Archive for GPS
Phone on, walk off
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Ramblers Cymru has been pioneering new technology that turns your mobile phone into a state-of-the-art walking guide, and aims to get 10% more people walking in Wales over the next four years. Andrew McCloy takes a look at the future of walking…
Tracks upon tracks
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Walkmag has already highlighted some great audio walks and the use of GPS for art, but a new project by the band Grasscut is taking music, art, mapping and walking to a whole new level…
Walking through time
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Imagine walking through the streets of London, traversing the centuries. One minute you’re gazing over the Covent Garden Piazza in the 1720s, the next you’re on Carnaby in the swinging 60s…
The art of GPS
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Navigation is an art in itself, but in the case of artist Jeremy Wood it’s doubly true. Over the past decade, this self-declared ‘GPS artist’ has pioneered the act of drawing and mapping with satellite navigation technology – by treating himself as a moving pencil!
Satmap Active 10 Plus
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Pricey package but it’s a good rugged unit with many impressive features…
Memory Map Adventurer 2800
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Lightweight, easy to navigate, impressive “zoom in” picture quality – it’s our Best in Test for Summer 2010…
Lowrance Endura Sierra
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Some excellent additional features including the combination of touch screen and buttons to navigate…
Garmin Oregon 450
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Waterproof, easy to use and it has digital elevation maps with an excellent 3D view option…
GPS buyer’s guide
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Walking. It used to be so simple. A wilderness. A map. Away you go. To keep up with the times we thought we’d better give the latest digital navigation handsets a good old once-over…
Garmin GPSmap 60 Cx/60 CSx
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Garmin’s top-of-the-range models boast a 30 per cent bigger screen and five clearly-labelled buttons, making basic processes much quicker…



