What's not nice to spend your free time in nature, away from the hustle and bustle of traffic, the office and flashing screens? Nevertheless, there is no need to completely separate nature exploration and sports adventure from technology. There are more and more advanced and innovative applications that can help us with navigation or have other useful functions that every athlete and adventurer wants. Here are 5 apps every adventurer needs.
Besides social applications, which are made for people to share photos of the beautiful moments of their lives and thus create a community of individuals with similar interests, there are also mobile applications, created to help us create more interesting, experience more and especially safer memories in nature.
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We have prepared for you a selection of 5 applications that all mountain explorers, cyclists and fans of snow slopes will not forget to download to your smartphone this fall and winter.
5 apps every adventurer needs:
5. Orux Maps
Followers of running, cycling, trekking and other sports that you do in nature with friends can this application consider for safety. You can share your position on the map with your friends, follow the movements of your route through the GPS system, and you can also measure your heart rate.
4. GoPro
It's for GoPro camera owners this application super convenient. You can manage your camera settings directly through the smartphone app and use the screen to preview the image on the camera. It also allows you to instantly share the image or clip on social networks.
3. AccuWeather
This app she is as reliable as a best friend. Because it works in real time, the weather data is updated every minute, covering many places around the world. You can save and organize your favorite locations so that with one swipe through the app you can instantly see all the important weather data for the location you are interested in.
2. Spyglass
At first glance, it's just another compass app, but when you take a closer look at its features, you'll understand that it's a a new level of navigation. It works as an altimeter, speedometer, GPS receiver, coordinate converter, camera and even binoculars.
1. iTrailMap 3D
Application, which displays your position on a virtual 3D mountain, records your route, calculates distances and shares data online? That's right, iTrailMap 3D can do all that, and the best part is that it doesn't need a constant internet connection to run. Once you download the app, you can manage it offline and save your data to download later.