Was planning a big adventure through Colorado and realized that all the popular apps were showing maybe 30% of the actual campgrounds that exist on public land. For the rest you have to dig through individual ranger district websites, search by name through lists, or just hope Google Maps happens to have a pin. When you're planning a multi-week trip, you need to see ALL your options - free dispersed spots, developed campgrounds even if there's a fee, everything. You want to know what's available so you can make real decisions about your route. The Forest Service, BLM, and NPS maintain comprehensive databases with every single campground and designated dispersed area they manage. GPS coordinates, amenities, current status - it's all there. But it's scattered across different systems and buried in websites that look like they haven't been updated since 2003. I've got a background in building mapping software products around government maintained geospatial data, so I'm used to this. In fact, I guarantee if you showed these departments what I build they'd say "oh we already have that" as if the general public is all GIS professionals. That's normal though, I don't blame them, they aren't in the business of building software for consumers. Anyway I pulled all their data from a billion different sources and put it on one map. Now I can actually see what's available instead of playing guessing games or missing spots that are literally 2 miles from where I'm looking https://preview.redd.it/vhy5ew40xirf1.png?width=1320&format=png&auto=webp&s=a57933fdf5edfb4aadbdbc66ae0b9b06f1689368 The difference is pretty wild. Areas where I thought there were 3-4 camping options actually have 15-20 official spots. Turns out there are thousands of designated campgrounds that just... aren't on any of the popular apps because they rely on user submissions instead of official data. Curecanti National Recreation area is a great example. We researched for hours and could only find NPS managed paid campgrounds @ $40/night. Turns out there were some 40 designated BLM dispersedsites less than 3 miles away. I'm build it as a mobile app since you need it to work when you're actually out there. Should be ready for beta access in a couple of weeks. Figured some of you have run into the same problem - great camping area but you can only find the overcrowded spots because the official ones are impossible to discover. Do you all feel like this fills a gap for you or am I barking up the wrong tree? Edit: Really excited about how many of you are interested. There's a s[ignup form for the public beta here](https://dispersedapp.com/) if you want to be notified and get early access when it comes out in a few weeks! Hopefully the mods don't mind the link, I'm just getting lots of DMs.