Ever wanted OS maps on your Android phone? Tried the official OS maps app and thought it was crap?
Me too!
When I first got an Android phone (Galaxy S i9000) I made the first and only android market purchase I've ever had... MMtracker!
Unfortunately the guy who developed it got sued by MemoryMap, because the software uses their map files. Easy to download via torrent, but I won't share the link you can find that yourselves, you can download the entire country of OS Explorer 1:25,000 maps and take them with you!
It tracks where you are on the map and you can then download where you've been to the PC version of memory map and print out all sorts of route info.
I just happen to have found the installer file for it!
This only works on Android version 4.1.2 or less!
For the more geeky of you out there I am running it on CyanogenMod 10.0 now!
Click the link below for the installer (mm_tracker.apk/660KB)
http://bit.ly/OHOzvG
OS Maps on your phone
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twiss
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OS Maps on your phone
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twiss
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
Here's a screenshot
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'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
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dan_2k_uk
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
Tried it. They have now fixed the crash that kept happening on my Galaxy Note when I tried it a few years back.
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I also run Cyanogen Mod 10
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
The PC version could be quite handy, as you can make a route on the PC and then copy it to your phone. Might be handy for the next wiltshire weekender if theres too many people to do it in one group!
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'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
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"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
That looks really good. I was recently looking for something similar for my iPhone. Do you know of anything suitable?
I've been sent a gpx file of a green lane route which I can open in Google Earth, but to do anything with it, I've needed to plot it on a paper map!!
Not ideal.
I've been sent a gpx file of a green lane route which I can open in Google Earth, but to do anything with it, I've needed to plot it on a paper map!!
Not ideal.
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twiss
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
Unfortunately there is no iPhone equivalent...
Memory map have their own app but you need to buy the all the maps, or you can use the Ordnance Survey app, but this is useless as well as it streams the maps from the internet, so if you are offroading somewhere with no signal, you have no maps!
Personally I think its a piss take that OS make ALL of their maps viewable for free online, and Memory Map charge £300 for a downloadable copy of the same thing!
Memory map have their own app but you need to buy the all the maps, or you can use the Ordnance Survey app, but this is useless as well as it streams the maps from the internet, so if you are offroading somewhere with no signal, you have no maps!
Personally I think its a piss take that OS make ALL of their maps viewable for free online, and Memory Map charge £300 for a downloadable copy of the same thing!
Twiss
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
What a bummer.
Lets hope when we change our phones at work soon we move away from iPhones then.
Lets hope when we change our phones at work soon we move away from iPhones then.
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Ignis Sport 1.5 16V; Jimny gearbox, 410 transfer box; 5.125:1 Vitara diffs; rear Lockright, Rob Storr full float rear axle, rear discs, YJ springs, virtual lift, 31" Grizzly Claws, beadlock rims, +50mm LR arches, LED rear lights, LED roof spots, bucket seats, Luke harnesses, internal cage
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
You can get a galaxy S on ebay for about £30 
Here's a screenshot of the PC Memory Map, with a sample of our Wiltshire route from last year!
Here's a screenshot of the PC Memory Map, with a sample of our Wiltshire route from last year!
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Twiss
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
'93 Suzuki Samurai Sport 1.6 16v SU. Virtual lift, spring under, 31s
'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
Re: OS Maps on your phone
Its because MemoryMap have to licence the maps from OS and the OS licencing terms are little short of robbery. I've run MemoryMap for years, originally using a PC/laptop, now I have a Navigator 2800 for use when walking or cycling. I've just bought a double-DIN Android unit for the Jimny so I'll have MM on that as well.twiss wrote: Personally I think its a piss take that OS make ALL of their maps viewable for free online, and Memory Map charge £300 for a downloadable copy of the same thing!
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Re: OS Maps on your phone
view ranger is very good as well