Big North vs FlockDetour

The native Apple Watch Compass packs a lot into a small screen. Big North takes the opposite approach: giant, high-contrast, color-coded direction letters you can read instantly, with elevation, step count and GPS distance just a swipe away. FIRST: Large, color-coded compass headings • Red for west • Green for east • Yellow for northerly bearings • Black for southerly bearings SECOND: Swipe to see elevation in both meters and feet. THIRD: Swipe again to see GPS distance traveled in kilometers and miles, along with your step count. Big North keeps navigation simple. No clutter, no tiny text and no complicated controls. It is designed for hiking, walking, boating and travel, or anywhere you want a quick sense of direction. I have more than half a century of wilderness and backcountry experience and have cycled, backpacked and guided in places from Sierra Leone to Nicaragua and beyond. I built Big North to be useful in the real world and I hope it helps other travelers wherever they roam. Written first for Kim.

Find Flock Safety cameras and other license plate readers (ALPR) on a free map. Compare the fastest route with detours that pass fewer known cameras. Works with Apple CarPlay. FlockDetour is GPS navigation built around that map. Plan a trip and compare the fastest route with Balanced and Fewer cameras detours. Each route shows the minutes and miles it adds and how many known plate readers it passes. You decide what the detour is worth. The camera map, fastest-route preview, agency records, and news are free. Turn-by-turn navigation and the Balanced and Fewer cameras modes require FlockDetour Pro. IN YOUR CAR (APPLE CARPLAY) • See the camera map on your car's screen • Choose a Fastest, Balanced, or Fewer cameras route before you leave • Follow turn-by-turn directions • Get a warning when a known camera is ahead on your route • Keep a map in the CarPlay Dashboard • Preview the fastest route free in CarPlay; turn-by-turn navigation and the two privacy modes require FlockDetour Pro CAMERA MAP (FREE) • Browse known Flock Safety cameras, other ALPRs, and speed and red-light cameras • Open a camera record to see its source and confidence level; direction and operator appear when known • Search destinations and save the places you drive to • Report a camera you've seen; new reports stay private until reviewed FASTEST-ROUTE PREVIEW (FREE) • Plan any trip to see the fastest route's line, drive time, and distance • Count the known cameras on it before you go AGENCY RECORDS (FREE) • Look up agencies that publish a Flock Safety transparency portal • See how long each agency keeps plate data, how many searches it ran, its vehicle detections, and which outside organizations can search its cameras • Every record links to the agency's official portal. If the agency doesn't publish a figure, the record leaves it out instead of showing zero FLOCKDETOUR NEWS (FREE) • Flock Safety and ALPR coverage, updated hourly, with links to the original sources FLOCKDETOUR PRO • Turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance, on your phone and in CarPlay • Balanced and Fewer cameras modes, designed to reduce exposure to known cameras • Background proximity alerts near known camera sites • Download new offline regions for the basemap and cached cameras Try every route mode at flockdetour.com, which plans the same routes free in any browser. No account needed. HONEST COVERAGE • A blank area on the map never means camera-free • Routes show tradeoffs, not guarantees • Recent destinations stay on your device PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No plate scanning • No FlockDetour account • No ads, and no sale of personal data • No route history kept by FlockDetour • Control cached data and alert preferences in Settings FlockDetour reduces exposure to cameras documented in its current data. It cannot identify every camera, guarantee avoidance, replace traffic laws, or ensure a route is surveillance-free. Always follow posted signs and drive safely. FlockDetour Pro is available through monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions or a lifetime one-time purchase. The app displays only the localized price supplied by the App Store. Apple handles payment and subscription management. Terms of Use (EULA): https://flockdetour.com/terms Privacy policy: https://flockdetour.com/privacy FlockDetour is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Flock Safety or any surveillance vendor. CarPlay is a trademark of Apple Inc.