Pinbox - Map Your World

Best app I’ve found to plan travel. But it really does need an iPad version. Second thing is that it needs syncing between devices. Some other minor UI updates wouldn’t hurt. It does have a great search engine. It had found every location I’ve looked for. Although, China Beach on BC is not in the US. Planning a trip to Vancouver Island when it’s safe to travel. I’m pinning parks in on one color, dining in a second, and POIs in a third. Great for planning and execution.

If it weren't for one problem, I would absolutely love this app. It was great for a while, but the limit on the number of pins in each map has become a problem for me. I work all over Dallas-Fort Worth and surrounding areas, and I have been using Pinbox to note the facilities I work in, and a nearby restaurants I've eaten at, hotels, retail locations I have used… that was very handy when I went back to a facility, and I could see what was near my location, and read notes about my experience with in the past. The search is great for seeing a birds-eye view of how the places I want to go are laid out. I have been doing this for a couple years, and I've been a lot of places. I have run out of pins on my main map, and I've had to start doing things like moving restaurants on to another map. When I am in the hotel, and I want to see what restaurants or stores are nearest me, it's difficult now, because I can't have it all on one map. I really wish they would just let the total limit all go on one map.

Update: my friend just emailed me a map and I imported it into my own Pinbox. How cool is that? I live in the country and like to mark points of interest on our property (springs, camp sites etc.) and have done so with my phone for a couple years now. For a while I've used sophisticated gps apps but this is seems much easier for this purpose. I rode our ATV around today and quickly pinned many of our special spots. I also started a map of all the countries I've been to (limited so far;). My sister and her husband fish a lot I'm sure this would help them mark and find their special spots on the lake. Edit: addition of a few pictures to document places is really going to be handy