Support for CampingSweet

CampingSweet keeps track of where you take your camper.  To get started, tap on Campers and add your first camper.  It will become the Selected Camper, and you can begin adding campsites on the Log Book page.  Go ahead and add a test log book entry (it can always be deleted later).  With a log book entry, the Maps and Charts pages will become available.

Here you can add or delete campers.  (The "registration number" can be used for a license plate number so that you have it handy.) Each camper is shown with its total mileage and number of nights used in card format.  Possible actions include:

• Tap on the plus to add a camper

• Tap on a camper's card to select it for the log book and maps

• Tap on the ellipsis (three dots) to delete a camper

DELETING A CAMPER WILL ALSO DELETE ALL OF ITS LOG BOOK ENTRIES!

Campsite stops are shown in either card format (four lines) or in list format (one line). You can display either all trips or only the current year.  Possible actions include:

• Scroll up or down for more trips

•  Tap on the plus to add a log entry

•  Tap on Trip Options to edit, delete, or see a trip in Maps

• Trips can be imported from or exported to a CSV file (more information below)

A log book entry must have a place name (destination), start date and end date.  The distance will default to zero if not entered.  The Geolocation is optional, it can be left blank, but you will not be able to display it on maps.

The Maps function displays the campsites (log book entries) visited by the Selected Camper.  The filter selector at the top of the screen is to filter the campsites mapped by calendar year.

The charts screen shows a bar chart of camper usage (either number of miles driven or number of nights used) by year.  Each log entry is counted by its start date; an entry that spans years will not be divided up.

Settings are accessed by the gear symbol on the main page.  You can choose miles vs. kilometers and a log book with abbreviated (List) or longer (Card) log entries.  For more information about the CSV Import settings, see below.

Exporting a CSV file does not necessarily preserve data!

A camper's log entries may be exported in CSV (comma separated values) format to be read by other programs.  The file may be viewed in the Files app by going to On My iPhone and then to the CampingSweet folder.  The default filename is the camper name followed by _log.csv, e.g. "Our Camper_log" (the .csv is normally not displayed by iOS).  

Note:   If the file already exists, iOS will ask if you want to replace the file, keep both, or cancel.  Any files in this folder will be deleted if the app is uninstalled; if you wish to keep data after uninstalling the app, I suggest you move the exported file to your iCloud Drive. (Instructions: Open the Files app, navigate  to On My iPhone and then to the CampingSweet folder. Long press on the file, choose Move, tap on <Browse, tap on iCloud Drive, then tap on Move.)

This is the long section.  Import from a CSV (comma separated values) file is supported so that you can bring in data from a spreadsheet or other apps (if they support CSV export).  If you want to skip ahead, the shortcut is to export a test CSV file and match that format as much as possible.

Important:  The file to be read MUST be on the iPhone (or iPad), in the CampingSweet folder.  Trying to read a file from other locations WILL result in a data error.

The CSV format is very specific. Data can be read in ONLY with the following headings:

Date,Nights,Location,Coordinates,Miles driven

Note that not all are necessary and the columns do not need to be in the order above.  The Location column refers to the place name or destination.  It is assumed that distances are in miles.  (If they are not, read your CSV file into a spreadsheet, do the conversion to miles, and export a CSV file from the spreadsheet.)

The Date entry may be in either month first (e.g. 12/25/23) or in day first format (e.g. 25/12/23), with the preference chosen on the Settings screen.  

The Date entry may include either a range of dates (e.g. 12/25/23 - 12/29/23) or a single date.  For a single date, the number of nights should be specified, so the first two columns would appear as 12/25/23,4 (identical to the range given above).  The Date entries option on the Settings screen allows for reading a range of dates vs. start dates and number of nights. 

The other option on the Settings screen is to choose between geocoordinates in decimal degrees (e.g. 33.317 -104.329) vs geocoordinates in degrees-minutes-seconds (e.g. 33°19'01.2"N 104°19'47.7"W).  Note that in any case, the latitude and longitude should NOT be separated by a comma.

Contact me at the email address below if you need further instructions.