![]() ![]() The layout is similar, but smaller, on an iPhone. My routes and place marks are overlaid on an imported topographic map. The night before I bought and downloaded a topographic PDF map of the area from the Victorian Vicmap web site, and imported the map to the PDF Maps app on my iPhone (which is a breeze). We used the app last weekend on a drive and walk in the wonderful Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park. The map is stored on the phone and the phone’s GPS sensor shows your location, even when phone reception is poor. Instead of continually downloading a road map or satellite image, as Google Maps and Google Earth do, you instead load a PDF map (a geo-referenced ‘spatial PDF file’) onto your phone or tablet before you leave home. (If you’re the one reader of this blog who owns a Windows phone, you’re out of luck, yet again). It’s a free app for Android phones and iPhones called Avenza PDF Maps. Last weekend, we used a fantastic new GPS app during a day walk in a nearby national park. ![]() Google Maps doesn’t show most dirt tracks and phone reception is often poor away from towns and highways. Despite his name, George is absolutely useless in the bush. A man who sounds like George Bush barks out, ‘In 20 meters, at the roundabout, take the third exit. Our old Melways street directory has gathered dust for years. ![]()
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