Ordnance Survey1:25000 or 1:50000

[g00ner]

Downloaded the Ordnance Survey App to my phone and am going to buy Salisbury Plain tiles so I can navigate this weekend - The finer detailed map is £2 a tile and it appears I need a few to cover all the Plain. WIll the lower detail map be worthwhile or shall I just cough up and stop being tight? :whistle:

[rwa.martin]

Personally I much prefer 1:25000 for navigating but thats mainly on foot/mtb. The greater detail is better BUT you might find it's a tradeoff with the amount of area being able to be displayed on one screen. If you're trying to find which direction to take it will be harder as you'll need to scroll the screen more to find the destination. However, more detail will be better when you arrive at a junction that would not be as visible on the 1:50000.
I've got Tracklogs on my PC and use 1:1000000, 1:250000, 1:50000 and 1:25000 depending on whether I'm route planning or detailed nav.

Short answer, if you can afford it, get both.

Rich.

[vRSG60]

PM sent.

[~ACP~]

I'll PM you too Mike

[g00ner]

Cheers chaps

I'll PM you too Mike

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I could just follow you around Andy but I'm overdue to learn this GPS malarkey

[Tramp]

Have you checked to see if the plain byeways are open this weekend ...

I use the os garmin discovery 1:50 k but zooms too 1:25k...

There are some gpx tracks for the plain in the greenlane section based on rights of way i use
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Have fun its very muddy and slippy at moment so.check water depth first...lol

[-Ralph-]

Personally no, I wouldn't bother. All the rights of way are shown on Landranger maps, and with the amount of map that shows on a smartphone screen you cover ground too quickly on a bike to keep track of where you are on the map, and so you have to stop and zoom out for the map to be useful, so there's no point at all in having the zoomed in level of detail thats on the Explorer maps.

Smartphone Ordnance Survey GPS (I use Memory-Map) is good for following a pre-defined route, also good for checking where you are when stopped, but forget trying to follow anything more than a line on the map (and its only when you take the wrong track and look down that you realise your not following the lime anymore.

That's my experience of using it anyway.

[g00ner]

Good advice, cheers

Hope it's not too bad Tramp - have T63's on my XChallenge at the mo'. Could take the little'un I spose :unsure:

[bazza]

Iv been out driving round the area all week and it's not looking to bad at the mo.

I'll be out on the 990 Saturday and Sunday so hoping the weather holds.
I have OS Mapfinder on my phone but use it as a quick reference to make sure I'm still on route or Iv not taken the wrong turn in stead of stopping all the time but always have a map to hand.

Bazz

[g00ner]

Cheers Bazza, think it's you Stubbs and myself are meeting on Sunday together with Andy (ACP). Keep the ground conditions coming, if it's okish I'll bring the XC with 50/50 tyres - snotty and it'll be the little stink wheel (thumbs)