Today i went old skool, i got out the ordernance survey map out and plotted a route using as many linking bridleways as possible ,got a cheeky 18-20 mile route in, only about 4 miles on Tarmac not bad for East Sussex. It wasnt challenging terrain but nice route out for when i dont fancy driving.
it's the best way. Every time
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Can't beat a good OS map... they are things of great beauty.
I like that you can see the 1:25,000 OS maps online using Bing Maps, and that you can use the [url= http://www.jonathanokeeffe.com/strava/map.php ]Strava Multiple Ride Mapper[/url] to find bits of trail that others have been riding.
I'd just like to put in a recommendation for this site:
http://www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/
It has all the most up-to-date mapping on it and for £20 a year you can use all the planning tools and print out your own maps in either 1:50k or 1:25k.
My other half thinks I am strange, for sitting at home looking at maps and scheming days out. I can quite happily spend hours staring at them, pouring over which direction to take..
She is correct however, I am strange just not for that reason.
Can't remember the last time I planned a route on a paper map. I might take one with me while out riding though.
I do most of my planning online, using two screens for Google, Streetmap, MapMyRide etc etc
[i]I do most of my planning online, using two screens for Google, Streetmap, MapMyRide etc etc [/i]
Try this instead, google earth and OS maps side-by-side.
http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm
wheresthepath is great but their OS licensing often means the up-to-date maps aren't available.
maps are great, I can 'read' them for hours - much more happily than reading a book 🙂
all mine are highligted up, so you can quickly see potential loops etc and bang it onto MM/etc to see best way round (*and yes I did use to use contours)
Zoom in on [url= http://http://data.nbn.org.uk/imt/ ]this[/url] and select ordnance by hovering over the icon in the top right corner. Goes down to 1:25,000 and seems to work a bit better than bing despite using bing data.
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scotroutes - how often is that mapping updated please?
i got out the ordernance survey map out and plotted a route using as many linking bridleways as possible
Well done,we'll make a trailquester of you yet.
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scotroutes - how often is that mapping updated please?
The getamap stuff? Don't know, but as it's straight from the OS it'll be more frequently than anyone else (or my ancient paper maps).
FWIW, I've been doing some work with the Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society (Scotways) recently. I thought I was a map geek until I met some of them 🙂
I read maps on the bog, then go out and ride the routes. A couple of my favourite mountain bike routes came from bog reading.
Many of my mountain bike routes involve bogs too.....
scotroutes - thank you, the 1:25K sounds good and easier than attempting to photocopy. I've dithered about this before! 😳
OS maps are one of the good things about living in the UK
I'm a big luvver of map reading and navigating, altho I find it harder work on a bike (in practical terms). French and Swiss alpine maps are works of art, UK OS maps are very good.
I had plenty of highlighted OS maps, some needed BW's crossed off for being rubbish though. Maps here in Tasmania are rubbis by comparison with only sensibly detailed ones of the NP's which are mostly no bike, the rest are way too big with not enough distance to be worth using for bikes.
I used to use that wheresthepath site but got sick of it running out of its daily allowance.
I use this site now, - 66 tiles of 100,000 used today, so plenty for everyone 🙂
Maps are just ace - our bookcase is groaning with them and I use one at least once a week, either on dog walks or for riding.
If it wasn't for OS maps I'd never have discovered somewhere called Potato City...