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From: Jim on 12 Jun 2010 07:30 <http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/routebuddy-ordnance-survey/id375929161?m t=8> 244MB, free app. Not bad. Really not bad at all. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 12 Jun 2010 19:55 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. Dammit. That's very annoying. Cheers - Jaimie -- "the first successful time machine will be used to retrieve lost Doctor Who episode footage." - KKC, ugvm
From: Flavio Matani on 12 Jun 2010 21:55 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. > > Dammit. That's very annoying. Yep, it looks promising at first, but.... -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com
From: Jim on 13 Jun 2010 03:29 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >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. Yes, it look promising but then failed to deliver. It'll replace my road atlas purely at the "how do I get from Stafford to Bradford" level, but as you say it's useless for much more. And it has a search box that doesn't seem to be connected to anything... Still - you can't argue with 'free'. I feel they're missing a trick here, though - why not give us the 250k for free, then charge a fiver (or even less) for individual 25k regions? They've got no printing costs after all. At that price point I could see myself buying a *lot* of maps. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Matthew Sylvester on 13 Jun 2010 04:03
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > I feel they're missing a trick here, though - why not give us the 250k > for free, then charge a fiver (or even less) for individual 25k regions? > They've got no printing costs after all. At that price point I could see > myself buying a *lot* of maps. OS mapping down to 25k is available on <http://www.bing.com:80/maps/> but the interface is horrid on an iPad |