Mobile GPS map tracking help please
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I use sportstracklive on my Android phone. Not sure if is the same OS but does everything.
Sporttracks is the best for analysing routes once home. It's great for playing with, keeps a diary, can catalogue your equipment and it's service life, as well as your fitness and you can edit routes and upload back to the device to follow. V3 is the payfor one but nothing much has changed. V2.1.3478 (Latest v2 build) is the one to go for.
It has many plugins, one for GPS Babel and will import and export most GPS log formats.
I use it with my Garmin Edge, I used to use it with Nokia's Sports Tracker.
As for on the actual device, I didn't use it to follow maps, it would be nice, like the Garmin Edge 705. I have used it to point the GPS compass to waypoints, but usually just roam and use the waypoints to head back to start.
Ozi Explorer/Ozi CE I think can use any maps, scanned or cached from the web, don't know if it'll run on a Nokia though. I remeber trying it on Windows.
There are programs available to rip the cached Google Maps (or any other) into tiles that can be used as bitmaps on the device.
Google Earth has 'Gavins unofficial OS over' which will show OS maps.
It has many plugins, one for GPS Babel and will import and export most GPS log formats.
I use it with my Garmin Edge, I used to use it with Nokia's Sports Tracker.
As for on the actual device, I didn't use it to follow maps, it would be nice, like the Garmin Edge 705. I have used it to point the GPS compass to waypoints, but usually just roam and use the waypoints to head back to start.
Ozi Explorer/Ozi CE I think can use any maps, scanned or cached from the web, don't know if it'll run on a Nokia though. I remeber trying it on Windows.
There are programs available to rip the cached Google Maps (or any other) into tiles that can be used as bitmaps on the device.
Google Earth has 'Gavins unofficial OS over' which will show OS maps.
I use Nokia Sportstracker (free) and also Viewranger on my Nokia N96.
Sportstracker is good for logging (recording tracks) but has no route plan or navigation tools. You can export thes tracks to gpx.
Viewranger is great and more advanced, plan, record, upload routes etc etc. I use this for everything, running, geocaching, biking, walking. You have to pay for the OS maps but I think I paid about £20 for a massive area covering everywhere I'm likely to venture, using the choose your own method. You can download packs like all national parks etc for a reasonable price. The support is also fantastic, very quick replies to email queries etc.
Viewranger is availble as a free trial with one OS map tile, I'd give it a try.
Sportstracker is good for logging (recording tracks) but has no route plan or navigation tools. You can export thes tracks to gpx.
Viewranger is great and more advanced, plan, record, upload routes etc etc. I use this for everything, running, geocaching, biking, walking. You have to pay for the OS maps but I think I paid about £20 for a massive area covering everywhere I'm likely to venture, using the choose your own method. You can download packs like all national parks etc for a reasonable price. The support is also fantastic, very quick replies to email queries etc.
Viewranger is availble as a free trial with one OS map tile, I'd give it a try.
