Unofficial Skyrim map app incoming

A free interactive map app for Skyrim is coming in to iPhone and iPad in the next few days, offering some relief for users paralyzed by the vast world.

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The world of Skyrim can be a little daunting, with virtual miles of densely packed landscape to cover. An upcoming unofficial app named Dragon Shout hopes to alleviate those concerns a bit. The first version has just been submitted to Apple, so it should hit within the next few days, for free.

TouchArcade reports that the map lets you set your own annotated markers anywhere on the map. "For example, yesterday I played Skyrim and left a bunch of dragon scales and bones on the side of a mountain because they were too heavy," the creator said. "I will come back and get them some other time so I marked it on the map so I know where it's at in the future. Another example is I'm always looking for the right ingredients for potions, so when I come across an important ingredient, I mark it on the map so I know where to get it next time."

Those features will be included in the first release of the app, but in time the creators have bigger plans in mind. It's set to become a social hub with marker sharing, chats, and pictures. The creators tweeted that the ultimate goal is to make it "a true 'user's' guide - built by users."

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    November 29, 2011 7:00 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Unofficial Skyrim map app incoming.

    A free interactive map app for Skyrim is coming in to iPhone and iPad in the next few days, offering some relief for users paralyzed by the vast world.

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      November 29, 2011 7:25 AM

      "For example, yesterday I played Skyrim and left a bunch of dragon scales and bones on the side of a mountain because they were too heavy," the creator said. "I will come back and get them some other time so I marked it on the map so I know where it's at in the future..."

      He is going to be sad when all the work he put into an app to put map markers was for naught - Skyrim doesn't always leave your loot where you left it.

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        November 29, 2011 7:26 AM

        It's worse than that. If you are away from a location long enough, your loot definitely won't be there, unless you put it in a non-respawning container.

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        November 29, 2011 9:41 AM

        But it will be awesome for things like ore deposits. I run by them and think "hummm I'll have to come back to that later and get that because right now I'm busy killing things."

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        November 29, 2011 5:05 PM

        I got to where I stopped caring if I dumped it. Odds are i'll run into 50 dragons going from point A to B and the armor is kind of ugly.

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      November 29, 2011 5:09 PM

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