BackupKey

The hill ascents recorded by the user.

Whether or not automatic backup is selected:

• if false then manual backup is selected;
• if true then automatic backup is selected.

Automatic backup is triggered by various actions in the app (such as recording a new ascent) and is supported for iCloud but not Dropbox.

Whether or not the user has chosen to use the location reported by their iOS device and accepted a disclaimer that this should not be relied on for navigation:

The selected unit of measurement for presenting distances:

• if km then distances are presented in kilometres;
• if mi then distances are presented in miles.

The email address used by the app’s CSV export feature.

The name of the file in which the backup was originally stored on export.

A number seen to be 0 or 1, purpose unknown. Presumably takes other values or would have a boolean.

Part of the map type selection. Indicates whether or not Google maps of some type have been selected in preference to Apple maps.

A hash value, presumably unique to an individual backup and perhaps used to verify its integrity when being restored.

The selected unit of measurement for presenting heights:

• if ft then heights are presented in feet;
• if m then heights are presented in metres.

Whether iCloud or Dropbox has been selected as the destination for backups.

The latitude component of the location (if any) recorded by the app’s location feature.

The identifiers of lists tracked by the user, sorted according to the selected sorting specification.

The longitude component of the location (if any) recorded by the app’s location feature.

Indicates whether or not the app’s feature supporting multiple rounds of ascents has been enabled:

• if false then multiple rounds are not enabled;
• if true then multiple rounds are enabled.

Indicates the ordering of tracked lists on the app’s initial view:

A boolean value, purpose unknown.

Purpose unknown, observed to be an array of three numbers (all -1).

Presumably indicated whether backups stored in Dropbox were saved to the root folder or to an app-specific folder. Dropbox API changes made in 2017 have probably rendered this option redundant and support for saving in the root folder was removed in Hill Lists version 5.2.

The email address used by the app’s location sharing feature.

The phone number used by the app’s location sharing feature.

Indicates how hills are sorted within the view of an individual list’s content:

• 0 - hills are sorted by section, in ascending order by number;
• 1 - hills are sorted by name, in ascending alphabetical order;
• 2 - hills are sorted by height, in descending order;
• 3 - hills are sorted by distance from the user’s recorded location, in increasing order;
• 4 - hills are sorted by date of ascent, in decreasing chronological order by oldest ascent, with unknown ascent daes sorting last;
• 5 - hills are sorted by number of ascents, in increasing order.

Part of the map type selection. Indicates whether or not (if Google maps are selected) the terrain map type is selected.

Part of the map type selection.

Presumably the version format of the backup.

An enumeration of keys present in the value of the ascents key in a backup.