Memory Map User Guide Pt. 8

Memory Map for All (Android Phone) You can find the previous part of this guide here: Part 7: Memory Map legacy mobile app Part 8, the latest part of this parallel user guide covers the use of the new Memory Map for All app, on an Android mobile device. Quick Menu This is quite a […]

Memory Map User Guide Pt. 7

Updated April 2021 Working with the (old) Mobile Version You can find the previous part of this guide here: Part 6: Importing and Exporting Data Part 7 of this parallel user guide covers the use of the Memory Map app on a mobile device. Note: As of June 2022 this mobile app has now been […]

Memory Map – An Update!

As regular readers may know, I’m a huge fan of Memory Map for planning my long walks. For those that are not aware, Memory Map is a digital mapping application for Windows desktop PCs and Apple Macs. It allows you to easily create routes, tracks and collections of POIs to aid you walk planning exercises. […]

Smartphones on the Hills – Part 2

There’s been quite a lot of criticism recently, from various quarters, about hill walkers relying on mobile phones for navigation and then getting into trouble and having to be rescued. As I recently wrote an article on using your smartphone on the hills, I thought it may be worthwhile looking at some of the criticism […]

Using a Smartphone on the Hills

Over the past few years I’ve come to depend more and more on my mobile phone while out walking on the hills. It has been a gradual phasing in of the device as my trust in it has deepened and my initial scepticism has gradually subsided, but I am now using it every time I […]