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The bit of plastic that could save your life

LFTO Gear Team, 22 January 2008 15:24

Did you know that, when you eyeball a grid reference on the map, a millimetre’s error will take you 25m off course on a 1:25,000 map, and 50m on a 1:50,00 map? Now you can stay safer on the hills and help raise money for Mountain Rescue at the same time.From the end of January www.where-wolf.com will sell a special ...

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The bit of plastic that could save your life

LFTO Gear Team, 22 January 2008 15:24

Weatherproof maps from Ordnance Survey

LFTO Gear Team, 03 January 2008 08:51

Fed up of trying to read maps in gloomy, wet ol’ January weather? Ordnance Survey is coming to your rescue.The mapmakers are producing durable, weatherproof versions of 25 of its most popular Landranger maps.Called OS Landranger Map: Active, the new series keeps the familiar scale of 1:50,000. Each map covers an area of 40km by 40km – allowing visitors to ...

Free GPS phones 'coming soon'

Anonymous, 13 December 2007 09:30

Those clever Swedes say they've designed new outdoors GPS software which can be added to any basic mobile phone. Wayfinder Active was launched in Sweden this week. The basic package is free, and includes a compass and maps, as well as statistics of walking speed, distance and altitude. There’s also a handy feature that not only tells you your location, but allows ...

Go walking - on your computer

Anonymous, 11 December 2007 09:00

Ever daydreamed your way along your favourite hike while stuck in the office? Now you can walk it – well, not for real, exactly, but in a way that’s more so than ever before. Realbuzz.com have launched a global path-finding tool, similar to Memory Map, that allows you to create an avatar to search existing real world routes or create your ...