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From: Rowland McDonnell on 14 Jun 2010 11:11 Dr Geoff Hone <gnhone(a)globalnet.co.uk> wrote: > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > >snip > >�7 for a real paper 1:25k OS map. 3 for 2 offer on at the mo - so you > >can get three paper maps for about 2/3 the price of one electronic > >version. > > > >This is definitely the wrong way round, innit? The electronic ones > >should be the ones that are cheapest but at the moment, they're about > >four times the price (and less useful if on an iPhone/iPod/iPad, IMHO). > > > snip> > >Rowland. > Publisher protecting profit margin. Since the OS is the main publisher of OS maps, and it's selling them at a cheaper price than firms flogging the same data in a form that is cheaper to provide, that argument is invalid. It's more `publisher realising that it can get away with over-charging because people are used to letting money flow like water through their fingers in order to put their fancy electronic gadgets to real use'. > The February Computer Shopper ran a piece on this in connection with > E-books. Same applies to e-books. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Woody on 14 Jun 2010 12:38 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:15:45 +0100, black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B) > wrote: > > >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:30:09 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) > >> wrote: > >> > >> ><http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/routebuddy-ordnance-survey/id375929161?m > >> >t=8> > >> > > >> >244MB, free app. Not bad. Really not bad at all. > >> > >> Bleh, 250,000:1 scale is free, but rather more useful 25k:1 scale is > >> �25-�40 for a single area. And none of the single areas are Yorkshire, > >> so that's no blinkin' use to me. > >> > >> Ah, wait ... RouteBuddy Atlas allows loading of all the 25k and other > >> OS maps, but at �20 a pop, or !!�50 for the Yorkshire Dales region. > >> > >> And there's no address search. Mmm. > >> > >Think ViewRanger is the more official version. �15 for the App and �20 > >pop for the maps then. > > Terrible pricing for the maps. 3-4 times paper retail is just silly. > > >For my lesser use I'm using MotionX with the free open mapping you then > >download at home, for offline use when out & about. This is assuming of > >course you remember before you go out, and don't find yourself in the > >carpark next to where you are about to go with no signal... > > That's what I do - and I only just found the "describe a circle, > download maps in it from x to y magnification and cache them" > function. Superb. I've bagged the whole of Yorkshire and it only takes > a couple of hundred meg. > > But I *really* want my OS 25k maps on the iPhone! I have been known to > screenshot them and upload them as images, for smaller loop-walks. I wonder if they do the russian ones on the iPad? -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Chris Ridd on 14 Jun 2010 12:51 On 2010-06-14 17:38:58 +0100, Woody said: > I wonder if they do the russian ones on the iPad? The Russian maps of the UK during the cold war? Those would be quite interesting to see. -- Chris
From: Woody on 14 Jun 2010 13:46 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-14 17:38:58 +0100, Woody said: > > > I wonder if they do the russian ones on the iPad? > > The Russian maps of the UK during the cold war? Those would be quite > interesting to see. <http://www.envirocheck.co.uk/envirocheck/content.jsp?head=7363&body=110 36> Always handy if you want to invade! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: zoara on 15 Jun 2010 05:04
Dr Geoff Hone <gnhone(a)globalnet.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:38:48 +0100, > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > >> snip >> £7 for a real paper 1:25k OS map. 3 for 2 offer on at the mo - so > > you >> can get three paper maps for about 2/3 the price of one electronic >> version. >> >> This is definitely the wrong way round, innit? The electronic ones >> should be the ones that are cheapest but at the moment, they're about >> four times the price (and less useful if on an iPhone/iPod/iPad, > > IMHO). >> > snip> >> Rowland. > Publisher protecting profit margin. > The February Computer Shopper ran a piece on this in connection with E-books. Simpler. They're just charging as much as the market will bear. The selling price of any item bears no relation to the cost to produce; it is just the amount they can charge that (they believe) makes the most profit. Presumably people who are able to afford an iPod touch, iPhone or iPad have more disposable income, on average, than people who buy paper OS maps. So they'll be willing to pay more for something that (probably) costs less to produce. Simples. (anyone noticed that Apple is selling what amounts to thick elastic bands for thirty dollars a pop? They call them "iPhone bumpers". Same principle) -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |