Map Lovers - this is the thread for you

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Feb 2022
9:17pm, 15 Feb 2022
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57.5 Days of Pain
An option that is free and highly functional works for me!
Feb 2022
9:23pm, 15 Feb 2022
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Homer
@rosehip, I do really like the OS maps app, but I have some irritations with it....

The main one being the way it deals with offline is poor, when you open a map, it will try do download a tile, pinging away to the server using battery and slowing everything down and take ages to decide it hasn't got the tile before looking to see if it is in the download cache. Poor. I want an app that goes to offline first and only tries to download a tile that is not already offline.

So, when you have a poor signal the OS maps app is a pain

Second....the bloody website will not print to scale by default...I mean, come on

They have come a long way over the years but much more to do
Feb 2022
10:11pm, 15 Feb 2022
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Rosehip
I open the app and go to offline maps
Then either paper or the custom one I’ve saved - does that not keep me offline? Don’t remember having any issues that way
The big problem I had was when the app updated overnight and lost all the offline maps and I had no signal to re download them - but that was only the once
Feb 2022
10:16pm, 15 Feb 2022
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ThorntonRunner
I use the os maps app as well with no problems
Feb 2022
10:26pm, 15 Feb 2022
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tommy_b
I use the OS Maps app. Really useful and have no issues with it.
Feb 2022
7:36am, 16 Feb 2022
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Homer
Its is a great app - I'm just being really picky. I still use it often
Feb 2022
2:17pm, 16 Feb 2022
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becca7
I started using OS Maps when ViewRanger went and haven't had any problem with it.
Feb 2022
12:58pm, 17 Feb 2022
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Bowman πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ
I just started to edit OSM, damn i think this can be an addiction.. :)
And it automagically appears in the route planner here, great!
Feb 2022
2:48pm, 17 Feb 2022
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Homer
I might have to have a look - some of the trails I use won't work automatically
Feb 2022
2:57pm, 17 Feb 2022
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Bowman πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ
Yes exactly, it bother me, but now i might get some better maps.
Its a little learning curve at first, but its a great community, and i got answers pretty much immediately on a change that i wanted an extra eye on.

Much more to learn, but now i can at least start changing and editing.

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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