ViewRanger Launches Irish Mapping

ViewRanger has released Ordnance Survey Mapping of Ireland digital which can be used in conjunction with ViewRanger software on your smartphone.

It's the first time it's been available for use with the neat on-phone GPS mapping system and covers the entire Republic of Ireland in 1:50,000 scale. There are, says the company, over 3,000 km of marked trails  around loughs and glens, mountains and moorlands, with the OSi mapping showing contours, roads, paths and tracks as well as  leisure information such as historic sites, viewpoints, golf courses and picnic sites.

The sofware also incorporates ViewRanger's Buddy Beacon system, which helps you to keep track of your mates on the hills and a sports computer for comparing routes and performance.

"The addition of topographic maps means that every part of Ireland can now be explored with detailed digital mapping on a GPS-phone.” Says  Hugh Mangan of Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi).

As with UK Ordnance Survey mapping, the Irish maps can be selected and downloaded via the mobile network in map tile form or larger areas can be purchased direct from the ViewRanger web site. You can even purchase the whole of Ireland, in mapping form anway, for £120.

More details at www.viewranger.com