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Mapping on an Android Phone

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zx12a1 08 Mar 2016
Guys

I have traditionally used a GPS60CSx and Mapyx Quo for plotting and walking in the UK.

I have treated myself to a nice shiny Android phone and would like to use this to map and plot routes. I would like to use maps offline and I would like to plot walks in Italy, in the first instance. We will be heading to Lake Garda later this year.

Can anyone advise me?

Thanks in advance
Clauso 08 Mar 2016
In reply to zx12a1:

I haven't used this myself, but will soon be trying a similar thing on my Garmin. Worth a look:

http://www.openandromaps.org/en/
In reply to zx12a1:

Suggestions:

OruxMaps
Locus

I prefer the look and feel of Orux, but it takes a while to set up, as it's full of features. As is Locus.

Then pick your favourite open source mapping; Orux comes with built-in sources you can select. And you can download areas with selectable levels and save them to local disk.

In reply to zx12a1:

I use Back Country Navigator. It costs £10 but allows caching of OS maps at 1;25,000 and 1;50,000 scale under wi fi at home

So effectively you get the whole UK for free
 Only a hill 09 Mar 2016
In reply to zx12a1:

Recently I've been using Offline Maps Plus. It's pretty good and can use almost any kind of mapping.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.psyberia.offlinemapsplus&...
 James_Kendal 09 Mar 2016
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On Android only, try Maverick.
 krikoman 10 Mar 2016
In reply to zx12a1:
Map with me, offline map storage.


Edit: and free
Post edited at 11:53
 andrewmc 10 Mar 2016
In reply to zx12a1:

I use Viewranger but I have spent a fair bit of money on the mapping...
 mp3ferret 10 Mar 2016
In reply to zx12a1:

Another vote for viewranger - although I get the maps for free - so don;t know how expensive they are to buy
 thedatastream 10 Mar 2016
In reply to zx12a1:

I have used a combination of Where's The Path - http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm - to create a GPX file and then load it into Maverick on my phone.
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