What is Poynterra Trekker?

Poynterra Trekker is a unique, versatile navigation app that literally points you to any location on earth (a waypoint) without using the internet. If you’re an off-the-beaten-track trekker who would welcome a GPS lifeline in remote areas, this app is for you. Laying down GPS tracks is easy in ROAM and TRIP modes, ensuring easy return to previous waypoints. And as an ultimate lifeline, we’ve added SOS Emergency Flasher. If you’re a less adventurous traveler (like on a peaceful cruise), you’ll find it equally valuable in tracking distance and direction to foreign ports on the open seas and for sightseeing on land. If you’re on a biking trip, you’ll love AudioPoynt™, which points you to your destination though your phone speaker or earbuds even when your phone is off. All of this, and much more, functions without wifi or a cell connection!

Besides navigation, Poynterra Trekker has powerful waypoint management features. Waypoints with descriptive info can be easily added to user-created folders and copied/moved between them. Waypoints and folders are easily exported and shared (require internet of course), especially with other Poynterra users, in a number of file formats.

The capability to import sets of waypoints directly into folders is one of Poynterra Trekker’s most powerful features and can take planning of your trekking and sightseeing to an entirely new level. Waypoint data can be in the form of KML/KMZ files created with Google My Maps, Google Earth or other sources, CSV files from spreadsheets, and GPX files from other location tracking devices. Folders exported as PYNZ files (our own format) by you or other Poynterra Trekker users can be imported without losing any of the original information.

Poynterra Trekker can also download Poynterra Collections, ready-made, curated sets of waypoints. These are available on the app at Menu>Collections or by scanning a Collection’s unique QR code from printed matter or screen displays. At present, the number of Collections is small, but it will grow with time as we add not only our own content, but also Collections content from other creators.

For complete information on Poynterra Trekker, visit https://mindsparkinc.com/apps/poynterra-trekker. Be sure to click on News & Musings on the site for helpful Poynterra Trekker application notes and more.

Features in Airplane Mode - no internet!

• flash visible Morse code SOS
• with built-in Tutorial and HelpTool™, learn easily
• create waypoint folders
• add waypoints using GPS
• edit waypoint info and copy/move between folders
• show distance between any two waypoints
• navigate by simple pointer
• show speed, altitude and compass direction
• start navigation RUN automatically at custom intervals
• navigate via AudioPoynt™ while device is off and hidden
• in TRIP mode, track progress and ETA to destination while saving data
• in ROAM mode with no set destination, track location while saving data
• in EquatorWatch™, track approach to equator!

Additional features - with internet

• download Poynterra Collections
• share waypoints
• export and import folders
• import waypoints and folders in KML, KMZ, GPX, CSV and PYNZ formats
• maps with street/terrain/satellite layers
• add waypoint by tapping map
• with GeoSearch, find coordinates with place name/address search
• tap a single button to use Google Navigation to selected waypoint
• with LinePoynt™, display map line in direction smartphone is pointing
• triangulate the location of a distant landmark
• share current location
• view TRIP and ROAM maps, and share data