Forager's Buddy - GPS foraging

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About this app

Forager's Buddy is a free application for android smartphones and tablets, designed to help users mark on the map all remarkable places, where they can find various kinds of wild food resources (Using the GPS module of the device).

You can use this foraging app in various outdoor activities like wild herbs/mushroom gathering, hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, etc

Important: Android 10+ has new location permissions settings. For the Forager's Buddy route recording to function properly you must select the "Allow all the time" option (from App info -> App permissions -> Location).

Forager’s Buddy Quick Reference Guide [PDF] - https://bit.ly/3usgDt6

Forager’s Buddy Quick Tutorial 1 [Video] - https://youtu.be/jWCD6dVO3II
Forager’s Buddy Quick Tutorial 2 [Video] - https://youtu.be/s9DHd6lT160
Forager’s Buddy Quick Tutorial 3 [Video] - https://youtu.be/2TmSqWIxSC0
Forager’s Buddy Quick Tutorial 4 [Video] - https://youtu.be/f-jYRJls89Q
Forager’s Buddy Quick Tutorial 5 [Video] - https://youtu.be/Ssx1a3Y-C1I

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Features (Free edition):
1. Selection between imperial and metric system units
2. Route recording & viewing (Exporting route as .kml file format)**. There is the ability to view nearby spots and converting .kml route files to .gpx format
3. Exporting and Importing data as CSV.
4. Data Filtering.
5. Attach a photo to a location
6. Viewing of the approximate distance of each item from the user's current location.
7. Emergency Call and SMS (Sends an SMS with user's last known location and battery status of the device).
8. Favorites.
9. Item Location Sharing (e.g. via E-mail or SMS).
10. Current Location Sharing (e.g. via E-mail or SMS).
11. CSV file sharing (e.g. via E-mail or Bluetooth).
12. KML route file sharing (e.g. via E-mail or Bluetooth).
13. Custom Locations. Users can save custom spots from the main screen, by long clicking on the desired location on the map.
14. Auto backup (export to .csv) every time user make changes.
15. Dark theme
16. You can easily find what to forage in the current month (based on your previous findings)

Features (Pro edition):
1. All features of free edition / Ad free
2. My Activity. Graphical representation of the number of items collected every month.
3. Radar. Displays a map and a list of the items collected by the user. The map refreshes every 3 seconds. The range of the radar is adjustable: 0 – 1000 meters.
4. Custom Locations. Users can save custom spots from "View Map" screen, by long clicking on the desired location on the map.
5. Current weather conditions for current and saved items location.
6. Export data to .kml file format (Users using tools like Google My Maps, can use this feature to create custom maps for their websites or blogs).**
7. Export data to .gpx file format.
8. Search Notes.
9. Create Reminders in Calendar.
10. Show nearby spots (in Show item details screen).

Files exported by Forager's Buddy (.csv, .gpx and .kml), can be easily imported in GIS (Geographic Information System) Software (like QGIS), for further geographic data analysis.

Permissions:
1. Contacts/Phone - For the feature "Emergency Call/SMS". Users can select a contact to call or to send an SMS in case of an emergency situation (it sends also user's last known location and battery status of the device)
2. Location - For obvious reasons :)
3. Storage - To store exported files like: spots (.kml, .csv), routes (.kml) and photos

Are you a blogger or a journalist? Request a Google Play Promo Code to test the Forager's Buddy PRO edition! https://goo.gl/ufpt7M

** KML is a file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile.

Ratings and reviews

Cool app. This was something I was looking for. The UI is a bit clunky. The "What To Forage This Month" feature is great! But there are a couple of things that could make it more useful. 1. Allow the user to change the date observed. Just installed the app and I would like to add my spots, but everything is is getting put in with todays date. 2. Add Season start and end date. 3. Allow user to select multiple items on the list. Also I found when I select something from the "What To Forage This Month", it doesn't actually display anything. Nor does it show any other pins, unless I go into "View Data", and select an a single observation. Is this a premium feature? It would be nice if the locations were pinned automatically on the map.

Not sure if this is a common problem, but when I get on the map it shows my current location but when I go to move around it pops me right back to being at my current location within a second or 2. Kind of annoying for when I go to use the app to actually look at my marked areas around me to plan a route... other then that this seems to be a good conceptual design.

It does what it's supposed to do! There are other apps to mark down observations, but this makes it easy to find specifically your observations on a map. I needed to use map auto-center, and I think that's what was confusing some people. I would like if you could add observations without being at the location, or be able to edit names and such.

What's new

* Android 14 support
* Libraries update