running – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:14:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg running – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Engst’s Experience with Mapping Services https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/02/engsts-experience-with-mapping-services/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:14:38 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1806130 More]]> Adam Engst of TidBITS: “I’ve been working with mapping services a lot of late and wanted to share some of my experiences in the hope that they’ll help you boost your mapping game beyond simple navigation.” Mostly focuses on fitness-related mapping, but also on how to correct errors on online maps.

]]> 1806130 The Ordnance Survey Launches a Line of GPS Devices https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/04/the-ordnance-survey-launches-a-line-of-gps-devices/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:19:45 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785346 More]]>

Now seems an odd time to be launching a line of standalone, single-purpose GPS devices, but the Ordnance Survey has gone and done so: they’ve announced a total of four devices, ranging in size from the cycling-friendly Velo to the robust Aventura and in price from £370 to £500. The OS has been offering third-party devices from the likes of Garmin and Satmap through its online store; it’ll be interesting to see how people see these as measuring up against those devices—or against an app on the smartphone they may already own. More at Road.cc.

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