Tools
3 articles in Tools.
Shipping a map app that works above treeline
Vector tiles, a 40 MB budget and a battery that has to last four days. What we cut, what we kept, and the one test we run on every release before it goes anywhere near a trail.
A type scale for cracked screens
Half the phones on a trail crew have a crack across the screen. A small type scale that stays legible through a spiderweb, in full sun, with gloves on.
The notebook I keep for every project
One pocket notebook per project, numbered pages, and a rule that nothing gets torn out. Why paper is still the first tool I open, and how it ends up in the repository.