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I recently (Feb ‘13) bought a 32GB Nexus 7. One of our main uses of it will be for walking, and geocaching. I have downloaded a large quantity of map-related apps from the Google Store and I am working my way through them to select the best for OUR needs, especially for use with UK Ordnance Survey maps. I’ve been very impressed at how quickly it plots the current position and maintains it indoors. I haven’t tried it in dense woodland, but I expect good results.
I thought I would record my comments here, to help anyone with similar needs. I welcome any feedback. Contact me here, especially if you have recommendations. So far I am very impressed with ViewRanger, but it is the only one I’ve looked at in detail. Use the “Be notified of page updates” facility at the top left of this page. You’ll get told each day I do an update here, and you won’t get any spam. I’ve used it for years and it’s great.
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Our minimum requirements will be to do anything that we currently do with our 12-year-old Garmin GPS device. Interaction with the Geocaching.com site would be useful. Just as they come to my mind, I’m looking for free offline world maps; tracking; route planning between waypoints; named waypoints; GB OS and lat/long and easy switching between them; compass; distance covered; time taken; goto waypoint selectable from list; ability to switch off maps and just show tracks, routes and waypoints; free beer. I’d consider trading free beer for side-by-side viewing of the same map at two different zoom levels. I’d also like to be able to export a route to Google Maps, or possibly in KML format for viewing in Google Earth.
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I’ll shortly be looking at Locus, My Tracks, MapQuest, PocketNav, RMaps, SavePoint and Backpacker amongst many, many others. Handy GPS looks good, but the free version is limited to 3 waypoints. I’m looking for ‘really free’. I’ve got about 70 map apps (mapps?) to look at.
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Nexus 7 GPS Apps
This is the list of Nexus 7 GPS Apps which I currently have installed on my big boy’s 32 Gb model. I aim to start reviewing them, March 2013. I will describe the opening screen, look and feel (would I trust it, does it look stable etc), very brief overview of functionality (for full details there’s the Play Store), whether I have a use for it (I am doing this mainly for me after all!). Inclusion in this list doesn’t mean I use it, or it’s good or bad. If there is an app which you think I should look at let me know. Any comments are welcome. I am in London, so it is a bit UK-centric. The 5 groups below are just how I happen to have them organised at random.
I would also welcome any tips or comments on the different flavours of free maps available, where different apps store their map data, and also any advice on saving maps offline. I want to be sure that when I am as close to wilderness as Greater London gets, that I have all the maximum resolution data available in advance. Feel free to mention this resource on any appropriate forums.
GPS
- World
- CoPilot
- Waypoint Free
- GPS Essentials
- GCC
- Hint Decoder
- GPS Status
- GPS Monitor
- Maps with me
GPS2
- C:geo
- Opencahing
- Handy GPS
- Mapo Recorder
- GPS Test
- Orienteer TrailCreator
- Orux Maps
- OsmAnd
- OsmBrowser
GPS3
- Grid Reference – British isles
- Grid Reference
- GPS Grid Reference
- OpenStreet (Map)
- Map Draw Recorder
- Map View GPS Convert
- Hiker
- Outdoor Atlas
- North America Maps
- Outdoor Navigation
- Navigator
- Map Calibrator
- Custom Maps
- Get Point
GPS4
- Geocacher
- GPS Averaging
- Aagtl
- ZANavi
- Maps + Navigation
- GPS Hunt
- MapTools
- GPS Traveler
- GPS Location saver
- Handheld GPS
- Redneck GPS
- GPS Surveyor Free
- Agroid
- GeoPicker
- Spots
- My Grid Ref
- GPS Alarm
- Fmap
- Memory Map
- Ultimate GPS Alarm
- GeoRadar
- Location Alarm
- Overland
- MapMeasurer
- Traxx Outdoors Free
Best GPS
- ViewRanger
- Locus Free
- My Tracks
- MapQuest
- Pocketnav
- UK Coordinates
- SavePoint
- Rmaps
- Backpacker
- Maps
- QvSigMini
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