I have recently started using Viewranger on my iPhone and have to say I'm very impressed. Recent thinking has lead to a few questions though, well one or two.
Can I create routes on my computer (my iMac - not to show off but if anything is windows specific) to then download to Viewranger on my phone? I've managed to download some GPX routes from various websites and transfer them to the phone, however, I want to create routes myself on the computer rather than the little screen, but of course I don't want to have to buy the maps again for using Memory Map or Quo etc.
Also, if I have routes that I want to share, what is the best way to do this visually. I figured I can probably send gpx files to people, however, I'd like to show the routes to people in the best way, ideally OS, so that they can click on a link and see the proposed or recent route.
Any help will be greatly appreciates, and apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere.
Not sure about the sharing - the OS can get a little tetchy about it; but I have seen trip reports with clickable links to online OS-based map resources...
I am sure someone who knows will be along soon......
One fairly simple option is to use GPSBabel (http://www.gpsbabel.org) to convert your gpx into a Google Earth kml file. You can either send people the kml files, or there ar various other options for displaying them in Google maps. Google "google maps share track" for a list of methods you can use.
Cheers guys, I've had a bit of a play with Where's the Path, but couldn't manage to save the file and transfer it to Viewranger, I'm sure I was doing something wrong, will have more of a play this week.
However, if someone can give me a few pointers in simpleton speak it'd be greatly appreciated, the info on the site did confuse me a little, it doesn't take much
Another vote for Grough. I started using it a while back when it was pretty much the only option for Mac users and I've stuck with it. 2 quid a month is pretty good value.
I have access to Mammary Mop on a windows laptop but rarely use it.
