Computer mapping

[Jester]

My Memory Map is starting to creak a little so I've decided it's time to upgrade to a more modern version.
Looking online I see that by trading in my old MM software I can get the 2013 version for £60. Anquet is a few quid cheaper, the whole of the UK for £57. I had used Quo tiles in the past but my PC now seems incompatible with it, plus their support is awful.
OS do their version for £19.99 per year, but I'm unsure whether this is a download or whether you access it online. In that case you would need to be connected to the internet to use it.
Anyone got any thoughts on the above or alternatives?

[Pete McK]

Jester

It was from your helpful posting, about this time last year that I got our school to participate in the OS scheme that allowed schools to install their regular Anquet OS maps on up to 35 computers at no extra cost.

Since then we have been on their mailing list, mainly for updates, and just today received an offer of half price Landranger Mapping for the whole of GB for £57 instead of the usual price of £115 and the coupon code for this is HP50KMaps, which you apply at the checkout.

Anquet is the only mapping software that I have any real experience in using and I must say I find it easy to use. My only complaint is that the new software I recently bought it for my Android phone, was launched before they had ironed out all the wrinkles and I hear this is the same for the Apple app. Plus for PC based maps they have had a wheeze charging for new maps with their new software when people already have the maps.

[Jester]

Thanks for that Pete. That's a cracking offer. 

What I'm also wondering is, what mapping would be most up to date. When I first purchased Memory Map I was really annoyed when a new version appeared within a few months. Does the current Anquet for example have more up to date mapping than MM or vice-versa?

[Hugh Westacott]

Jim

It occurs to me that one of the advantages of using a subscription service, such as the Ordnance Survey Getamap, might be that you always have access to the most up-to-date mapping, but I don't know whether this is actually so.

I subscribe to Grough (pronounced 'gruff') which is ideal for my needs but it would not suit every one because there is no facility to upload maps to a satnav. I can print Explorer maps from Grough so I shall check with their excellent helpline.

Hugh

[Callum]

Jester, Ordnance Survey claim to make around 5,000m corrections per day, but try nailing them down to how frequently the change their paper maps is not so easy. Anquet mailed us a few months ago to say they had the most recent updates, might be worth pinging the customer service teams of Anquet and MemoryMap and comparing answers as well as price.

[Jester]

If I buy say the 2013 version of MM, do they update the mapping or do they sit on the updates until they launch their next version?

[Jester]

Jester

It was from your helpful posting, about this time last year that I got our school to participate in the OS scheme that allowed schools to install their regular Anquet OS maps on up to 35 computers at no extra cost.

Since then we have been on their mailing list, mainly for updates, and just today received an offer of half price Landranger Mapping for the whole of GB for £57 instead of the usual price of £115 and the coupon code for this is HP50KMaps, which you apply at the checkout.

Anquet is the only mapping software that I have any real experience in using and I must say I find it easy to use. My only complaint is that the new software I recently bought it for my Android phone, was launched before they had ironed out all the wrinkles and I hear this is the same for the Apple app. Plus for PC based maps they have had a wheeze charging for new maps with their new software when people already have the maps.

Prices seem to have gone up in the last 24 hours, the whole of GB is now  back to £115, although the voucher code (if you have it) drops it down again. Are there any codes for half country coverage?

[Jester]

I went for Memory Map, upgraded to whole GB coverage for £60. Top marks to them, I ordered late Friday afternoon and it arrived on Saturday morning.
I'd had major problems with my PC but it looks like these have been solved, and I've managed to re-install Quo and the 1:25,000 mapping I had purchased from them.

[Lyle Brotherton]

Jester was the £60 for GB 1:50 000?

[Jester]

Jester was the £60 for GB 1:50 000?

It was, yes. That involved "trading in" my old software, which simply involved sending my old licence key in. I didn't physically have to return anything and indeed still have MM2004 installed and working.
Go to this page and use discount code OS-2013-UPG at the checkout:
http://shop.memory-map.co.uk/acatalog/Upgrades.html

They will even give the discount if you are upgrading from a competitors equivelant scale product.

[Lyle Brotherton]

A good deal for a good product Jester.

[adi]

OS getamap wins hands down for mapping. OK you don't own anything out right except access to Master map (or what ever they call it now) wich has over 3 thousand up dates made to it a day. I am not sure how user friendly it is now and how easy it is to print small sections off.

Anquet and other companies that offer a similar service buy a license to sale you access to the mapping, When I was dealing with OS, Anquet and the others would receive updated mapping from OS once a year and in some cases once every 2 years. I know this changed for some of the larger companies to twice a year and I believe this has been improved to 4 times a year now.

So if you want the most up to date mapping OS is the only solution but the updates that are being made on a daily bases is normally only in urban areas. If you are only interested in navigation in our wild places were their are very few changes made then you might as well use something like Anquet or similar.     

[Lyle Brotherton]

Good point Adi and OS (Ordnance Survey) have created a really good Web page about how to use it at
http://www.magazine.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/magazine/tscontent/editorials/getamap/os-getamap-home.html

Currently the best complete proprietary digital mapping package I have found is Anquets Ultimate Map Package:

Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 HD - full Great Britain Coverage.Ordnance Survey Street View - full Great Britain Coverage.
GroundRanger - full Great Britain Coverage.1,500 sq km (60 Tiles) of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 HD mapping.

Normally this package would cost £264 if bought as individual products and they are selling it for £125 The mapping was updated Dec 2012

[captain paranoia]

The OS master map might get 3000 corrections a day, but I'm not sure how frequently those changes are promulgated to the public-facing mapping imagery, e.g. GetAMap.

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has a definitive answer.

[adi]

The OS master map might get 3000 corrections a day, but I'm not sure how frequently those changes are promulgated to the public-facing mapping imagery, e.g. GetAMap.

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has a definitive answer.

It is a live system they update you get the updates. That I can assure you is the definitive answer.