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44 cycle august/september 2009

FEATURE DIGITAL MAPPING

Like map-traps and Landrangers, mobile mapping devices

put navigation where you need it: on your handlebars.

Anthony Cartmell explores your options

f you’ve bought a digital mapping

program for your computer (see last

issue), you will want to take the maps

with you on your bike. While you can

print them out onto paper, there are

gadgets that allow you to take digital maps with

you. They include GPS receivers, so they can

pinpoint your location on the map and record

where you’ve been. They can also display a

pre-planned route and guide you along it. There

are lots of GPS units available. This overview

is limited to those that can display a map as a

background to your route.

There are two general types of gadget you can

use: purpose-built mobile mapping devices, or

multi-purpose ones such as smartphones or

PDAs, onto which you install mapping software.

We’re looking at both types.

All of these devices, apart from the Garmin

Edge, display the detailed Ordnance Survey

maps that cyclists ﬁnd so useful. The Garmin

will only display maps made up of lines (vector

maps to go

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