ViewRanger Ordnance Survey topographical mapping software.
Retrieva have teamed up with ViewRanger to include their award winning off-road phone-based satellite navigation system and up to 10,000 sq km of mapping when you buy a Retrieva product. It is ideal for those of you who are outdoor- enthusiasts, dog walkers, off-road cyclist, horse riders or simply a weekend walker. Importantly it is also a fantastic tool to enable you to track and find any Retrieva tracking product, whether you are in a car or in the middle of a field. Choose up to 10,000 sq km of Ordnance survey quality mapping (1:50,000 scale) for installation straight onto your phone. See your Retrieva products plot themselves straight on to the maps. If your phone is GPS enabled it will also automatically plot your own position so that once you have found your Retrieva device you can also find your way home. ViewRanger plots both your position and that of your Retrieva product, updating the on-screen map automatically as you travel. Velocity and direction are shown on the moving map display and your current location's grid reference is displayed at the top of the screen.
ViewRanger provides instant access to relevant local maps. Its 3D panoramic graphics identify features of interest in the landscape including towns and villages, mountain peaks, and churches. There is also a sports computer for comparing routes and performance, and ViewRanger integrates with the phone’s camera to link images and video clips to specific map locations creating a multimedia log of your trip. You can even search for the best local walking routes around you.
If you wish to increase the coverage of your mapping, or increase the level of detail for an area (to 1:25000 for example) then simply download new mapping tiles for transfer onto your phone (extra charges apply).
ViewRanger runs on an increasing number of smart phone platforms and transforms, for example, a Nokia N97 or Nokia 5800 or any other compatible handset into a self-contained, full-featured trail navigation system. Please see www.ViewRanger.com for a full list of compatible makes and models of handsets, together with countries currently covered by the mapping. New operating systems and handsets will be offered in the coming months, as well as an expansion of available maps and countries.
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