I don't know if this is the best place for this query.
Yesterday I ended up cycling on the A602 between Ware and Hitchin via Stevenage. It wasn't the road I wanted to be on not having a death wish. Hammering down with rain and reduced light levels made it a very scarey experience, more so as I am not a very fast cyclist. I wanted to find a route off that road but forgot the map I had put out for the journey. Eventually I got to Stevenage and was able to buy a map book in a garage.
I am now seriously thinking of a mobile phone that will have maps, or that I can download maps. I know that Nokia do free mapping so I am looking at a Nokia Lumia 520, which I can get on 24 months with 500mb of date permonth, plus usual calls and texts for a tenner a month which is really about all I can sensibly afford. Bearing in mind I still carry 4 pennies and look for buttons A and B when I use a phone all this mobile technology is a bit beyond me. I understand I can do my downloading at home in my WiFi without using my data allowance, but when out and about if I use the maps do I have to connect to the internet to view them (not use a satnav), or can I download them then view them offline? I would have killed for a phone based set of maps yesterday! Also, if I use free wifi in cafes and the such like is that also separate from my data allowance.
Yesterday I ended up cycling on the A602 between Ware and Hitchin via Stevenage. It wasn't the road I wanted to be on not having a death wish. Hammering down with rain and reduced light levels made it a very scarey experience, more so as I am not a very fast cyclist. I wanted to find a route off that road but forgot the map I had put out for the journey. Eventually I got to Stevenage and was able to buy a map book in a garage.
I am now seriously thinking of a mobile phone that will have maps, or that I can download maps. I know that Nokia do free mapping so I am looking at a Nokia Lumia 520, which I can get on 24 months with 500mb of date permonth, plus usual calls and texts for a tenner a month which is really about all I can sensibly afford. Bearing in mind I still carry 4 pennies and look for buttons A and B when I use a phone all this mobile technology is a bit beyond me. I understand I can do my downloading at home in my WiFi without using my data allowance, but when out and about if I use the maps do I have to connect to the internet to view them (not use a satnav), or can I download them then view them offline? I would have killed for a phone based set of maps yesterday! Also, if I use free wifi in cafes and the such like is that also separate from my data allowance.