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Best GPS navigation for smartphone?

Postby r_farleigh111 » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 1:30 am

Can anyone recommend a GPS app for an iPhone? I don't want to pay for a Garmin, but need an app that uses my phones and gives me all the normal GPS features for bushwalking. I had a mate who suggested viewranger - its pretty cheap but has anyone on here used it?
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Re: Best GPS navigation for smartphone?

Postby sthughes » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 9:54 am

I use Memory Map Free. It works well and the maps are reasonably priced ($65 per State for all 1:25000 and 1:100,000)

P.s. W.A. doesn't seem to exist however (nor does SA and NT for that matter).
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Best GPS navigation for smartphone?

Postby bmak » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 1:00 pm

I use mud map for topo maps and gps kit for other gps functions.

This is only an addition to using a real gps in my case a 60csx
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Postby ninjapuppet » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 2:28 pm

+1 for mudmaps, It gets my vote. However I haven't used any others so I can't compare
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Re: Best GPS navigation for smartphone?

Postby sthughes » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 3:14 pm

Just looking at Mudmaps, is it just me are there no Topo maps of a small (i.e. 1:100,000 or better) scale available?
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Postby andrewbish » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 5:35 pm

+1 for Mud-maps 1:25k maps can be bought and downloaded as reqd

Bitmap is good if you have a printed maps you want to digitize (fiddly process tho)

Motion-X includes basic topo maps and a heap of handy features
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Re: Best GPS navigation for smartphone?

Postby r_farleigh111 » Thu 21 Jul, 2011 6:45 pm

Thanks for the reviews. Have downloaded mud maps and view ranger and will try them both - will post again with feedback!
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