Signum Outdoors
For hikers and backpackers

Split at the junction and still see your partners.

Download the map at the trailhead and carry it with no signal. Signum links your group by radio, so you can see where everyone was last heard and message each other.

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Signum map of a group with waypoints, a recorded track and a radio
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The group stops being a group.

Faster hikers pull ahead. Someone stops for photos or a blister. At the junction there are two trails and nobody is sure who took which.

Out of cell range, you wait, call out and guess. A group text goes nowhere, and a satellite messenger is for emergencies, not for asking where the others are.

You are not looking for a gadget. You want to know where your partners are and be able to message them.

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A day hike, then camp

  1. At the trailhead, you download the map for the area and everyone scans the QR code to join the group.
  2. You save the car and the first water source as waypoints.
  3. At the junction, you open the map and see your slower partners were last heard on the lower trail.
  4. You send a short message saying which trail you took, and pin the viewpoint.
  5. At camp, you record the track, check distance, climb and the elevation chart, and send it to the group.
  6. The next morning you navigate back toward the car waypoint.
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What you get

Maps you carry with you

Download an area before you go, or draw your own box. Search by coordinates with no connection.

See your partners

Last-known positions with their age, on one map.

Record your track

Distance, climb and an elevation chart for the hike.

Send the route

Share a track with the group or one person as a simplified line.

Terrain you can read

Tilt the map into 3D with terrain shading.

Your map or the group's

Your waypoints stay yours. The group's are shared with everyone.

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See it

Signum recorded track with distance, climb and an elevation chart
Record where you went
Signum map tilted into 3D with terrain shading
Terrain you can read
Signum map search suggesting places as you type
Find any place

Swipe for more

Demo group in Yosemite Valley. People and messages are for demo purposes.

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Ready in three steps

  1. 1

    Download the map

    Grab the area at the trailhead, or before, while you still have a connection.

  2. 2

    Pair and scan

    Pair a compatible radio and scan a QR code to join the group.

  3. 3

    Hike

    Check the map and messages at breaks.

Signum is not an emergency service and makes no range promises. Good to know

Take the group with you at the next junction.

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