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Guru
- Location
- Basingstoke
Two weeks ago we cycled from Toulouse to Nimes using just the gps and mapping on our mobile phones. I prefer Viewranger with the Opencycle maps [free] that I pre-cache by following the route and area around beforehand at 1km, 2 km and 4 km scales at home [or hotel] using wifi. If you are on an extended trip you can increase the size of the cache to suit - mine is set for 500Mb that has not overwritten the maps in the cache for more than 6 months use. On the trip I turn off the wifi searching and bluetooth and then the phone battery lasts a whole day without problems although I only turn the screen on when necessary. Provided you can recharge each day then it should be OK although a problem if you are camping.
