iOSMaps...total rubbish?

[psychopomp1]

Hi

I believe iOsmaps is the only OS mapping software available for the iphone...however reading all the reviews in itunes people are not happy with it. I know its free but is it really worth downloading it? I guess it will never replace my Satmap GPS unit?

Cheers

[kdc]

nope...

its rubbish...

"gridpoint" is a good app that will convert your gps co-ord into a OS grid reference, which is useful (to me anyway)

and

"trails" is a very good app that uses topographical maps and can track where you are ( I use it to record my mountain bike runs) good thing is you can pre-select an area and download the mapping info for it so if you are "off the grid" you can still use the maps.

[Spod]

I used it for a bit and got the hump with all the blank pages as it uses a freeby OS version.

I've been using Motion-x for a while and love it, the lite version seems fully featured as well, it uses google maps and you can set it to cache the maps up to 250mb worth.

[kdc]

motion x is good (the lite version) because its free..

I didnt like the interface though.. very cheap and tacky... but as its free try it out, trails has a lite version too so you can have a look before buying..

[Pistol1]

Anyone here a fan of Memory Map?


I'm beta testing an app that displays MM .qct files on the iPhone :D
It does pretty much what you'd expect - allows you to browse the map, and tracks your position. It doesn't do anything fancy like routes or whatnot, but that's a purpose served by other products - this just allows you to see where you are on the map, and because the map is already on your phone, no data connection is required!

The developer is hoping to get it on the app store soon - I'm hoping that Apple and Memory Map don't put a block on it

[Spod]

I used to love memory map on my ipaq with a bluetooth gps, I did make use of all the tracking it had though.

I did hunt around to see if it was on the iphone but found a post in their forum about it being developed on a different processor to what the iphone uses and where not looking to port it, bit short sighted in my opinion.

[Pistol1]

Terribly short sighted. And even though they're obviously ignoring the iPhone market, their past track record at being incredibly restrictive on what you can do with their products (this is the company that refuses to let you use old maps in a new version of the software, they love to make you pay for the same thing twice!) I am fearful of whether this app will be allowed to exist in future


This is by far the most convenient way of getting OS maps on your iPhone I have seen, though there are others - one guy even managed to get the Windows Mobile version running by emulating the ARM processor(!), and it is possible (though convoluted) to rip the image data out of a .qct file, calibrate it and use it in xGPS.