I've just downloaded Memory Maps on my phone, I really like how it works so doubtless I will cane the battery! I'll have to take my old phone & spare batteries in case I need to actually phone someone!
I used to always take an o/s map because I still enjoy using a compass but I was planning to just print maps of the area on a4 sheets in the future to keep weight down. I like the 3-D fly through in memory maps to familiarise myself with the walk but it will all be redundant when Android phones get improved battery life!
take full map incase you get lost and walk off your print out,trust me I have doe it.the extra grams can save many an extra mile imo,not something to gram count tbh.
If you have mapping on a gps and you walk off your printed map you will have learned something about how to use your mapping gps effectively. Even a mapping gps needs learning.
take full map incase you get lost and walk off your print out,trust me I have doe it.the extra grams can save many an extra mile imo,not something to gram count tbh.
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I can't believe I wrote that! I meant keep size down (whan a map is too heavy it's time to quit). I lost my map of dartmoor this year (on the way to Red Lake). It meant I couldn't find a couple of things I had wanted to see but no matter, they'll still be there in future camps. I have now invested in a map-case to wear around my neck so I can look like a proper tit (it might clash with my flowery shirts) but I reckon a couple of a4 sheets of 1:25k will see me ok.
I would like to know if the phone was using GPS or cell triangulation for its location info. Also what kind of software was in use, and how much experience the users had in its use.
TBH, these 'getting lost because they didn't have/use the right navigation equipment' stories have been around for years, long before the first GPS satellites were sent into space. But picking on GPS, especially in smartphones, seems to have become an easy target. Its getting quite tiresome to see the point of view widely being presented as 'smartphone leads users astray', when in fact it should be 'people get themselves lost due to incompetence'
Like any other nav aid, GPS devices are only as good as the people who use them. I'm sure there are as many people who get lost using a map and compass, assuming they even took one with them, but we don't seem to hear about them. Why is that?
IMO, cellphones and smartphones are as valuable an asset as map, compass, and waterproofs. But only in the right hands.
I have BackCountry Navigator (though my primary app is Viewranger). Agree with Daniel, great little app. Rock solid positioning, fair set of features. Ability to import/export gpx files, track route, etc. I just find Viewranger to be more polished, and i'm a big fan of Beacon Buddy.
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