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Thomas Davies
24/07/11 09:29
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Hi Peeps,

Simple one for us all, what are the best iphone apps to aid in any outdoor activities? Climbing, hiking, mountaineering?

Thanks.

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Bedouin
24/07/11 09:32
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A number of people have mentioned Viewranger as good. I've used the Android trial version and it appears to be O.K.
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Lucky Jim
24/07/11 10:18
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I'm sure viewranger does a grand job on iphone. I've no experience but,

This guy highly recommends routebuddy which is an application that started 'native' as a mac app

If you cruise around his excellent site there are more references and reviews of routebuddy.

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Thomas Davies
15/01/12 18:45
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FYI guys, been using viewranger for the last 6 months now, and ive had no problems. Found it really useful, thanks for your help guys

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Parky Again
15/01/12 22:08
If you like looking at the sky star walk is very good
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peter dixon 2
15/01/12 22:12
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herea a few gridpoint GB  .....GPS20S......Hill lists....3D lakes.....mountain info...cycle network..ios maps....accuweather..msw..windguru....mwis..avalanche........river level....moon...skyview free....  enjoy
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Jon Doran
16/01/12 10:15
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We ran an article or two on apps on the site a few months back, hang on...

www.outdoorsmagic.com/hill-skills/monday-tip---apps-for-the-outdoors/7844.html

There are a fair few geographically-based ones around too - Dales, Cairngorms for exampe - search for 'app' in the search box at the top of the page and you should get some relevant articles.

Mammut has a packing list one - free - which some people may like. There are excellent Swiss free hiking trail ones too. Peaks, which names mountains using GPS, I like, but it can be a bit flaky on which hills it recognises.

I wish someone would produce a mountain weather forecast app and an avalanche forecast one, but so far, no go, although there is a Midge Forecast app out there. For weather, I rather like Weather Pro along with the Met Office. Check out the radar and pressure charts etc. You can often see rain coming your way, which is handy on the hill when you're working out whether it's a shower that's going to pass or the start of something sustained.

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peter dixon 2
22/01/12 09:00
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John check mwis for mountain forcasts they have the link too for uk avalanche ratings web page too
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TAllwood
22/01/12 10:26
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My favourate nav application for the iphone is OutDoors GB and its probably one of the cheapest to buy OS mapping for as well.

Weather Pro is excellent for weather and if you suffer from allergies then i find the claritin UK pollen forecast quite useful in the summer.

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masterluke
22/01/12 12:13
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An iPhone (iToy) is a useless item to have with you out whilst out in the hills you wont even get a signal on it in a lot of areas compared to older 2G handsets, as with other 3G so-called "smart" phones what use are they if you can't even get a signal on them? How long do their batteries last as well for that matter?
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TAllwood
22/01/12 14:40
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A useful contribution from someone who clearly doesn’t own an iphone. An "iToy’s" reception for the most part is perfectly adequate and completely irrelevant in some respects as a reception is not required for GPS use as most decent applications cache the mapping. Although I wouldn’t want to use an iphone solely for navigation with a battery backup pack such as a mophie juice pack you would get more than enough battery life to use it as a dedicated gps in the hills.

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