Traverse vs Outmap: 3D mountain maps and route planning

Choose Traverse when your question is bigger than where the line goes. Keep route analysis, trip plans, mountain conditions, glacier context, offline areas, and your personal library together.

Traverse feature inventory

  • Map and Explore, Atlas, Plan, Track, Waypoints & Routes, Profile, Search, Activities, and Settings workspaces
  • Map and Explore canvas, Atlas, Search, and command palette
  • PeakView AR peak identification with nearby named summits, elevation labels, terrain-ridge context, linked 3D terrain, and branded image capture
  • Inspect, waypoint notes, area selection, ruler, and route builder map tools
  • Onboarding walkthrough for the app shell, map, planning, and field workflows
  • PeakHut route browsing, free-draw routes, snap-to-trail, and a local route library
  • GPX import and export, route share previews, elevation profiles, ETA, distance, ascent, and descent
  • Multi-sport route sections, route metadata, PeakHut hazard analysis, and route cruxes
  • Steep-terrain, glacier-crossing, avalanche-area, and wind-loading warnings based on aspect and wind direction during drawing
  • Waypoints, hut waypoints, notes, coordinate formatting, and waypoint-to-plan assignments
  • Trip plans with day assignments, day notes, freeform notes, water, camps or huts, weather, offline-map checklists, documents, and shared-plan import
  • Slope angle, aspect, terrain shade, flat areas, elevation bands, and LiDAR relief
  • Glacier outlines, ice-flow velocity, crevasse index, and recent snow-cover imagery with satellite and winter presentation controls
  • Avalanche areas and hazards, rockfall, huts, condition reports, and active route overlays
  • Point summaries, avalanche bulletins, weather snapshots, hourly and altitude-banded weather, freezing level, cloud layers, and wind loading
  • Browser activity recording, GPX activity import, activity review, and companion tracking workspace
  • Local-first library, offline areas, cache status, storage reporting, failed or complete download cleanup, and offline Atlas filtering
  • Library bundle import/export, shared route and plan URL imports, Supabase auth, Profile, Settings, privacy, and terms

Frequently asked questions

Why choose Traverse over Outmap?

Traverse adds route analysis, day-based plans, checklists, weather and avalanche intelligence, glacier and crevasse context, public reports, and local-first storage to the map and offline workflow.

What does Traverse add beyond an Outmap-style map?

Traverse keeps elevation and hazard analysis, route cruxes, waypoints, plans, conditions, glacier evidence, snow cover, reports, and local-first library state attached to the route.

What features does Traverse include?

Traverse includes maps, search, routes, GPX, waypoints, trip plans, hazard-aware analysis, terrain and glacier layers, weather and avalanche context, offline areas, activities, local-first storage, and account or settings tools.

Can I use Traverse offline?

Yes. Traverse supports downloading map areas for use without a connection.

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