I was also going to suggest mini-maps. I would suggest you look at camptocamp.org, it's run by a french non profit (CC data, also has an english interface) and

I was also going to suggest mini-maps. I would suggest you look at camptocamp.org, it's run by a french non profit (CC data, also has an english interface) and has a lot of users posting their hikes. It's pretty useful if you want fresh data about the terrain conditions of your future hike. They have a split by activities (just hiking, rock climbing, ice climbing, etc.) and also by hiking grade, height diff up, etc. On a personal note I have a small webapp I used to share my location while hiking alone: http://gr5.herokuapp.com/ http://gr5.herokuapp.com/ it has mini-maps based on the gps data I uploaded at the end of each day.