The MILEPOST

We bought this app a couple of days before our dream vacation to Alaska. We rented a RV for 21 days and planned on driving all over the interior and Kenai Peninsula. We expected the Milepost to tell us everything about these areas, but unfortunately most of the time we could not get it to load. We had to keep stopping and reloading the app and most times it took six to seven tries before it finally came up. By then we made decisions without the help of the Milepost. We just kept getting a message that stated "Loading Issues" and it would freeze up. Also, we found that when we were able to get it to load, some of the information was out of date. The listed campground fees are $5-7 more than what is listed in the Milepost and we discovered when we drove to some of the advertised RV parks, they had been closed for several years. We had the 2010 hardcopy of the Milepost and were excited to purchase the 2012 app for my iPad to use on our trip. However, overall we were pretty disappointed with it and found it to be of some, but limited use.

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Bought the book and wanted the app for easy access on the drive. Logged in to the website and created an account which led me to the app. Downloaded the app and now can’t log in with my information making the app useless since I’m not paying a second time.

Just for clarity…. The App is free… But you still have to "purchase" the book to open the app. That's $20-Thank you ….. Just so you know. Plus… the app may not work properly all along the Al-Can (if you're driving) because of limited to NO SERVICE. Poor Internet service = Poor app. With that said, it's helpful to have the e-version. The app does what it's suppose to do… give you information on the rich and glorious history in both Canada and Alaska. It's nice and tidy and convenient. You can plan your daily journeys the night before (while you are in a town or hotel with WiFi) and be prepared for what's ahead. I would "bring up" the next days map and pages and have those available for quick reference. I found once I was on the road the app would open to the last location, but not be able to load more information. So, you just have to "work around" that little glitch. The Milepost its self is invaluable. Whether it's in the super thick, kill a forest, city phone book size or the app version. Any and every one traveling to Alaska needs the Milepost….. It's like American Express… "Don't leave home without it".

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!!! WARNING !!! Do not use the Bookmark feature as it causes this app to crash! Don't know why - it just does. I downloaded this app six times. The first four times I didn't put together why the app would crash. On the fifth, I noticed everything worked fine until I tried adding Bookmarks. After doing several bookmarks everything seemed OK, so I closed my iPad & re-started & tried opening the Milepost again but once again found the app crashed. On the sixth download I have abandon the Bookmark feature & haven't crashed since. So, heed my warning. Install but don't use Bookmarks! The Milepost itself is great. It took about 50 minutes for my 5mbs Internet service to download the 798 page app. Upon opening The Milepost app you'll notice a blue highlight over the caption - 21" x 31" pull-out " Plan-a-trip map. Tap that & a pdf map opens that doesn't lose detail when you zoom in for higher detail. Tap the screen & some quick access icons appear at the bottom of the screen. I use Thumbs instead of the app killing Bookmark feature. Page 1 is the Contents page. Just hold your finger tip on the page number you'd like to jump to & you're there in a flash! Everything that's in the big book is in this app. Overall, I give The Milepost a 5.

Glad this finally arrived just in time for my trip I have installed the new version and it seems to have corrected the bugs that existed in the first release. This app contains a lot of Great and Useful information. Hopefully the issues from the original version have been corrected and everyone that did not have a positive experience will give it another try. Dave with the Milepost has worked with me and answered every question I have ask and replied to every e-mail I have sent. Dave even sent me a printed copy. Both versions are very informative, however the electronic version is the one I will use ! Dave and Team, thanks for all the help, and a Great Job with this publication, I know this is a tremendous amount of work. Thanks once again for all the assistance.