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_tc · Clubman B

D&C TET routes?

RichT4 · Champion

Hi Ed

That's a big question actually.
It's more about what app you run and not about the phone.
However iPhones (& some Android) phones tend to not like being bar mounted as the vibration can kill the camera.

For dirt duty I currently have a cheap rugged Android phone (BV6900) and I bar mount that with a holder I bought on AliExpress.

Apps - I use OsmAnd for road and Alpine Quest for dirt as it can use my old MemoryMap OS maps.

I also have a Garmin Montana that I use for road trips but could also use that for dirt duty.

With either of those it's a simple task to drop the .gpx route file on to the phones and have them display it.

Tribey · Expert

You'll need a mapping app on your phone, there are many around, I probably don't know them all, but they all offer something slightly different. You can easily open the GWT route from the TET app in your chosen mapping app.

Alpine Quest Off-road Explorer is a one-off £12.99 and there are various free maps you can use, and it allows you to use older (and free maps from a friendly TRF member) qct Memory Map OS maps. Although they will be slightly out of date.

Outdoor active, who took over View Ranger, is free with basic maps, or there are subscriptions for the Pro £26.99 per annum & Pro+ £53.99 pa if you want OS maps or additional features. The app has loads features and other peoples routes of different kinds to offer.

I use Memory Map on my laptop and the 'Memory Map for All' app on my android phone. The phone I use for navigating is a sim free old phone that I don't use the camera on, having previously damaged a phone's focus by mounting it on a non anti vibration mount. MM is either a single payment for an OS map you keep, or a subscription for up-to-date annual maps.

You can display the groups lanes overlays, available from John Leah, on all the apps I've mentioned.

There will usually be someone at each meeting with their phone to demonstrate their mapping app.

ttrtim · Clubman B

Hi Ray, how do you open the overlays in Outdoor Active please, Ive never been able to find how to? Cheers, Tim

Tribey · Expert

ttrtim wrote:
Hi Ray, how do you open the overlays in Outdoor Active please, Ive never been able to find how to? Cheers, Tim

Seems I gave out duff info there Tim. It's years since I tried OutdoorActive when ViewRanger stopped, I had a brief few months with Alpine Quest but then returned to memory Map.

I had a look at the thread here and it reminded me why I stuck with Memory Map!

Kwaka Geoff · Clubman A

I read somewhere recently that the TET App has been removed from the Android PlayStore (it was never available on Apples App store). I checked amd the information was correct, it's no longer available to download as an App ...... but you can apparently still access it via Google and go about gaining access to the various TET routes that way.

Tribey · Expert

On the TET website

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