Save Places and Organizations

Overview

Save places and organizations when you want to find them again quickly. Saved items are tied to your OuterSpatial account and appear in the selected community's saved area.

Saving an item is different from downloading a map for offline use. If you need offline maps, use the saved maps or offline maps tools instead.

Saving is also different from subscribing to notifications. Subscribing to a place or organization sends updates when notifications are available for that item, and you can review those subscriptions from the saved area.

Save a Place

1. Open a place, such as an area, trail, outing, or point of interest.
2. Tap the Favorite or Bookmark button near the top of the page.
3. Sign in if prompted.
4. Complete any profile or age-assurance step the app asks for.

The saved state updates after the app finishes saving the place. Tap the same button again when you want to remove it from your saved places.

Some place cards also show a save button, so you can save or remove a place without opening the full place page.

Save an Organization

1. Open an organization page.
2. Tap the Favorite or Bookmark button near the top of the page.
3. Sign in if prompted.
4. Complete any profile or age-assurance step the app asks for.

Tap the same button again to remove the organization from your saved organizations.

After you save a place or organization, the app may ask whether you also want notifications. Notifications are optional and separate from saving the item, and you can change notification subscriptions at any time.

View Saved Places and Organizations

Open the saved area from your profile to review what you saved in the current community.

iOS

Open the Me tab, choose Saved, then choose Favorites. Open Locations or Organizations to see the saved list.

Android

Open your profile, then tap Saved. Choose Locations, Organizations, Maps, or Subscriptions. Maps holds offline maps saved on your device, and Subscriptions holds your notification subscriptions. A category with no saved items cannot be opened until you save something in it.

Saved lists only show items available in the current community. If you switch communities, the saved list changes to match that community.

Find Notification Subscriptions

Notification subscriptions are the places and organizations you subscribed to for updates. On Android, open your profile, tap Saved, tap Subscriptions, then choose Locations or Organizations. Tap an item to open its page and change the subscription.

If Subscriptions has no items, it cannot be opened until you subscribe to notifications for a place or organization in the current community.

Sort and Open Saved Items

Open Saved Locations to review saved places, then tap a saved location to open its page. Use the sort control to order places by distance or alphabetically. Distance sorting uses your device location; if location access is not available, the app can still show saved places alphabetically.

Open Saved Organizations to review saved organizations, then tap an organization to open it. Use the sort or view control to order organizations by distance or alphabetically. On Android, a Verified option can prioritize verified and locally relevant organizations.

Remove a Saved Item

Open the saved place or organization, then tap the Favorite or Bookmark button again. The item is removed from the saved list after the app finishes updating your account.

Troubleshooting

If you cannot save or find a saved item:

1. Make sure you are signed in.
2. Complete any profile, age, or guardian-approval steps the app asks for.
3. Check your internet connection.
4. Confirm you are viewing the same community where the item is available.
5. Pull to refresh the saved list, or reopen the place or organization page.
6. Update OuterSpatial from the App Store or Google Play.

If you are still stuck, contact Visitor Success at visitors@outerspatial.com.