how to use the passport companion app version 2

iPhone_App_Version_2 of 33 08/29/2016

How to Use

The Passport Companion App

Version 2


Table of Contents

Using the App for the First Time and Creating an Account 3

How Your Eastern National Cloud Account Works 6

How to Import Your Old Data into the New App 8

How to View Your Old Data Entered in Version 1 without Importing 11

Five Ways to Find a Park 14

1 - Featured Park 14 2 - Find a Park: Alphabetically 14 3 - Find a Park: By State 16 4 - Find a Park: Nearby 17 5 - Nearby Through a Map 19

How to Return to the Top of a Park List 22

Navigating the “Home” Display 23

Navigating the “Find A Park” Display 27

Navigating the “Park Detail” Display 28

How to Add a Visit 29


Using the App for the First Time and Creating an Account

1. Tap on the icon for the new version 2 Passport Companion app shown below.

2. For a split second you will see this display flash, followed by the second display.

3. When you use the app for the first time, you will see this display. Since you have not yet created an account, tap on the blue button circled in red, “No Account? Create one.”


4. On the display you see shown below. a. Tap into the email address block.

b. Enter in your email address. Tap “Next” in the lower right, or tap into the password block.


c. Enter a password for using this Passport Companion app. Tap the blue button, “Done” at the bottom right of the keyboard. This will cause the keyboard to disappear.

d. Move the slider to agree to Eastern National’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you want to see the “Terms of Use”, then tap those blue words to see the 13-page PDF. If you want to see the “Privacy Policy”, then tap those blue words to see the 6-page PDF. You cannot create an account until you must move the slider to the right so that it turns green, indicating you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

e. Tap the button, “Create Account”.


5. You will then see the home display, if you are new to the app, or if you used version 1 and never entered your

own personal visits and/or personal photos into the app. If you used version 1 of the app, and if you entered your own personal visits and/or personal photos into the app, then you will see the second display. For data conversion instructions, see the next page.


How Your Eastern National Cloud Account Works The old version 1 of the Passport Companion app allowed you to enter in all your visits to the official 412 units of the National Park Service. You could also add photos and captions for your photos into the app. All that data was kept inside your device (iPhone or iPad). If you performed a backup to iCloud for your device, then that data was backed up. However, you could only see your data on that one device. The new version 2 of the Passport Companion app still allows you to enter your own personal visits and photos. However, version 2 will backup that data to an Eastern National cloud storage area. This new cloud storage allows you to view all your visits and photos on all your family’s devices. In order to accomplish this, you must create a cloud account with Eastern National. Once you create a cloud account, then the existing data you entered into the old version 1 of the app will be imported into the new version 2 of the app. It will also be backed up to the Eastern National cloud storage area. Once you import your existing data into your cloud account, then you can begin viewing that data on your other devices. In order to view your data on another device, you must install version 2 of the Passport Companion App onto that other device. Then when you get to the display shown below on that device, enter in the same email address and same account password, and tap Sign In. Once you have logged into the same account on the other device, you will be able to view the data that was imported into your cloud account from your first device.

This new version 2 will allow you to add visits and photos on multiple devices that are signed into the same cloud account. For instance, while visiting a park, perhaps you and other family member all have a device with version 2 installed on it. If all of you add a visit to that park, then that creates multiple visits in that park. If you only want one visit for that park in your account, then only one of you should enter the visit. Once the visit is entered into the system, all devices can see that visit. Then all of you can take various photos and add all those photos to the same visit. One done with that park visit, then all of you can view each other’s photos on each one’s own device. Each family member can create their own account and add their own visits and photos to their own account. However, they can then only see their own visits on their own device. If desired, an individual can log out of their own account, and log into another family member’s account to see that other persons visits and photos. Then, when done, that person can log out of that account and log back into their own account.


How to Import Your Old Data into the New App Importing data from your version 1 of the app can take anywhere from a few seconds to over an hour. If you have only ever created visits, and you never added personal photos, then the process will take a minute or two. If you have added photos, then the length of time depends on the number of photos. In our testing, the importing of 433 photos with 116 visits took an hour and three minutes. Since importing a lot of photos can take so long (since it is copying it from your device up to Eastern National’s cloud storage area), it is best to do this import while accessing WiFi. If you are not using WiFi, then your data charges could be excessive. Therefore, if you are not connected to WiFi, then you may want to postpone the import until a later time. You can still access all of the park information without importing your data. You may also view your old data on the same device you used for the old version 1 of the app without importing it up to the cloud. If you have just created an account and you have visits and/or photos in the old version 1 of this app, you will see this display immediately after creating your account.

1. Tap “Yes” to begin the import process now. You can tap “No” to perform the import process later. If you tap “Yes” continue to step 3 on the next page. If you tap “No’ continue to step 2 on the next page.


2. To begin an import of your old data, tap the “More” button in the lower right corner, circled in red below. On the next display, tap on the “Import Old Data”, circled in red.

3. Whether you import immediately after creating an account or you manually perform the Import Old Data function from the “More” display, you will get to this step. Be sure you are connected to WiFi (in order to eliminate any bandwidth charges), and then tap “Start Import” at the bottom of the display.


4. Wait while the import completes.

5. Tap the “< Passport” in blue in the upper left corner when the import states it is complete. This will take you back to the Home display. Once there, tap on the Visits stamp in the center of the bottom to see a list of your visits, sorted by date, with the most recent visit at the top. You can scroll through the visits. To search for all visits to a particular park, you can enter part of the park name in the Find text box at the top (third display).


How to View Your Old Data Entered in Version 1 Without Importing The data you entered under Version 1 is still in your device (iPhone/iPad) for you to view.

1. Tap on the “More” icon in the lower right corner, circled in red. Below. Then Tap on the “Old Data Viewer”, circled in red in the second display shown below.

2. Now you see a list of the visits that were in your version 1 of the app. Note that any new visits and photos that you add to this new version 2 of the app will not be shown. Only the visits you previously entered in version 1 will be shown. Tap on one of the parks visits. To return to the “More” options, tap on the “< Back” in blue at the top left.


3. The data you are viewing is your old version 1 data, so there will be no photo of the park itself at the top. Tap on the “My Visits” at the bottom, circled in red below. To return to the list of parks visited, tap on the “< Parks Visited” in blue at the top left.

4. This shows a list of all the visits you made to this park. Tap on one of the visits. To return to the previous display, tap on the “< Park Details” in blue at the upper left.


5. This shows your visit, along with the photos that you added to the version 1 of the app. Tap on one of the photos to view it.

6. This shows the photo you tapped above. You may scroll through the photos from that single visit by swiping right and left. When finished viewing the photos, tap “Done” in blue on the bottom left.


Five Ways to Find a Park

1. Featured Park: Each month there will be a featured park on the Home display. a. Tap “Home” on the bottom of the display to display the home display, if you are not there already.

b. The top of the home display will display a Featured Park. Tap on it to see the details for that park.

2. Find A Park: Alphabetically a. On the Home display, tap on the “Find Your Park” magnifying glass at the bottom.


b. If not already highlighted, tap on the “Name” option in blue at the top of the “Find A Park” display (circled in red at the top left below).

c. You can scroll down or up on the list (arrows shown in red below).

d. You can also tap on one of the letters on the right to quickly go to a park that starts with that letter (circled

in red on the right side below).

e. Tap into the “Find” box at the top and enter part of a park name, in this example, “Lincoln”. All parks with “Lincoln” anywhere in the name will appear. Tap the blue “Done” to see the completed list. Then you may scroll up and down to see them. Tap on any of them to see the park details for that park. Tap the gray X at the right side of the “Find” box to return to the complete list of parks.


3. Find A Park: by State.

a. On the Home display, tap on the “Find Your Park” magnifying glass at the bottom.

b. If not already highlighted, tap on the “State” option in blue at the top of the “Find A Park” display (circled in red at the top left below).

c. You can scroll down or up on the list (arrows shown in red below).

d. You can also tap on one of the letters on the right to quickly go to a park that starts with that letter (circled

in red on the right side below). Note that while you scroll, the name of the state that you are in will continue to display in a blue bar at the top of the list of parks (circled in blue below).


e. Tap into the “Find” box at the top and enter part of a state name, in this example, “Washington”. All parks in the state of Washington will appear. Tap the blue “Done” to see the completed list. Then you may scroll up and down to see them. Tap on any of them to see the park details for that park. Tap the gray X at the right side of the “Find” box to return to the complete list of parks.

4. Find a Park: Nearby.

a. On the Home display, tap on the “Find Your Park” magnifying glass at the bottom.


b. If not already highlighted, tap on the “Nearby” option in blue at the top of the “Find A Park” display (circled

in red at the top left below). If you see the “Allow” message shown below, tap “Allow”.

c. You can scroll down or up on the list (arrows shown in red below). Note that at the end of each park name it will specify the number of miles it is from your location to that park (air miles, or “as the crow flies”, not driving miles). The park that is closest to you shows first, followed by parks from closest to furtherest.


d. Tap into the “Find” box at the top and enter part of a park name, in this example, “Del” for all nearby parks

that have “Del” in its name. All parks with “Del” anywhere in the name will appear. Tap the blue “Done” to see the completed list. Then you may scroll up and down to see them. Tap on any of them to see the park details for that park. Tap the gray X at the right side of the “Find” box to return to the complete list of parks. A park will be duplicated if it has multiple passport cancellation locations from other distances.

5. Nearby Through a Map: use the above 4 techniques to find a park.

a. Once on the Park Detail display (second, below), either tap on the Cancellation option near the center, or

tap the Map option on the bottom left.


b. Once on the park’s map, tap the blue “Show Nearby” in the lower right corner (circled in red below).

c. The default is to show parks within 100 miles from the chosen park. You may tap on the 50 miles at to bottom or the 250 miles at the bottom to see less or more parks, based on those distances.


d. Tap an individual pin to see the name for that park, as shown below.

e. With one of the parks tapped, tap in the blue (i) at the right of the park name to see details about that park

location. When done, tap the chosen park name in blue, at the top left.


f. When done viewing Nearby Parks for the chosen park, tap on the blue “Hide Nearby” in the lower right corner. When done viewing the map, click “< Park Detail” to return to the chosen park’s detail display.

How to Return to the Top of a Park List While on the list of parks (whether alphabetically, by state, or nearby, you may want to quickly get to the top of the list. Do get to the top, just tap once at the very top of your devices display (area circled in red below). This is an Apple standard. Tapping anywhere up here . . . . Returns you to the top of the list.


Navigating the Home Display The Home display is shown below and there are eight options you may take on that display.

1. You may scroll up and down on the Home display to see all the options.

2. Tap on the Featured Park (top) to see the Park Detail for that park. When done, tap the blue “< Back” in the upper left corner to return to the Home display.


3. Tap on a “New Cancellation” to see a map of that new stamp location. The new stamp location will have the word “New” at the bottom, whereas a Visitor Center will have “VC” at the bottom and a stamp location that is not a Visitor Center will not have any letters at the bottom of the red drop. Tap on the blue “< Back” in the upper left corner to return to the Home display.

4. Tap on an eparks product to advance to the eparks.com website and see further details on that product.


5. Tap on the “Find a Park” magnifying glass at the bottom of the display to find a park. Tap on the “Home” icon at the bottom left to return to the home display.

6. Tap on the Visits icon at the center of the bottom bar to see a list of all your visits to National Park locations. Tap on the “Home” icon at the bottom left to return to the home display.


7. Tap on the “Shop” shopping cart icon on the bottom bar to shop on eparks.com. Tap on the “Home” icon at the bottom left to return to the home display.

8. Tap on the “More . . .” icon on the bottom bar to see other app functions. Tap on the “Home” icon at the bottom left to return to the home display.


Navigating the “Find A Park” Display The “Find A Park” display is shown below and there are fourteen options you may take on that display.

1. You may scroll up and down on the display to scroll through the 412 official units of the National Park Service. 2. Sort the list of parks by “Name” (1st display above) by tapping on the “Name” link. 3. On “Name” list, enter part of a park name in the find box (magnifying glass) to find a park. 4. On the “Name” list, tap on a letter at the right side of the display to jump to parks that start by that letter. 5. Sort the list of parks by “State” (2nd display above) by tapping on the “State” link. 6. On the “State” list, enter a state name in the find box (magnifying glass) to find all parks in that state. 7. On the “State” list, tap on a state abbreviation on the right to jump to that state. 8. List “Nearby” parks, within 100 miles of your current location (3rd display above) by tapping on “Nearby” 9. On the “Nearby” list, enter part of a park name in the find box (magnifying glass) to find a park. 10. Tap on the “Home” at the bottom left to return to the Home display. 11. Tap on the “Visits” stamper at the bottom center to see a list of parks you visited. 12. Tap on the “Shop” shopping cart at the bottom right to see the eparks.com website. 13. Tap on the “More . . .” icon at the bottom right to see other app options. 14. If you have scrolled down the list, tap the top of the display (where the carrier, time, and battery icon are) to

return to the very top of the list. See pages 14-22 for more details on the “Five Ways to Find a Park”. Note that any park you visited has the Visited icon shown below to the right of the park name. Also, the background color of the park name and the Visited icon reflects the Passport Region.


Navigating the “Park Detail” Display To view the “Park Detail” display, tap on one of the parks in the “Find A Park” display (below on the left). This will display the “Park Detail” for the chosen park, which scrolls top to bottom (below, two displays on the right).

There are fourteen actions you can take on the Park Detail display.

1. Tap on the blue “< Find A Park” in the upper left to return to the “Find A Park” display. 2. Tap on the blue “+” in the upper right corner to add this park to your list of parks to visit. This then becomes a

green check mark. You can then tap on the green check mark to remove it from your list of parks to visit, returning it to the “+” setting in the upper right.

3. If the park headquarters address is in blue, tap on it to see it on a map. 4. If the park phone number is in blue, tap on it to call the park headquarters office. 5. Tap on the “Cancellation Location”, just below the park description, to see a map of Passport cancellation

locations for this park. 6. Tap “Park Website” to view the NPS.GOV home web page for this park. 7. Tap “Junior Ranger Program” to view the NPS.GOV web page for Kids, Youth, and Junior Rangers. 8. Tap “Entrance Fee” to view the NPS.GOV web page for fees in this park. 9. Tap “Directions” to view the NPS.GOV web page for directions to this park. 10. Tap “Events” to view the NPS.GOV web page for Special Events and Things to Do in the park. 11. Tap the blue “Map” in the lower left corner to see a map of Passport cancellation locations for this park. 12. Tap the blue “Add My Visit” on the bottom row to add your visit to this park. You may add as many visits to this

park as you like. For each visit you may enter a Title for the visit, a Description for the visit, and the date for that visit. In addition, you may add a collection of your personal photos for each visit, and you may enter a caption for each photo.

13. Tap the blue “Visits” on the bottom row to see the list of visits you made to this park. 14. Tap the blue “Shop” in the lower right corner to see items for sale in eparks.com which relate to this particular

park.


How to Add a Visit

1. On the Park Detail display, tap “Add My Visit” on the bottom of the display, circled in red below.

2. On the display shown below, there are 3 items you may enter for this visit: a. A short Visit Name gets entered in the first box. b. A longer Visit Description gets entered in the second box. c. The actual date of the visit is selected at the bottom, which defaults to today’s date.

3. Tap into the Visit Name area circled in red below. You will see a keyboard at the bottom of the display. Type in

your Visit Name and then tap the Next button, at the bottom right of the keyboard.


4. Enter your Visit Description, and then tap the Done button, at the bottom right of the keyboard.

5. Use the date selector to choose the date of the visit, if the date is different from today. Then tap Save in the upper right corner.


6. If you do not wish to add a photo, then tap the “<” back arrow in the upper left corner. This will return you to the Park Detail display. If you want to add a photo, then tap on Add Photo.

7. Select the photo album and the photo you wish to add. Then tap Done in the upper right corner.


8. If you only tap to select a single photo, you will be asked to enter a description, or a caption for that photo. Enter the description and tap Done.

9. Initially, you get a cloud symbol, meaning that the app is uploading this photo to your Cloud account. When finished you will see your photo with its caption below it. Tap the “<” back arrow in the upper left corner to return to the Park Detail display.


10. Now if you tap on the Visits on the bottom, it will call up your list of visits, which includes your newest visit. Tap “Park Detail” in the upper left to return to the Park Detail display.

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