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Actually though, since we're on the subject of mobile phones in the outdoors...
I've in the process of making (updating, really) a map set of the entire UK 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey maps for mine. It will fit on a single 32GB microSD card. The phone is far better for actually viewing a map than any dedicated GPS I've tried (I also have a Garmin Montana). A five inch, 1920x1080 display works wonders, as does the power to actually scroll around the map without horrible lag. Of course, I could access the data online, but this way I don't have to pay data charges and it works when I lose cell reception.
I did look at the Garmin Monterra when that came out but the screen was a real disappointment. I was glad really because I had only just bought the Montana, but the Monterra is a waste of what should have been a great GPS unit.
Btw, before anyone says, yes I know paper maps are better in a lot of ways, and I know how to use them, but a mapping GPS is a great recreational aid.
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...shamelessly pinched from Chomsky.
You're well ahead of me with the entire UK. Pukka, especially at 1:25,000. Given the availability of the tech I think it would be wasteful of me not to do this kind of thing.
You're well ahead of me with the entire UK. Pukka, especially at 1:25,000. Given the availability of the tech I think it would be wasteful of me not to do this kind of thing.
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I watched and waited for many years for the available technology to be good enough to make it worthwhile. It started to arrive, in my opinion, just about three years ago. Now it's very much available and really it was the only reason I paid the money for a 'posh' phone. Until then I had bought the cheapest that did the job of just being a phone.
The catches with using a mobile phone are waterproofing, ruggedness, battery life and outdoor screen readability. Those are the reasons why I bought and still use the Montana quite often as well as the phone. Of course, the phone is with me anyway.
My Sony is waterproof and a good rugged case is available for it. The screens are certainly better now than they were a couple of years ago but a proper daylight-readable screen would be better. They are supposedly in the pipeline now at affordable prices.
Making your own maps is a great way to save money, and there are some good and free trail maps online that can be converted. I bought my Montana without maps and made them myself. 2D maps are easy to make for Garmin and Android phone software; it just takes a little time to do. Even 3D is possible but that's out of my comfort zone and I don't need it anyway; I can read contour lines. That said, it is fascinating doing a 3D fly-through of a route on the 3D maps that I have, especially on a big monitor on the PC.
I'm happy to help out with any map-making advice, by the way. Not that I'm an expert, lol.
The best Android software I've found for (offline) outdoors use is AlpineQuest. It works online or offline with either cached maps that you've saved in the app, or created ones like mine.
The catches with using a mobile phone are waterproofing, ruggedness, battery life and outdoor screen readability. Those are the reasons why I bought and still use the Montana quite often as well as the phone. Of course, the phone is with me anyway.
My Sony is waterproof and a good rugged case is available for it. The screens are certainly better now than they were a couple of years ago but a proper daylight-readable screen would be better. They are supposedly in the pipeline now at affordable prices.
Making your own maps is a great way to save money, and there are some good and free trail maps online that can be converted. I bought my Montana without maps and made them myself. 2D maps are easy to make for Garmin and Android phone software; it just takes a little time to do. Even 3D is possible but that's out of my comfort zone and I don't need it anyway; I can read contour lines. That said, it is fascinating doing a 3D fly-through of a route on the 3D maps that I have, especially on a big monitor on the PC.
I'm happy to help out with any map-making advice, by the way. Not that I'm an expert, lol.
The best Android software I've found for (offline) outdoors use is AlpineQuest. It works online or offline with either cached maps that you've saved in the app, or created ones like mine.