Hi Julian, I'm in the same quandary. I start from St Jean September 19 - you'll probably pass me. Just wondering what GPS apps you have tried? I want a GPS app that doesn't require data - one that I can see MY position on the map and one that will record my track, save it and be able to share. Any suggestions? I have been trying a couple, but nothing so far does everything I want.
Hi
@Kerrie and
@Julian Saban
Interesting questions. I used to always like a printed book, but my pov is changing a bit. I got great value earlier this year from photographing (on my phone) half a dozen pages from somebody else's guide book for a particular diversion.
You certainly don't NEED a book to navigate from SJPP to Santiago - my rule of thumb based on experience is a bit like Goldilocks and the Three Bears - there are too many(!
) arrows on the C Frances, too few on the Norte, and "just right" on the Primitivo.
As others have said books useful for background reading. So I think, more and more, pdfs and ebooks very useful, and in some ways easier to use than apps - though I use them too.
I am just getting to grips with wikiloc <
www.wikiloc.com> which seems a terrific tool, though I haven't fully got the hang of it yet. And designed by a Spaniard. It will both record your trip and guide you, offline, as long as you have GPS and have downloaded routes/maps first.
I would love to hear of other people's experience of wikiloc.
Tim