Hello everyone,
I recently had to buy a new GPS after stupidly losing my previous one somewhere on the path down from Ciste Dubh last year ( pushing my luck but if anyone found a slightly battered looking orange GPS device let me know
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I've picked up a Garmin etrex 22x, as I had previously used a Garmin etrex 20. The problem is my previous one came with pre-loaded OS maps, so it had all the contour lines and details etc associated with a good paper os map. But this new model just has the Garmin topo maps on it, and they're not as good. Currently I have been downloading imported gpx routes to the osmaps app on my phone as a navigation aid alongside a physical map, but even if you download the map to your mobile first, its kinda unreliable and sometimes doesn't load the image fully first unless you let it before you lose your signal.
Been looking today and it's pretty darned expensive to get a copy of the osmaps loaded on a Garmin device (currently £169.99 on the OS website for a pre-loaded sd card) - you can redeem bought paper maps but only allows it to be downloaded to the os mobile app.
Is anyone aware of another way to get more detailed maps or add contour lines and more detail to the topo maps that doesn't cost the same as the GPS device itself?
PS - I am not posting this to start a discussion about whether we should be using a map or a gps device or both or whatever. I am able to read maps to a decent degree, but I prefer having the digital version to hand to assist with navigation.
Cheers!
David