For outdoor pursuits such as mountain biking, hiking, geo-caching or running, the ability to record and follow your tracks and gleam information such as speed, altitude and distance is ideal. The software from MotionX can do all this and more for a mere £1.79!
Compared to the …
Geocaching is a great way to get out and about with the family during the summer months. And now you can win a Canadian holiday while you are doing it.
To celebrate the launch of the Oregon 550 Garmin UK is offering UK and Ireland residents the chance …
Tracklogs, now in Version 3, has been around since the early days of digital mapping applications although it’s never been as well known as Memory Map or Anquet.
Inspired by the exploits of yesterday’s London Marathon runners? It’s never too early to start your training for next year – if you’re anything like us you’ll need all the time you can get. With your GPS-enabled smartphone you can get a little help along the way.
For thousands of years maps have been the best, and only, method of finding your way from place to place. In the UK we’ve been lucky to have probably the best mapping in the world, and the whole country is covered in maps at scales appropriate to a variety of uses. A road atlas could help you out on roads, but once you set foot off the highway you needed to learn the essentials of how to use a map and compass to determine your position.
The road atlas is rapidly becoming obsolete as sat nav takes over the task of navigation in-car, with voice direction, live monitoring and auto updating maps, but once you start off-road the world of GPS changes.
Quo Pro’s a relative newcomer to the digital mapping market, and it brought new ideas with it. It has all the features of the big boys, but somehow feels a bit like a cult film. Those in the know, who want a little bit extra …
Google Maps for Mobile is without question the best application for any smartphone user. It’s free, and is constantly updated with new features and improvements. Here’s our guide to the best it has to offer.
Driving directions
At its core, Google Maps for Mobile is …
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