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"National Map Reading Week"
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Posted 8 years ago #
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Get outside? Nah... the best place to look at a map is spread out on the living room floor. ;-)
Posted 8 years ago # -
True!
There was an OS man on the radio yesterday saying that if you bought a paper map these days you get a digital file too.
Posted 8 years ago # -
The OS do seem to be getting better with pricing for a while they were more than a little unrealistic when it came to digital prices.
Posted 8 years ago # -
"There was an OS man on the radio yesterday saying that if you bought a paper map these days you get a digital file too. "
Yes - these are really neat. You can get an app on your phone or tablet. The great thing about the tablet version is that I can read it without glasses!OS maps still have a magic about them that Open maps have quite replicated yet.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Maps (specifically the OS ones) are one of the increasingly few things that this country does best.
The digital file you get when you buy a paper map is very useful (although I have recently had trouble with it apparently not downloading the whole map to my phone when selected, which ain't great when you're away from a decent phone signal. This could well be user error, mind).
I'm going to subscribe to OS Maps when I get my new laptop. It gets you access to all the leisure maps on your phone/computer - including when you're offline - for £20 a year, but I fear it would kill my current 10 year old MacBook...
Posted 8 years ago # -
"for £20 a year"
That seems like absolutely cracking value.
Posted 8 years ago # -
That seems like absolutely cracking value.
Doesn't it just? I keep having to reread it to check that's the correct price. £3.99 a month, £19.99 a year for a auto renew subscription (presume direct debit), or £23.99 for a one year single payment subscription.
Posted 8 years ago # -
It's pretty good although I find the app a bit annoying.
Remember you can use Bing maps, or Walkhighlands, to view OS maps for free on a computer.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Remember you can use Bing maps, or Walkhighlands, to view OS maps for free on a computer
As I get older I'm increasingly of the view that I should pay for things that I like to use, so I'll be happy to give £20 a year to the OS. I presume there'll be some other benefits of membership beyond the warm glow, but we'll see...
Posted 8 years ago # -
It's the only way I've found to get it on a mobile app, so yes, there is a benefit.
Bing actually provides a better viewer for it on desktop than OS does, in my view.
Posted 8 years ago # -
On Android there is UK Atlas which will display 1:50000 and 1:25000 scale OS maps, caching the area you have viewed. I think the free version may have a download limit. I bought the paid for version (£1.99 at present).
TrigpointingUK used to work in a similar fashion but doesn't seem to work on my latest phone build (Android 6). It's free.
I also use MM Tracker which isn't on the Play Store and will display Memory Map files (of a certain vintage) which you can stick on your SD card. That's quite handy as it means I always have North Britain on my phone at 1:50000 scale regardless of data signal.
Posted 8 years ago # -
@cb, will Memory-Map work for this too?
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