ViewRanger is a mobile app that turns any smart phone into a powerful outdoors GPS navigator, at a fraction of. Android/BlackBerry 10: Phones include these and many others: LG, HTC, Magic; Tattoo. Motorola, Samsung, SonyEricsson. Apple: iPhone / iPad Symbian. 'ViewRanger transforms Symbian-based smartphones into a powerful GPS that makes it an essential app for any outdoor enthusiast and rescue team,' said Larry Berkin, Head of Global Alliances and GM USA, Symbian Foundation.

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ViewRanger turns your phone into a fully-featured off-road satnav with detailed topographic mapping. This pack includes tokens to download topographic maps directly to your phone. ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Topographic map data available with this pack:. Belgium 1:100k (up to 3900 sqkm), 1:50k (up to 600 sqkm), 1:10k (up to 200 sqkm). Finland 1:50k (up to 700 sqkm), 1:20k (up to 350 sqkm). France 1:100k (up to 5200 sqkm), 1:25k (up to 780 sqkm).

Germany 1:50k (up to 3275 sqkm). Ireland 1:50k (up to 2600 sqkm). Netherlands 1:25k (up to 900 sqkm). Slovenia 1:50k (up to 890 sqkm), 1:25k (up to 500 sqkm). Switzerland 1:100k (up to 3000 sqkm), 1:50k (up to 700 sqkm), 1:25k (up to 200 sqkm).

USA National Geographic Topo! 1:500k (free), 1:24k (333 tiles, approx 9900 sqkm).

Example Areas: The example map areas given show the area available if the whole token pack is used on this map layer. Also available: City Guides to London and Dublin. This token pack gives you credit to download map tiles and data via ViewRanger's over-the-air download directly to your phone handset. We recommend that you use WiFi or have a flat-rate internet data tariff. MAP: Clear and detailed topographic maps (sourced directly from National Mapping and Geoscience Agencies) provide detailed topographic map information including hill contours, tourist information, camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, and footpaths. Control what you display with fast map pan and zoom controls. LOCATE: Using the phone's internal GPS, or connected to a Bluetooth GPS receiver, ViewRanger will plot your position and update the map automatically as you travel.

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Your velocity and direction indicator are shown on the moving map display. Your current location's grid reference is displayed at the top of the screen. You can choose from a range of formats including 6, 8 or 10 digit grid reference, National Grids, UTM and various forms of longitude/latitude. NAVIGATE: Navigate along routes or to any waypoint or point of interest. Create and edit routes and waypoints on your phone, or import from popular PC software applications and websites. GPS: Navigate with map or a traditional GPS display showing position, altitude, bearing, distance and ETA to target, velocity, and route XTE.

You can even have it notify you with an audible alarm when you are nearing your target or waypoint along a route. TRIPVIEW: Monitor key information whilst on-the-move. User-definable screen layouts lets you customise TripView to show the data you need. Includes speed monitor, distance, pace, and much more. REVIEW: Record a Track Log so that you can review your performance, including parameters such as time taken, maximum and average speed, track length, and height gain/loss. Brilliant for runners and cyclists. ANALYZE: Review and analyze your performance with on-screen graphs both during and after recording your tracklog.

Export your tracks as GPX files for import into Google Earth and other applications. RECORD: ViewRanger integrates with your smartphone's camera to quickly and simply record photos and video clips onto the map. Whether you are taking holiday snaps, want to record wildlife sightings, or just want to remember where you took a particular video clip - ViewRanger makes it simple. CONNECT: Share your experiences by associating photos and text notes with landscape features and publishing to the ViewRanger online Information Exchange. View and read other peoples postings. BUDDY BEACON: See your friend's location on-screen, or publish your location to specific friends and family to see on their handsets. BUDDY BEACON.or view on the web through our Buddy Beacon portal.

MANAGE: ViewRanger includes a Data Manager to make it easy to manage your routes, tracks, waypoints, POI, and maps. It's easy to Bookmark locations so that you can revisit your favorite locations at any time. EXCHANGE: Route import lets you to bring in routes as GPX files from third party web sites and PC route planning software. POI import allows you to incorporate Points of Interest databases from third parties. Are you a geocacher? ViewRanger imports GPX and LOC files Export your tracklogs to your PC for further analysis.

PUBLISH: Publish your TravelLog photos instantly through your Facebook profile by adding the ViewRanger for Facebook application to your Facebook profile page. As soon as you Share a photo from ViewRanger on your phone, it will appear in your Facebook ViewRanger TravelLog. User comments for ViewRanger GPS Name Comment and rating Odot (xxx.opera-mini.net) on 2012-04-30 17:18 CET I like No rate Anonymous (xxx.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) on 2011-10-28 09:20 CET Doesn't work in north america Rate: 0/10 avn (188.140.132.xxx) on 2011-08-05 09:40 CET good No rate JC Smit (41.164.6.xxx) on 2011-02-01 11:45 CET I have a Nokia N8-00,South Africa,need mapping????????? Rate: 9/10 Jonny (xxx.telkomadsl.co.za) on 2011-01-20 22:43 CET I have a Nokia N8-00. Is there something like this for the Southern hemisphere (South Africa)?

Rate: 9/10 John Bartley K7AAY (xxx.war.clearwire-wmx.net) on 2010-07-22 17:21 CET Although shown as available for the E90 Communicator, once you dig deeper, you find it's 5th Ed S60 only. What a disappointment. No rate Jan Wollring (84.241.248.xxx) on 2010-04-28 10:20 CET The best GPS program for hiking, biking, etc. Online download of small map parts when you need them. Support is fantastic. Beware - this is not a simple product.

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RECRUITERS Cambridge – 22 March 2010 – ViewRanger GPS, Augmentra’s award-winning `off-road sat nav’, is now available in App stores on the Symbian platform. The global launch comes as ViewRanger adds OpenCycleMap and OpenStreetMap to its ever-growing range of mapping data. The ViewRanger GPS application has immediately raced into the best sellers list on Nokia’s OVI store. ViewRanger GPS offers far more than a map on a phone. It is a complete outdoor navigator with simple to use GPS interface, trail navigation, a sports computer to log progress, and the BuddyBeacon to locate friends. Routes can be plotted on the handset, imported via GPX, or downloaded over-the-air from ViewRanger’s growing library of guided routes. ViewRanger is popular for all kinds of outdoor recreational activities – on land, on water and in the air.

It is also used and relied upon by outdoor professionals including Search and Rescue teams and field workers. 'ViewRanger transforms Symbian-based smartphones into a powerful GPS that makes it an essential app for any outdoor enthusiast and rescue team,' said Larry Berkin, Head of Global Alliances and GM USA, Symbian Foundation. 'We are proud to see developers such as Augmentra create cutting edge Symbian applications that allow users to navigate the world’s vast geographic landscape all through their mobile phone.' ViewRanger GPS is being made available initially in the Symbian App stores with more platforms planned. The app includes global mapping with street mapping from OpenStreetMap and topographical mapping from OpenCycleMap.

Users can upgrade to premium map data sourced from over thirteen national mapping agencies including Ordnance Survey in the UK, Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodesie (BKG) in Germany, and National Geographic in the USA. Map tiles can be downloaded direct to a handset via the mobile network, and larger areas can be sideloaded from a PC. It is possible to download mapping and cache it before going to areas with poor network coverage. Craig Wareham, co-founder and CEO of Augmentra, said, 'ViewRanger has been targeted successfully at consumers who would have otherwise selected a dedicated outdoors GPS unit – and has often been rated best-in-test in gear tests performed by outdoor magazines. We have seen a massive improvement in the mapping being created by local people of their own areas, and see the App stores as a means of making this global mapping available to a much wider group of people, packaged in a way that is very easy for them to use. 'Once people are familiar with ViewRanger we would anticipate that they will want to purchase detailed mapping for particular areas such as National Parks or Great Trails and we are working with international mapping agencies to extend the range of this premium content to deliver exactly what users require.' Craig is excited at the expansion of ViewRanger’s map coverage and content and is creating tools for communities to tailor features of ViewRanger for their own sports or interests.

'The Buddy Beacon is often used by organisers of sponsored events to keep track of participants and team leaders in remote areas; following progress on their handsets and embedding it in the event website. We see that other groups of people could tailor this feature, through our BuddyBeacon API, for their own requirements. 'We are also working with content owners who have routes and tourist information, and making it easy for them to publish their guided walks digitally via ViewRanger GPS, and generate revenue from downloads.' Further integration with applications such as Retrieva, a dog collar that gives the location of a pet, and geocaching, where people follow a `treasure trail’ using map coordinates, demonstrates the potential for community driven developments. 'ViewRanger has offered mapping for a range of European, Scandinavian and North American countries for some time, but we are delighted to expand our offering to a truly global level,' said Craig. 'Our upgraded product offers all the benefits of a standalone outdoor GPS unit – and more – but runs conveniently on a Symbian-based mobile phone.' ViewRanger GPS is available from www.viewranger.com and from apps stores including Nokia’s OVI store and Samsung Apps from £4.00 (?5).

Existing ViewRanger users get a free upgrade to the new software. About Augmentra Ltd. Augmentra is the software development company behind ViewRangerT, the award winning mobile phone application which delivers GPS navigation, mapping and location-based content to outdoor activity enthusiasts and outdoor professionals worldwide. ViewRanger provides global map coverage from OpenStreetMap, and a growing range of Premium topographic map data available including Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Ireland, parts of Italy, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA. ViewRanger works on the large number of Symbian S60 mobile devices and will be adding further device compatibility in Spring 2010.

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The ViewRanger application is integrated with Facebook to allow web based location sharing. Augmentra is partnered with national mapping agencies across Europe and with a range of content publishers. In North America, mapping and content is provided by National Geographic. Follow Augmentra.