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[Closed] sat nav apps (please help a complete luddite)

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I have a Samsung galaxy s3.
I need to be able to record rides then get home and trace the route on my ordinance survey.
Are there any apps I can download or does the phones map do that?


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 6:45 am
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How do you trace the route on your ordnance survey? GPX file?

If so, My Tracks can export routes as a GPX file. It works pretty well, to.


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 6:55 am
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Endomondo (free one) can do that, you can export the trace as a GPX file then load it into OS Getamap

Note there could be better apps and there are free programs for showing the trace on a map on your PC rather than paying £20 a year of getamap (which IMO is worth the money)


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 9:42 am
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Nothing so advanced, I have a paper OS map and just join the dots with a colour pencil. Luddite (see heading).
I know where I'm going, just want to record where I have been, you know, with distances etc.
Dont want to buy a sat nav gps thingy because it will end up in the same drawer as the heart rate monitor, night lights, ipod, mobile phones etc. thinks its called a man drawer.
It's a miracle I figured out how to get this far on a forum.
Give me a saw, hammer, spade, wrench, pipe bender, bike, tool box and I am happy.


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 10:02 am
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Have a look at OruxMaps. You can download to the device varying levels of maps, including OS Explorer and Landranger. It will also record tracks for you.


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 10:23 am
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If you just want to plot your route then any number of the Mapmyride, Strava, Endomondo apps will do that. Most are free as well.


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 10:33 am