Julian Saban
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances - St Jean to Santiago - Sept 2016
Camino Portuguese - Lisbon to Santiago - Apr 2018
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I have all the GPS Apps that don’t require data. Is this sufficient?
Starting from St.Jean Sept 22nd...
if you do decide to go with your iPad an option is to buy the Brierley guidebook (maps only version) in iBooks. As @SYates rightly says, you don't need anything to find your way to SDC however knowing how many more kms for the day, distance to POI's, fonts, alternative routes, etc can be a nice thing to know. Over the next month you can read plenty here in old threads about places that sound interesting to visit, favorite Albergues, eateries and much more and simply make notes of it for reference on the Camino. We live in an interesting time when it comes to electronic options!How necessary is it to carry a guide book [ie: John Brierley’s Pilgrims guide] on the Camino Frances. Are the yellow arrows splattered all over the place enough. I have all the GPS Apps that don’t require data. Is this sufficient? - Truth be told, I’d rather take an iPad than a guide book. Trying to weigh up the Pros and Cons. Any advice welcome. Apologies if this has been discussed a million times
Starting from St.Jean Sept 22nd...
How necessary is it to carry a guide book [ie: John Brierley’s Pilgrims guide] on the Camino Frances. Are the yellow arrows splattered all over the place enough. I have all the GPS Apps that don’t require data. Is this sufficient? - Truth be told, I’d rather take an iPad than a guide book. Trying to weigh up the Pros and Cons. Any advice welcome. Apologies if this has been discussed a million times
Starting from St.Jean Sept 22nd...
You could try OSMand+. It does the things you want. You can download the app for free and the free version allows you to download a certain number of apps for free. If you like it you will want to buy the app so you can be sure to have enough maps to cover the camino.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?
Hi @Kerrie and @Julian SabanHi 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.
From what others have written on this forum emailing for a reservation may not work well as a good number of albergues do not check their email often.I figured an iPad may be of benefit for booking the occasional Albergue...
I have installed a free app called My GPS Coordinates. It presents your current latitude/longitude coordinates and you can copy them to the clipboard or share them via email and other means. So it makes it easy to make a note to your journal about an interesting place and then be able to find it on Google Maps (or equivalent) when you get home.I'll definitely make a list of all those POI along the way
I use maps.me. It also does do the things you want, exept it is not yet recording tracks. It is completely for free, every map you want, no data requiered.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.
Thanks Thomas, I use Runkeeper all the time and have been trying out maps.me - I'll probably go with those two.I use maps.me. It also does do the things you want, exept it is not yet recording tracks. It is completely for free, every map you want, no data requiered.
Last year I walked with this app from Amsterdam to SdC. For parts which I had a digital albergue list I didn't take a paper guide at all. For tracking I used at the same time runkeeper. Worked fine together on a battery, did take also a powerbank with me.
In the resourcepart there are kmz-kml files for each country. When you use these with maps.me you got per country alle the caminoroutes there are.
How necessary is it to carry a guide book [ie: John Brierley’s Pilgrims guide] on the Camino Frances. Are the yellow arrows splattered all over the place enough. I have all the GPS Apps that don’t require data. Is this sufficient? - Truth be told, I’d rather take an iPad than a guide book. Trying to weigh up the Pros and Cons. Any advice welcome. Apologies if this has been discussed a million times
Starting from St.Jean Sept 22nd...
Forgot to add another plus point of printed guide books - They don't run out of battery ;-) Buen Camino, SY
Both apps which were mentioned here don't use data: maps.me and osmand.Hi, Which apps do you have that do not need data? I am leaving St Jean Sept 5 thank you
Maps.me does not require data, neither does Wikiloc, bothare free apps however be sure to download all the relevant country maps before you leave home. It's a good idea to play with the apps in familiar territory so that you are comfortable with them when you are in unknown territory.Hi, Which apps do you have that do not need data? I am leaving St Jean Sept 5 thank you
You reply don'the need a book/GPS to find your way on the Frances..it is so clearly marked. However, the Brierley guide is great for information such as alternative routes/ accommodation options/distances etc.How necessary is it to carry a guide book [ie: John Brierley’s Pilgrims guide] on the Camino Frances. Are the yellow arrows splattered all over the place enough. I have all the GPS Apps that don’t require data. Is this sufficient? - Truth be told, I’d rather take an iPad than a guide book. Trying to weigh up the Pros and Cons. Any advice welcome. Apologies if this has been discussed a million times
Starting from St.Jean Sept 22nd...
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