RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted May 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2015 Ordnance Survey have today announced that starting next month, all their paper maps will come with an option to download a digital version onto a mobile device. Stored on the device, so no mobile signal needed to view the map when out and about. To access the mobile version of the map, there is a scratch-code on the map to be entered into the OS mobile app, which can be downloaded from the 10th June 2015. See: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/news/2015/os-maps-undergo-greatest-innovation-in-200-years.html More info: https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ordnancemaps/conversations/messages/5312 Despite predictions of paper maps dying out, it seems sales have actually increased recently. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Not associated with a price increase I hope, as some of us still have mobile devices that can only be used to talk to people, and send 140 character messages!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Oh dear, folks getting lost when the battery goes flat, or the device is dropped in a puddle. But how lovely is that view? From Doups or thereabouts? I could sit there and enjoy that all day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted May 20, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2015 Not associated with a price increase I hope, as some of us still have mobile devices that can only be used to talk to people, and send 140 character messages!! I would think a price increase very likely -- you don't get a free extra for nothing. Against that, if you don't want the mobile download, the existing map stocks in shops are likely to be cleared at discount prices. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Against that, if you don't want the mobile download, the existing map stocks in shops are likely to be cleared at discount prices. Martin. That's no good. I just buy one occasionally if I happen to be somewhere interesting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Oh dear, folks getting lost when the battery goes flat, or the device is dropped in a puddle. But how lovely is that view? From Doups or thereabouts? I could sit there and enjoy that all day. Dodd Summit near Skiddaw - similar photo's half way down this page http://www.stridingedge.net/old/Walks/2009/09.%20September/11.09.09.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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