Thursday, December 12, 2024
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How to Use Topographical Maps and Trail Networks in macOS Sequoia

The Maps app in macOS Sequoia now features topographic maps with detailed trail networks and hikes, including all 63 U.S. national parks.

There’s also an option for saving/accessing the networks and hikes offline — along with any notes you add. To use the new Maps hiking feature:

° Launch Maps.

° In the Search field, look for a national park, trail, or trailhead. In this tutorial, I’ve chosen Smoky Mountain National Park here in Tennessee.

° You’ll see some options from which to choose — and they’ll vary from park to park. For example, for Smoky Mountain National Park, I can choose from Sights and Nature. I can also get directions and plan a route to a certain location.

° Click on the name of the National Park again, and you’ll be presented with a list of items such as Valleys, Trailheads, Visitor Centers, and Trails

° For this tutorial, I clicked Trails. A list of trails pops up.

° You have access to directions, the distance to the end of the trail, a rating by folks who have made the hike, and how the elevation changes. 

You can also Create a Custom Route from your current location.

Click Create a Custom Route and you’ll be able to, well, create a custom route.

° Now you can share the route to an iPhone, iPad, and much more by clicking the Share button. 

° You can select whether to do trail now or select a Leave and Arrive time for a certain date and time. 

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.