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A somehow discutable advantage that came with the ascent of smartphones is the security they provide, meaning the everyday traveler will have less to rely on his guts, knowing he can almost always check his phone for information. But being prepared also means building the tool to smooth your travels instead of roughing it.
One can use [[Hitchwiki:Database_dumps|Hitchwiki's daily database dumps]] to develop an app that would update automatically. ==Software== ===Aard Dictionary2==='''Android, Linux, Window, macOS [http://aarddict.org/ AarddictAard 2] is a simple free and open source app that works with ".slob" files. Dictionary files are available for several Wikis, dictionaries and more. The size of a .slob file can range from just a few MB (hitchwiki) to several GB (wikipedia). All .slob files stored on your phone are loaded into the app so you can search and browser several dictionaries at once. The latest Hitchwiki can be found [https://mashi.neocities.org/aard.html#Download here]. Other dictionary files can be found [https://github.com/itkach/slob/wiki/Dictionaries here]. ====How to (Android)==== # Install Aard 2 from [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/itkach.aard2 F-Droid], [https://github.com/itkach/aard2-android/releases Github] or [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=itkach.aard2&hl=en_US&gl=US Google Play].# Download the .slob file directly on your phone, or copy it from your computer. You can put it on a SD card for space.# Press the refresh button in Aard 2. It can take a little bit of time.</li># You can then search for terms (like a town or a highway), and, while you're there, you can add Hitchwiki's "Main Page" to your favorites so you know where it is (homepages are a function Aard 2 lacks).# You' re good to go, have a nice time hitchhiking with (kinda) up to date directions. ====How to (Linux, Windows, macOS,...)==== [https://github.com/itkach/aard2-web Aard for web] is a Java app for browsing .slob files via internet-browser. It should work on every system that can run Java. ===Kiwix===Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, macOS [https://www.kiwix.org/en/ Kiwix] is funded by Wikimedia Switzerland. While Kiwix is a convenient tool to access tons good project with plenty of dictionaries content, it suffers a somewhat slow interface, and other sources while offlinecrashes irregularly. It's also pretty complicated to build files from a website for it. Dictionary files (.zim) including the latest for Hitchwiki can be downloaded [https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages here]. ===HTTrack===create: Linux, Android, Windows; view: all(Browser) "[http://httrack.com HTTrack] is a free (GPL, libre/free software ) and easy-to-use offline browser utility." The software can download a whole website so it can be used for offline browsing. HTTrack is available under the GNU General Public License, and there are versions for UbuntuLinux, Mac OS XAndroid, Windows. The downloaded html files can be opened with every device that has as internet-browser. ===My Hitchhiking Spots===Android Some Hitchwiki users developed [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myhitchhikingspots My Hitchhiking Spots] for browsing Hitchwiki online. It claims it can download spots from the map, Androidbut [[User:Swaden|Swaden]] got their deleted after the app restarted.
====DICTformat====[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] converted the Hitchwiki database dump into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT dict format].
If your OS is Debianic you can try to apt-get install dictd
and copy this file into /usr/share/dictd
It was available at groups.google.com/group/hitchwiki/web/dict-hitchwiki.tar.bz2 (old data, from 2008 or so) - but Google took it down. Compiling it again can still be done and if an user want to take the task of doing it, we can have a version here.
[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] was using this on his Nokia 770, in order to access Hitchwiki info while on the road!
===OSM/Hitchwiki spots=Nokia N900 (if you still have one)====[http://hitchwiki.org/en/High-tech_hitchhiking#Nokia_N900_offline_Hitchwiki_navigator Nokia N900 offline Hitchwiki spot navigator ] ====Aard Dictionary (first version, outdated)===='''[http://aarddict.org/ Aarddict]''' is a convenient tool to access tons of dictionaries and other sources while offline. It's free software available under the GNU General Public License, and there are versions for Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Windows, Android.
==Paper==[[de:Tramperwiki:OfflineZac]]had an idea to make a [[Hitchhiking Zine|print zine hitchhiking guide]]. One could take the task to edit each country into a guide, though we can consider this idea too complex for the reward.