What’s New
Frank’s Map, November 2026: What It Does Now
The map has its own home for the bush, a key that says on or off, tools that fold away, and a beacon that keeps trying. Here is where it stands.
The mines, the roads and the trails, one map
Frank’s Map
Everything about the map, kept here as it grows: what is new in each release, how to use it in the bush, word from the field, and the thinking behind it. The map itself lives at FranksMap.com, where it downloads an area and works with no signal; on this site, signed in, each position shows where it really is.
Latest About the Map
Newest firstHow To
How to Take a Map Offline
Do it at home, or anywhere you still have data: bring the country you are going into onto the screen, press Download, and it is on your phone before the signal runs out.
How To
The Beacon, Plainly
Switch it on for the day and name one person. If you are not back when you said, they are told — with your last position and the words to give 911.
Three notes so far
Frank’s Map
Keep up with the map. A note when there is something to say.
A release, a how-to, word from the field — the notes in this section, sent to you when they are written, not on a schedule. Frank’s monthly letter is a separate thing: one photograph, one story, once a month. Tick what you want; stop either anytime.
Unsubscribe anytime.