yashicamat said:To be honest, I would seriously suggest NOT relying on an iPhone or any mobile for that matter to take care of navigation
Over The Hill said:WH Smiths do range of inxepensive maps. You look at them and they show the place you are in. You then choose a route to where you want to go. I would venture that the human eye cast over a good map will do a better job of selecting a route than a silly machine. Why do you need anything else?
piedwagtail91 said:i can't speak for others but i look up poi on the internet ,waypoint them on tracklogs and then join the dots using what i hope are quiet roads, after that it's downloaded to the gps. if i want to make a detour it's a simple matter to find my way back to my planned route afterwards. i can store enough tracklogs for several hundred miles of riding/ walking.
i've only ever once plotted a route on the day and that was by using paper maps to put in waypoints and make a route instead of a tracklog.
the two complement each other, the paper maps for the bigger view ,the gps for convenince of not having to keep checking a map- especially in the british summer!