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Map Lovers - this is the thread for you

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Derby Tup
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#shazamap
Garfield
Garfield
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Fantastic name DT! ;)
FenlandRunner
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One issue is that the landscape changes and also up in the hills some of the time visibility is just a few yards!
Diogenes
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But peaks are pretty consistent and gps will allow the app to know where you are even in the dark
Dr PhFleecyD
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That would be cool Dio :)
Cerrertonia
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I tend to download the GPX files for viewranger, but also printout paper copies of the map and keep them in a plastic sleeve (and sometimes with the route marked with a highlighter). Still managed to go wrong on three different long distance runs last year.

The phone (or a GPS) is very good for telling you where you are currently, but can be pretty difficult/impossible to use in heavy rain as touchscreens don't really like it when they're dripping wet.

Real paper maps are best for when you're at home planning *where* to go - what's interesting in an area, whether one route is better than other even though it might be a bit longer etc.
um
um
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try this Dio ... part of viewranger site ....
K5 Gus
K5 Gus
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Dio, there's been apps to do that for years.

eg ShowMeHills :-)
Cerrertonia
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I think the Skyline feature in Viewranger is similar to what you're describing Diogenes.
(Not recognising the shape of the peaks using the camera, but simply the GPS/ map/ compass combo to identify what's what. My sons were using it in the Yorkshire Dales I think.)
Diogenes
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I thought there would be but I searched one time and didn’t find one

About This Thread

Maintained by McGoohan
Do you love maps? Is planning the journey the best bit? Yeah, course it is.

This is the thread for YOU! (Original idea: Trin)

Here are some Fetchie-sourced links:

Buying maps
Dash4it: dash4it.co.uk (Oranj)
Yellow Publications: yellowpublications.co.uk (GM)
New Zealand: data.gns.cri.nz (Jenelopy)

Links to online mapping
DEFRA online map: magic.defra.gov.uk (Cerretonia)
Where's The Path: wtp2.appspot.com (Homer)
Lightning Maps: lightningmaps.org (McG)
Ordnance Survey: osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
ViewRanger: viewranger.com (-Monty-)
Swiss Maps: map.schweizmobil.ch (Homer)
The Underground Map (London through the ages) (Dio): theundergroundmap.com

Historical maps
Archi UK Old Maps: archiuk.com (Homer)
Historical maps: maps.nls.uk (Creature of the Hill)
British Library Collection: flickr.com
ianvisits.co.uk (Chrisull)

Routes
British Pilgrimage Trust: britishpilgrimage.org (McG)
Slow ways (connecting towns): slowways.uk (Sigh/GordonG)
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