Features · Five pillars

EVERYTHING YOU NEED. NOTHING YOU DON'T.

Five pillars, each one focused. We do not bolt on features for growth. We do not chase parity with apps that have lost the plot. This is what's in Nomatic Atlas, and exactly what it does.

01
Feed

Yesterday's ridge. Today's feed.

A timeline made of the people you've actually met outside. No strangers, no algorithm, no metrics turning your friends into content.

  • People-first timeline — see posts from your groups and partners, in time order
  • No streaks. No leaderboards. No reach metrics. The feed is your people — not a competition
  • Rich posts: photos, routes, gear used, conditions, fish/game logged
  • Filter the feed by group, activity type, or a single trip
  • Reply with short notes — no public reaction counts
  • Spot privacy — share a fish photo without exposing the spot
02
Groups

Find your people. Expand your circle.

Private spaces for the people who actually go out together — your hunt camp, your ski crew, your climbing partners, your van club.

When you're ready to grow it, a way to find more of them. People who fish the same stretch. Ride the same gravel. Climb the same grade. Discovery built on what you actually do, not on what an algorithm guessed about you.

Brand new to any of this? You're in the right place. Most of us got here the same way — somebody handed us a fly rod, lent us a pair of skis, or invited us along on a Saturday we didn't know we needed. Beginner groups exist for that handoff. Slower-paced first trips. Members willing to lend gear before you spend a dollar on it. Plain answers to the questions nobody wants to ask out loud. The people running these groups remember being new — and "is this a dumb question" is always no.

Whether you've been outside for twenty years or you're trying to plan your first overnight, there's a starting point here. The point isn't to perform — it's to get out the door.

Find · Join
  • Find groups near you, organized around the activities you actually do
  • Beginner-friendly groups for people new to an activity — taught by people who remember being new
  • Discovery built on shared interests and trusted introductions — not algorithmic guesses
  • Apply or get vouched in — group joins are gated, never auto-accepted
Inside a group
  • Private group feeds — posts only the group ever sees
  • Shared calendars and group-only activity boards
  • Live trip-day channels for day-of comms
  • Member roles: organizer, member, guest
  • Optional location sharing — group-scoped, off by default
  • Shared notes for camps, beta, gear caches, and access info
03
Activities

Plan it once. Show up ready.

From a Saturday hike to a fall elk camp — Activities replace the ten group-chat threads with one place that has the plan, the gear, and the people.

  • Title, location, dates, meeting point, drive time
  • RSVPs with yes / maybe / no and headcount
  • Shared gear list with claims ("I've got the stove")
  • Pre-trip checklist + post-trip recap
  • Auto-create a private group thread for each activity
  • Co-organize across multiple groups (your crew + theirs)
04
Maps & Layers

Detailed topo. Offline. With the right layers on.

Maps that work in the canyon, the slot, and the parking lot when LTE has given up — with mode-based layer presets so you flip the right view in one tap.

  • Detailed maps with layers for every U.S. state — offline downloads on the roadmap
  • Layer presets: Hike, Hunt, Fish, Explore
  • Trails, waterways, park boundaries, USFS/BLM lines, state agency data
  • Hunting units and fishing access overlays
  • Activity heatmap — see where people in your circles have been
  • Draw routes, save them, share into a group
05
Trailhead AI

An assistant that runs on your phone.

Ask about trails, weather, gear, fish, or game. Trailhead answers locally — your prompts never leave the device, and they are never used to train a model.

  • On-device — your prompts and answers stay on your phone
  • Works offline once the model is downloaded
  • Trail conditions, weather context, gear suggestions
  • Fish and game intel scoped to legal seasons in your area
  • Voice or text input — usable with gloves on
  • Cites the source it pulled from when relevant
06 · Built for outside

The details you'll never read about
until you're actually out.

The cross-cutting work that makes the app usable in the conditions you'll actually use it in.

Glove-friendly

Large tap targets, gesture-forward navigation, voice input throughout. Built for cold hands and small windows.

Daylight legibility

High-contrast outdoor mode flips the UI for bright sun. Maps stay readable on a sandstone shelf at 1pm.

Battery-conscious

Adaptive GPS modes for routes vs. background tracking. Long days don't drain your phone.

Offline AI

Trailhead runs on your phone — your prompts, routes, and answers stay on the device, even with no signal. Offline maps follow.

Quick capture

One-tap from the lock screen for a photo, a waypoint, or a voice note. Don't break the moment to log it.

Account control

One-tap export of all your data. One-tap account deletion. No retention games.

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