Use the group's website to plot a map-based itinerary, choosing from more than 600 signposted routes, 100 bed-and-breakfasts and 4, 000 points of interest.

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If the photos are geotagged, the map will plot the exact point at which the photo was taken.

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Meanwhile, a national survey is helping to plot dragonflies and damselflies on the map.

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Plot 'em all on a map.

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In its simplest state, this is geographical data with a timestamp, but when you plot this data onto the scenery of a map and then create a shifting window into the scene through the sequence of time, you create a data-driven story.

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Or you can be lazy about it, you can turn on passive tracking and just walk around with the app running and it will track your travels and plot your photos, comments and saved locations to the map, giving you an animated diary of your day.

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Listen to turn-by-turn directions from the inside of your motorcycle helmet, check your trail map from the handlebars of your mountain bike, plot your chart and find fish on your next boating trip, or steer clear of lightning strikes when flying your jet.

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