Digital Mapping Options

giantonthegiant
giantonthegiant Posts: 2
edited April 2013 in Tour & expedition
I'm looking for access to digital maps which I can create routes and annotate.
Mapmyride is good but the maps aren't detailed enough when you print out, as is the same with GoogleMaps.
Has anyone used the Ordnance Survey digital option or any other suggestions?
Thanks

Comments

  • prb007
    prb007 Posts: 703
    http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/
    Using it for E2E France in May/June and used it for JoGLE in 2011; no real issues with it
    Here's a sample (our last day into Nice)... http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... rse=473398
    If Wales was flattened out, it'd be bigger than England!
    Planet X Ti Sportive for Sportives & tours
    Orange Alpine 160 for Afan,Alps & dodging trees
    Singlespeed Planet X Kaffenback for dodging potholes
    An On-One Inbred for hard-tail shenanigans...
  • andymiller
    andymiller Posts: 2,856
    www.velomaps.org

    or for UK maps:

    http://talkytoaster.co.uk/ukmaps.htm

    The online mapping services are useful, but, if you want detailed mapping data at high resolutions then it's worth considering using Basecamp and downloading and installing the maps on your PC/Mac. The maps are a couple of hundred Mb or so but you only need to download once.
    Italy Cycling Guide
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,416
    Mapyx Quo - the program is free, you buy the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 tiles, but they are as cheap as chips compared with print versions. Quickest way to get routes into it is to do the route in Ridewithgps or similar, export the gpx file, then load that file into Mapyx. You can then print out the route on your Ordnance Survey map.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • ianspeare
    ianspeare Posts: 110
    If you've got iOS, try this one for size. not only lets you look at maps/create routes, but lets you view them in 3d too. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/maps-3d ... 04000?mt=8
    www.saddlesaw101.com
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    Get a Satmap with full 1:50K OS Mapping with links to European maps as well. Nice big screen and easy to use.

    Used by emergency services such as mountain rescue as well.
    Life is like a roll of toilet paper; long and useful, but always ends at the wrong moment. Anon.
    Think how stupid the average person is.......
    half of them are even more stupid than you first thought.

Categories