All i want is an OS map

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Mike101
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All i want is an OS map

Post by Mike101 »

Right folks I am really getting mad here.

Al i want is a bloody OS map on my PC that I can plan a route on a create a GPX file.

I have tried to get one from garmin...you can't download until it checks your GPS system..which I have done but no matter what I do the website keeps going around in circles telling me to register a device that it later tells me is already registered....there is no weekend support ether.

Please can somebody help as I need to get these maps today or I can't plan the routes for next weekend rally.

Help please.

Mike
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Try wikiloc. Easy to chose any map or satellite view. Then download. Simon
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Re: All i want is an OS map

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and whats wrong with my routes i put up :whistle: ..not good enough for you :( ...
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Re: All i want is an OS map

Post by Mike101 »

Tramp wrote:and whats wrong with my routes i put up :whistle: ..not good enough for you :( ...
Yes Russ they are fine but and thanks for them..i will use the hard one as is. But there are a few places I want to include that you haven't got.

So it's more of an edit thing I want to do.

Mike
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Re: All i want is an OS map

Post by exrm193 »

You can at this website. Well useful

http://bikehike.co.uk/index.php

Go to "Course Creator" and just play around
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Post by bikenav »

second bike hike, or possibly run two devices side by side 2 laptops if fortunate one with bing mapping set to ordanace survey to "see" the byways and mapsource or simlar on the other to build a track/route- longwinded but effective.
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bikenav wrote:second bike hike, or possibly run two devices side by side 2 laptops if fortunate one with bing mapping set to ordanace survey to "see" the byways and mapsource or simlar on the other to build a track/route- longwinded but effective.
wheres the path is split screen :)
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Post by bikenav »

yes agreed, as is course creator on bike hike- very good too, just 2 screens can also be usefull at times
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Re: All i want is an OS map

Post by Stewie »

Yep plenty of platforms to create routes out there as mentioned :) I also favor the 2 screens method I run Viewranger with the auto route selected to MTB and run Bing maps side by side (thumbs)
You can also import routes and edit them be they route or tracks (thumbs)
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