A great App.

[Tom D]

OS MapFinder.

 

Unlike other mapping apps which rely on downloading maps via the network as you use them with this App you buy the maps and download them to your phone.

 

What this means is that where ever you are and whatever the network coverage you can see your location on a proper OS map and obtain your grid reference with a click. For those of us who work in remote locations being able to give the emergency services a grid reference this easily could be very handy.

 

It does other things too, but I find it most useful for finding my way round big sites when pricing.

 

The maps seem expensive at £10 each but thats for a huge area, i bought the south scotland map which goes coast to coast...

 

 

Well worth a look.

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/mapfinder

[Wood wasp]

This sounds excellent as just spent £15 on two local OS maps, am downloading the basic program as we speak! Thanks for sharing link

 

How can it find your location if no network coverage though?

[gand]

Got that one it's great use it when I'm out walking as well

[CJM]

This sounds excellent as just spent £15 on two local OS maps, am downloading the basic program as we speak! Thanks for sharing link

 

How can it find your location if no network coverage though?

 

GPS just like a tom Tom. It's a decent app can get pricey though

[Wood wasp]

Ok thanks CJM

 

Pricey buying maps or in data usage?

[Tom D]

You won't pay any data charges as you have already downloaded the maps on your wifi at home. Make sure your phone has sufficient memory space...

 

You can also download the 1:25000 maps too but these get pricey.

[CJM]

Ok thanks CJM

 

Pricey buying maps or in data usage?

 

Maps mate

[CJM]

I got it when I got my 4x4 so I could find green lanes obviously the knack wears off so I never really got to use it properly but it's exactly like an os map on your phone it's great

[Wood wasp]

Ok fair comment

 

£10 for west Scotland 1:50 is grand but £30 for 1:25 local maps so can see how would start to add up. The £10 one should me for time being

Edited November 30, 2014 by Wood wasp
Edit : 400 mb is going to take a while downloading!

[castanea]

Just get a real OS map.

 

Relying on a tiny screen and a device with a limited battery life in emergency situations sounds like a bad combo. Never felt like I couldn't justify the weight and size of a couple of 1:25k OS maps in my pack/van. Although last time I gave a colleague an os map, to find a location we were driving to, he just shrugged and said he didn't know how to use it!!