Orion wrote:LachlanB wrote:I'm pretty fond of Motion X. You have to pay a once-off fee (think it was $5-10?) to get access to the option to download custom maps, but once you've got it, there's a large range of free-to-access map tile servers out there (like SIX Maps). Less flexibility than some other options, but pretty good overall.
I deleted that app from my phone. It didn't seem to be worth the space on my phone's screen.
Did I miss something?
LachlanB wrote:Dunno. What were you looking for? It gives me access to external map tile servers (ListMap, SIX Maps, QTopo etc), and geolocates you on the resultant maps (and lets you cache them for offline use). Plus, it does all the usual GPS type things like recording tracks and waypoints, as well as allowing you to upload other people's tracks. Has an easier to use interface than some of the other mapping programmes I dowloaded at the time when I was deciding what one to use as well... Does the job for me!
Orion wrote:LachlanB wrote:Dunno. What were you looking for? It gives me access to external map tile servers (ListMap, SIX Maps, QTopo etc), and geolocates you on the resultant maps (and lets you cache them for offline use). Plus, it does all the usual GPS type things like recording tracks and waypoints, as well as allowing you to upload other people's tracks. Has an easier to use interface than some of the other mapping programmes I dowloaded at the time when I was deciding what one to use as well... Does the job for me!
I just wanted an app that would display my GPS position on a reasonably well-rendered map, stored for use without cell service. Nothing fancy. It's been about a year and I don't remember exactly what the issues were but I seem to recall it had to do with downloading maps for off-line use. And the map quality itself wasn't anything special.
But I didn't buy the option to access external map servers. Maybe it's worth reinstalling the app and spending the $5. Is it complicated figuring out how to use the external servers? Do they have additional fees for access? Can they be saved off-line?
Orion wrote:... trade-off between resolution and memory usage ... Maybe because of the way it represents the maps?
ribuck wrote:It's always better with vector maps than with bitmap maps. They use much less storage - you can easily have the whole of Australia on your phone.
GPSGuided wrote:ribuck wrote:I often questioned why do I have the whole of Australia on my phone...
Orion wrote:So maybe that's it, that MotionX is bitmap based.
GPSGuided wrote:As mentioned earlier, I’d suggest that you should check out Pocket Earth on iOS. Have both here and very pleased with it for both local as well as overseas use. Good supply of OSM based maps and topo (as a paid add on).Orion wrote:So maybe that's it, that MotionX is bitmap based.
Orion wrote:What I'd love to be able to do is scan a paper map and calibrate it to the GPS. Naively I believe this should be a trivial thing, to have an app put a blue dot on a map that I've given it. I usually have maps in the form of jpgs or PDFs on my (iOS based) phone on trips but they aren't coordinated with the GPS. It would be quite useful if they were. Is that asking too much?
Son of a Beach wrote:It's not asking too much. The old mapping app that I created for iOS did this....
....Unfortunately, the app has not been maintained by the developers that bought it from me, and it doesn't play nicely at all with recent versions of iOS.
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