We all know about sat navs for cars, but do you know you can apply the same technology to walkers.
ViewRanger allows you to follow footpaths on Ordnance Survey maps electronically on your mobile phone. You got it GPS software for mobile phones. The price for this bit of smart technology wont cost you a fortune either. You just need to download the software onto your mobile phone purchase the maps you need and away you go. You will however, need the following type of phone:Symbian S60 second- or third-edition-based phones, using built-in GPS or a Bluetooth GPS device. Most Nokias seem to be compatible, but not iPhones or BlackBerrys. So in a nutshell ViewRanger is a unique mapping, navigation, tracking, and information tool for mobile phones that provides information about your immediate surroundings through a natural and intuitive display. On a phone with a built-in internal GPS, or with a Bluetooth GPS receiver connected, ViewRanger transforms a Nokia or other Symbian S60 smartphone into a fully featured trail navigation system. ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors.
Here'a a list of compatible phones: Nokia 5800 Xpress Music (touch screen), Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N82, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia N95, Nokia N95, 8Gb, Nokia N96, Nokia N97 (touch screen), Nokia 5730 Xpress Music, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 Classic, Nokia 6650, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720 Classic, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E66, Nokia E71, Nokia E75, Nokia E90, Samsung i550, Samsung i560, Samsung i7110, Samsung g810, Samsung INNOV8 (i8510), Samsung Omnia HD i8910 (touch screen, not win mobile models), LG KT610, LG KT615, LG KT770, Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72,Nokia N73,Nokia N75, Nokia N76, Nokia N77, Nokia N80, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8Gb, Nokia N90, Nokia N91, Nokia N92, Nokia N93, Nokia E50, Nokia E51, Nokia E60, Nokia E61/E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia E63, Nokia E65, Nokia E70, Nokia 3230, Nokia 3250, Nokia 5320, Nokia 5630 Xpress Music, Nokia 5500 Sport, Nokia 5700, Nokia 6120, Nokia 6121, Nokia 6260, Nokia 6290, Nokia 6600 (old model, not slide nor fold) / 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680 / 6681 / 6682, Nokia 7610 (old model, not supernova), LG KS10, Samsung i450, Samsung SGH-i520, Samsung SGH-D720, Samsung SGH-D730, Samsung SGH-L870, Panasonic X700 / X800
If you don't want to buy a gps then buying a second hand phone and adding viewranger maps may be your answer.
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