Waypost: Hike Safety Check-In

You head out to run or walk in the countryside. Someone at home is left wondering whether you made it back. Waypost is one button. You press it when you leave, and your contacts get an email with where you are, a map of that spot, and the time of the last point. Every few minutes, another one. When you're back, a message saying so. They don't have to install anything. No account, no invitation to accept, no new app to learn. They get an email. Your mother knows how to open an email. ONE BUTTON • START and STOP. There is nothing else on the main screen. • You choose how often: 30, 60 or 120 minutes. • An email when you leave, at every check-in, and when you return. The first two can be switched off. WHAT YOUR PEOPLE GET • A map of where you are right now, with the last points you passed listed underneath. • Distance covered, altitude, elevation gain and the pace you are keeping. • A link…