RefugioFinder MX
An offline-capable map of official civil-defense refugios, evacuation routes, and risk zones across Mexico, with turn-by-turn walking directions when networks are down.
drivers, bus operators, and travelers in rural Mexican states who may not know which refugio to head to mid-storm
- Offline map tiles for each Mexican state covering road and refugio data
- Walking-and-driving directions that work without cell signal using pre-cached OpenStreetMap data
- Crowd-source updates from users on flooded roads or closed refugios (last 24 hours only)
- Auto-locate nearest open refugio with capacity, accessibility, and pet-friendly status
The CNPC bulletin explicitly tells citizens to verify routes and refugios in advance —but most Mexican residents don't know where their nearest one is.
Real but episodic need — CNPC bulletins (Veracruz, Quintana Roo with 834 refugios for 75k+ people) actively direct citizens to locate refugios, but usage spikes only around storms/hurricanes, not year-round.Refugios Temporales - preparados.gob.mx ↗Huracanes: Comité de Prevención y Refugios en Quintana Roo ↗
Official CNPC/UNAM 'preparados.gob.mx' map already lists 9,527 refugios across 32 states for free — a strong authoritative incumbent that limits differentiation, even though it appears to be a web tool rather than offline.Refugios Temporales - preparados.gob.mx ↗maparnr - Red Nacional de Refugios ↗
Safety/emergency information is expected to be free in Mexico; CNPC and Red Nacional de Refugios already provide it at no cost. Charging rural travelers or bus operators for an emergency map is a hard sell — no comparable paid refugio app surfaced on Play Store searches.Refugios Temporales - preparados.gob.mx ↗
Hurricane and tropical-storm season is annual and intensifying with climate change; CNPC and state governments are expanding refugio infrastructure (e.g., alerts in 17 coastal states), supporting a durable long-term need.Alerta telefónica en todo México para huracanes: ¿Cómo funcionará? ↗
Offline maps with turn-by-turn walking directions are technically standard, but the hard part is maintaining accurate, current refugio data (capacity, status, activation) and gaining official data access from CNPC/state PCs.