's currently using for books.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 02:25:53 No.2454651 Report

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>>2452170
If you are in N. America On X is pretty decent. You can download maps prior to departure and access them offline.
https://www.onxmaps.com/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 02:57:45 No.2454667 Report

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>>2454650
Muh maps, muh maps
I'm sure he just does it for attention, shows up in every technology related thread spazzing out

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 06:50:45 No.2454740 Report

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>>2452170
No one would scoff at you for bringing a book, but everyone is seething at you for bringing a device that can hold six gorillian books for the weight of a single book.
As for /out/ apps, there's not really any that will be worth it. Unfortunately we don't live in a scifi future world where your smartphone works like a pip boy. Maps of the area and a weather app are the most utility you'll get out of your gadget.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 07:00:52 No.2454742 Report

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>>2454648
>It's called keeping up with technology
The outdoors is supposed to be about getting away from technology. You sound more like a zoomer to me.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 07:06:47 No.2454744 Report

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>>2454650
Your average Boy Scout, even in today's pozzed organization, is probably way more capable in the outdoors than you and the rest of you techgeeks and gearfags on /out/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 07:37:26 No.2454749 Report

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>>2454742
No newfag the outdoors is about getting away from people, people like you

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 12:50:17 No.2454831 Report

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>>2454749
>newfag
So tell me about all your outdoor adventures before 2010, basedboy. Lemme guess. You didn't do shit before the advent and popularization of smartphones, amirite?

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 13:07:07 No.2454842 Report

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>Entire thread is arguing about apps instead of answering the question
I hate you people so much some days

>EPUB readers
You obviously have this covered, download a couple of good books, maybe even something related to the outdoors like Into The Wild or Walden
>Map apps
Pretty good in case you get lost and aren't very good at reading a map, also you can stuff like pic related which are OS Maps to compare with satellite maps
>Camera
Taking pictures is obvious but with android phones you can do long exposures and shit, catching constellations in amazing detail. Can also do a long exposure of the ground under starlight and see how it looks lit up in the darkness.
>Star tracker
Uses a star chart overlaid on your camera (might even work without a camera) so you can tell what different constellations or even planets are
>Plant identifying apps
Pretty cool to see a leaf or flower and find out what it is, you can get ones for specific areas that work offline and it's like you just take a picture and it tells you, it's more a step by step thing that you have to figure out yourself.
>Animal/Bird/Insect identifying apps
Similar thing, lots of stuff out there. You can also just get a book with this info on it and use that instead of a dedicated app
>Bushcraft/Knots apps
There are apps that do a short gif like step by step tutorial to teach you different knots, fun to do when sitting in the tent waiting for water to boil or something. Again can just be done as a book but the app makes it easier to follow

That's about all I can think of really, personally I don't use any of these other than maps but you can give it a go. And for the love of god do not use the plant identifier to forage anything, they are decently accurate but not enough to trust for edible food and there are a lot of innocent looking plants that will kill you.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 13:19:08 No.2454845 Report

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>>2454742
Sigh. Go away boomer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 13:20:31 No.2454846 Report

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>>2454831
1988 Hume and hovell opening walk, done other stages to Albury as they were opened, was my first major hiking trip
Your turn

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 13:21:57 No.2454848 Report

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>>2454842
https://usa1lib.org/
Is the best free books download site I've found

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 13:49:53 No.2454865 Report

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>>2454846
I could go on forever. Middle of winter backcountry camping in the mid 1990s, backpacking trips in the early 2000s where I averaged over 30 miles per day, desert mountaineering in the late 2000s, gnarly summer bushwhacking and dispersed camping just before those smartphone apps came on the scene, all sorts of hiking and climbing without needing a dumbphone. Just a map, compass and common sense that's sorely lacking these days.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 14:21:11 No.2454882 Report

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>>2454848
Damn nice, I use library genesis usually but this seems a lot more neat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 14:52:30 No.2454900 Report

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>>2454740
Yee, I'm honestly just chuckling at all of the butthurt. Pip boys are cool, but idk if they are actually useful outside of vidya too much. Irl they would basically be an autistic gear cataloging app, map, a vitals reader, and a radio tacked on. Kinda useful. I get what you mean though.

>>2454842
Thanks anon, I'll look around at these categories.

>>2454865
Thanks for the bumps.

>>2454848
>>2454882
Agreed, I have been using PDFdrive for the books I downloaded already. This one seems so much more organized, and much less ad riddled. Solid recommendation there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 16:54:10 No.2455000 Report

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>>2452170
Knots 3d is great for knots. Seek by inaturalist is a good plant and animal identifier.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:14:17 No.2455011 Report

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>>2454667
She. There’s no way a man would be this attention-seeking.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:15:34 No.2455012 Report

Quoted By: >>2455024

>>2454742
Who made this rule and when? I mean sure, leave the Nintendo Switch in the car, but there’s nothing wrong with an app to identify plants or an dreaded with a few novels on it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:28:23 No.2455024 Report

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>>2455012
>and when?
Long before the outdoors became accessible and trendy for newfags like you

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:29:50 No.2455025 Report

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>>2455024
So before it was accessible due to the internet and social media people were adamant about leaving cellphones at home? Ok zoomer.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:38:01 No.2455032 Report

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>>2455025
People didn't use them and only took them in case they got into car trouble on their drives. Cell reception was scant back then, particularly in deep wilderness areas. You were practically on your own, which explains why newfags like you didn't start coming out until the 2010s. What I would do to go back to the 1990s and 2000s before every retard with a phone went out. Only us loners, outcast and weirdoes went /out/ in those prehistoric days.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:49:52 No.2455038 Report

Quoted By: >>2455063

>>2455032
No, reared, they didn’t exist.
>cell coverage was scant back the
Where in the holy fuck are you going “hiking” and still have cell reception?
>durr im old
My parents started taking me out when I was three months old in March of 1982.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:50:07 No.2455039 Report

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>>2454291
Ah thanks anon for this app. I had a similar one years ago, but couldn’t find another of similar quality until the one you suggested, +1

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 17:55:04 No.2455043 Report

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Here's an idea for the jaded faggots. Nature should be enjoyed in whatever way the person wants. I bring my book and air-rifle. On short dayhikes I bring my phone and shitpost on /x/. End of the day I'm having fun out there. You do you nigga

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 18:24:17 No.2455063 Report

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>>2455038
If you're in your 40s like you say you are, you would know that regular cellphones existed long before the Jobsphone was released in 2007. I got my first phone in 2000. These days I have cell coverage around 50% of the time in state forests and gamelands. Usually only 1-2 bars but still better than back in my day when there was practically zilch.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 18:47:09 No.2455071 Report

Quoted By: >>2455155

>>2452170
There's an app called Trail Sense, it has a shitton of outdoors utilities.
https://kylecorry.com/Trail-Sense/
It's completely free and also open source
I have no idea how /out/ doesn't know about it

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 18:57:09 No.2455076 Report

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>>2452170
Gaia maps is decent if you wanna mark locations like future camp sites, parking etc.
If you need more than that then get the fuck off the board.
We've had enough of zoomer scum, go back to watching FNAF porn and getting fucked in the arse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 20:30:45 No.2455155 Report

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>>2455071
I can also attest to it's ability. Love the sun set and rise notifications

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Anonymous Mon 05 Sep 2022 20:39:09 No.2455164 Report

Quoted By: >>2455437

>>2454740
>>2454900
I mean a pip boy is basically a garmin watch, only the garmin is smaller and doesn't organize items
>maps, waypoints, navigation
check
>vitals, flashlight, music
check, check, check

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Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2022 02:03:54 No.2455406 Report

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If you're willing to get a decent Garmin(comfy as fuck) their explore app is great for planning and mapping. Technology used properly should enhance any activity, not take away from it.
If old time explorers heard you could carry a mal, Compass, notepad, medical reference, star chart and weather forecaster in the palm of your hand (or even better, your wrist) they would give every penny they had to get it. The weight/usefulness ratio is immeasurable.
Don't listen to this insufferable Kaczynski-cock-gobbling faggots.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2022 02:12:59 No.2455415 Report

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>>2454740
We do have pipboy-like things tho. You get one of these bad boys with an external temp sensor attached to your hat or pack and you can see barometric changes over time plus you get gps almost anywhere.
Additionally, almost any higher end brand like Garmin will let you make custom apps, meaning almost anything worth doing has been done and if it hasn't, you can make it or ask a nerd from Fiverr to do it for you.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2022 02:31:44 No.2455437 Report

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>>2455164
If you wanna be pretentious and technical you can actually log gear to track usage, I've gotten a badge for "retiring" a pair of shoes and then another badge for using them after retirement for a quick run while on a trip.
Picrel

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Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2022 03:32:05 No.2455460 Report

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>>2452170
idk about outside specific apps but you could always emulate and bring along a bluetooth controller (also bring a fuck ton of batterys and make a usb to AA charger or a fuck ton of charged rechargeable lithium ion batteries or a portable solar panel)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2022 03:37:56 No.2455464 Report

Quoted By: >>2455624

>>2455415
hell makes your own pipboy with a raspberry pi and a 7in touch screen and a few switches (just copy features from zach freedmen's design for a pibboy but with better computing power but it will weigh a bit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Sep 2022 12:38:27 No.2455624 Report

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>>2455464
Having experience with RPIs even with a zero w you'd still be running into a load of issues, specially if you want any significant amount of battery or useful features like GPS

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