Outdooractive / ViewRanger

Robin

Robin

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For my on phone mapping I use Roadtour Outdoors GB (only iOS). For £14.99 a year you get 1:25k and 1:50k OS which you can either use on the fly or download and use offline. There is the ability to use it on a web browser too with a very (very) basic route plotter. If they developed the web browsing aspect, it would be pretty good. On the iPhone/iPad app you can overlay Google satellite and maps as well as open street map and open cycle map. TBH I kept it from some years back when I used an offer on the National Park maps and couldn’t be bothered to change it. I don’t plot routes on it as I still use the late lamented Tracklogs for plotting and printing. I use in the field for position and detail for route finding.

https://outdoorsgps.com/
 
OwenM

OwenM

Thru Hiker
Nigelp said:
No. Not tiles and purchased maps.
I’m trying out TopoGPS - they may start offering an OS subscription option next week. I have a year free with OA and will try some apps out and decide on which on to replace VR when it stops being supported.
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I have a large number of tiles from vr on my phone, Sweden, Norway and Austria as well as uk. Their still on my phone, in my account. I'll be very pee'd off if they disappear.
 
Dave V

Dave V

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I like paper maps too but I’ve become lazy and use the phone far too much. Something is like to change this year but I’ve paid for the digital service and it should work.

I’m waiting to see if I get a response back via email regarding the wonky maps on my devices / online and also the tracking only working (not crashing) when I’m using offline maps.
 
Nigelp

Nigelp

Thru Hiker
Paper maps are the new cool anyone can look at a smartphone but for a proper ‘mindfully’ experience the phone need to be off or inside your bag.
That’s what I’m telling the punters in 2021. :o o:
‘Switch off and tune in’
Separate camera and GPS.
 
Padstowe

Padstowe

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Chiseller said:
Os 1;25k is there.amonhst others
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Maybe it's different in the UK but here there used to be maps you could buy or tiles of the maps, now it's only tiles of the maps.
I always found it weird that there was both, but some maps were 1:25k while all the tiles of maps were 1:50k, so not that weird for all of them.
 
Nigelp

Nigelp

Thru Hiker
Padstowe said:
Maybe it's different in the UK but here there used to be maps you could buy or tiles of the maps, now it's only tiles of the maps.
I always found it weird that there was both, but some maps were 1:25k while all the tiles of maps were 1:50k, so not that weird for all of them.
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Same here. You can buy tiles but not new premium maps. Tiles here are both 1:50 and 1:25k
 
EM-Chiseller

EM-Chiseller

Thru Hiker
Nigelp said:
Same here. You can buy tiles but not new premium maps. Tiles here are both 1:50 and 1:25k
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Maybe my premium maps will expire at the end of my subscription?
I can still download.areas..... Edit... Now.it.says.download tiles... And I have 47 credits.... Sod that... But then I can download a route and surrounding area without using credits and no mention of tiles! #confused !
 
Dave V

Dave V

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As far as i understand, anything that was purchased within VR, entire maps or tiles should remain accessible.

Subscriptions and what was map purchases have ported over to the new Outdooractive app.
 
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Jamess

Section Hiker
Dave V said:
As far as i understand, anything that was purchased within VR, entire maps or tiles should remain accessible.

Subscriptions and what was map purchases have ported over to the new Outdooractive app.
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That's good to know. Thanks.
 
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Jamess

Section Hiker
Whilst I do have maps on my phone I use paper maps and never download and use tracks.

It will seem perverse to some I'm sure but the challenge of navigation is for me, part of the fun of being in wild places.

A phone is fantastic for reorientation if you are uncertain of your position, but am I the only person left who chides themselves if they have to switch their phone on on a walk?

As someone who works in tech, one of the joys of backpacking is getting away from it for a few days.
 
Nigelp

Nigelp

Thru Hiker
Dave V said:
As far as i understand, anything that was purchased within VR, entire maps or tiles should remain accessible.

Subscriptions and what was map purchases have ported over to the new Outdooractive app.
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Only OS maps. I have bought Harvey maps and they don’t move over to OA.
 
Nigelp

Nigelp

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Jamess said:
Whilst I do have maps on my phone I use paper maps and never download and use tracks.

It will seem perverse to some I'm sure but the challenge of navigation is for me, part of the fun of being in wild places.

A phone is fantastic for reorientation if you are uncertain of your position, but am I the only person left who chides themselves if they have to switch their phone on on a walk?

As someone who works in tech, one of the joys of backpacking is getting away from it for a few days.
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That’s what I’m moving towards in 2021. Phone on, tracking route but on airplane mode and in the rucksack rather than in the hand or pocket.
 
Rog Tallbloke

Rog Tallbloke

Thru Hiker
Jamess said:
It will seem perverse to some I'm sure but the challenge of navigation is for me, part of the fun of being in wild places.

A phone is fantastic for reorientation if you are uncertain of your position, but am I the only person left who chides themselves if they have to switch their phone on on a walk?

As someone who works in tech, one of the joys of backpacking is getting away from it for a few days.
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Agree. I also like to change route plans according to weather and whim. Being able to ponder a wider area on a morning with a paper map spread out in the tent is part of the enjoyment of being free to roam where the fancy takes you.
 
OwenM

OwenM

Thru Hiker
I'm another that prefers to use paper maps but have vr as a back up. I have a separate GPS but it's a bit of a brick. Not really worth carrying just check my position every once in a blue moon.

I've only once plotted a route on the GPS, never on vr. Planning on the map involves picking a start and a finish. I then just have an idea which way I'll walk and sort out the details as I go along.

Knowing if I do mess it up and get completely lost. I can whip out the phone and have the cross-hairs pin point my location is very reassuring. Especially when using Swedish 1:100, 000 maps.
 
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Jamess

Section Hiker
Rog Tallbloke said:
I also like to change route plans according to weather and whim. Being able to ponder a wider area on a morning with a paper map spread out in the tent is part of the enjoyment of being free to roam where the fancy takes you.
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I agree. My favourite sort of trip is one where I have a start point and a finish point several days later, a myriad of route options in between, and plenty of time to explore them. The north of Scotland is perfect for that sort of approach.

I remember one time pitching my TS in a remote valley in northern Scotland, thinking I was one of maybe a handful of folk who might go into that valley in a year, only to be joined at dusk by a relieved walker who had been heading for a bothy, made a nav error, and come off the wrong side of a Munro.

He didn't have a shelter with him so he was mightily relieved that there was enough room for two under my TS.
 
cathyjc

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
Map and compass for me too.
I don't want an electronic device telling me where to walk - it might be wrong :angelic:.
All that electronic map planning ahead at home won't necessarily keep you safe from bogs and unexpected crags etc..

The phone is for making phone calls and OS Locate on the very rare occasions I am momentarily mis-placed :whistling:
 
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