Chimani Acadia National Park
By Chimani, LLC
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Description
"The Chimani Guides are really first rate apps...frankly, travel apps don't get much better than these." - Mel Martin, TUAW
"Chimani's National Parks apps are a worthwhile addition to your smartphone." - Casey Schreiner, ModernHiker.com
A 'Maine-made' app by people who know and love Acadia National Park! 300+ unique points of interest (POIs) throughout the Park. A 35 minute audio tour with all POIs along the Park Loop Road, GPS-enabled/custom-made/high-resolution map which is pre-loaded in the app (it's a BIG app because no cell connection is required!!!), Ranger-Led events schedule, sunrise/sunsets and tidal data for a year, Island Explorer shuttle bus schedule, 45+ hiking trails, bicycling guide, and details on camping, horseback riding, lighthouses, museums, parking, restrooms, picnicking, swimming, birding, and boat launches throughout the Park.
RICH CONTENT:
+ Content has been written by a professional travel writer - not copy-and-pasted from the Park Service website!
+ Over 100 professional photographs of park.
+ Descriptions for 45 of the most popular hiking trails with the park.
+ Unique Safety section which details all the concerns while visiting the park.
+ Location and description of EVERY restroom in the park!
+ Location and description of EVERY parking lot in the park!
+ Location and description of EVERY picnic area lot in the park!
+ Over a years worth of tidal data (high/low tide) for the Park.
+ Over a years worth of sunrise/sunset data for the Park.
+ Details on bicycling, camping, lighthouses, museums, swimming, birding and boat launches throughout the park!
MAPS:
+ NO CELL/WIFI CONNECTION REQUIRED!
+ High resolution, custom made map with contours lines, shaded relief, roads, trails and carriage roads.
+ Carriage roads intersection labels.
+ Hiking trails for the entire park.
+ Over 30,000 map tiles pre-loaded to allow for detailed zoom levels.
+ All trails labeled and displayed based on National Park Service supplied geographic information system data (GIS)
+ Interactive map annotations.
+ GPS "where am I" function for the entire Park (does not work on non-GPS enabled devices such as the iPod Touch)
+ Ability to turn on/off all points of interest "layers" on the map.
AUDIO/AUTO TOUR:
+ 35+ minute audio tour by a professional voiceover artist.
+ 28 points of interest located in the Park Loop Road.
RANGER-LED EVENTS SCHEDULE:
+ Daily National Park Service Ranger-led events are pre-loaded and updated automatically.
+ Includes the time, optional fees, accessibility, meeting location, and description.
+ View multiple days of events.
+ Updated on a regular basis.
ISLAND EXPLORER SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE:
* Complete Island Explorer FREE shuttle bus schedule.
* Stop locations and times.
* Simple, easy to read "Next Bus Arrives" interface.
SUNRISE/SUNSET:
+ Sunrise and sunset data for seven of the best locations in the park.
+ View any date within 365 days into the future.
+ Updated on a regular basis.
TIDE SCHEDULE:
+ High and Low tide schedule for key locations throughout the park
+ Tidal schedule for Thunder Hole, Bar Island, Sand Beach.
+ View any date within 365 days into the future.
+ Updated on a regular basis.
INTERFACE:
+ Three "swipe-able pages" of universal National Park Service symbols.
+ Search all content within the app.
+ Favorites feature.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS:
+ Regular push notification for Cuyahoga Valley National Park facts.
+ Key event alerts.
+ Update notifications as soon as they are available.
For more details on this and other Chimani apps for the national parks, visit www.chimani.com. Be sure to follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/chimani and Facebook at www.facebook.com/chimani
What's New in Version 1.6
Completely re-designed point of interest view.
Completely re-designed hiking view with filtering by difficulty, distance, elevation change, and time.
Updated map which includes names for all trails.
Updated map to include Schoodic Pennisula
Updated Ranger events for the summer.
Updated Island Explorer shuttle schedule.
Additional trails descriptions.
Additional photos.
Additional points of interest.
New photo gallery.
New safety section.
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Customer Reviews
Great guide
Has all the important info of a guide book in an easy to carry format! Love that no Internet is needed. Very fast and friendly email support as well!
Acadia
Great app ..... Would have been lost without iu
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Great info, easy to use. Knows every thing about the park.
- $4.99
- Category: Travel
- Updated: Jun 14, 2011
- Version: 1.6
- Size: 182 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Chimani, LLC
- © 2010-11 Chimani, LLC
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later
