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ATM: GPS Apps
Posted by peterafifer on 13 November 2011 - 11:06pm.
After getting lost in the Trossachs (add double entendre here)again yesterday, I'm finally going to buy a GPS app for my iphone. Which would you recommend? And do they work even if you can't get a G3 signal? Domestic harmony is depending on your help, guys.
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C'mon guys...
you must all be finished watching the 2nd part of the George doc by now. Any help appreciated.
Nav free
Works very well on iPhone, good visuals and completely free. I have the Uk and Ireland, Germany and Italy and all have worked very well. I'm sure lots less features than a 'proper' sat nav but it does the job and at zero cost.
CoPilot Live (Premium)
This works fine for me. I had a standalone TomTom unit up until recently, until it went kaput, and have been using CoPilot (on an iPhone 4) since then for trips up and down the country.
I actually prefer it to the TomTom and it is considerably cheaper. Occasionally it chooses a slightly strange route but if you do decide to go 'off piste' it seems to recognise better than the TomTom that you want to go a different way (ie it plots a new route based on your direction of travel rather than insisting you turn round)
I upgraded to the Premium version a while ago and it is better than the vanilla version, although that still does a good job at a pretty low price.
Navfree
...for me too.
If you can forgive its very little foibles.
Like the voice saying "vyards" instead of "yards".
It's plenty good enough and a complete freebie.
ViewRanger - accept no substitutes...
I guess it depends upon what your intended usage is. Personally, I'm a huge fan of ViewRanger Ordnance-Survey-based mapping software (you can get it on iPhone, Android and even Symbian (remember that?)). Maps can be bought in a variety of ways or 'pay as you go' and there's mapping down to 1:25,000 which is perfect for hill-walking. It will, of course, hook you into GPS if you've got it, and you can record routes, do 'buddy beacon' stuff and even download guided walk details.
Great app, been using it on a variety of kit for a few years now. Also, the support is absolutely first-rate.
www.viewranger.com I think.