Thread: Best Topo/GPS app

I used the NZ Topo50 app on my phone today for the first time. I haven't gone through the post-match analysis but I was impressed with how well it worked.
At one point it had us on the wrong side of a stream - but checking my GPS it was the same so a map issue not the app.
Then later on it wasn't giving me a position - but checking the GPS it had lost satellite reception too, so onece again not the fault of the app.

Where the app definitely beat the GPS was showing which direction you are facing.

Originally Posted by Cigar

I used the NZ Topo50 app on my phone today for the first time. I haven't gone through the post-match analysis but I was impressed with how well it worked.
At one point it had us on the wrong side of a stream - but checking my GPS it was the same so a map issue not the app.
Then later on it wasn't giving me a position - but checking the GPS it had lost satellite reception too, so onece again not the fault of the app.

Where the app definitely beat the GPS was showing which direction you are facing.

This shows the recorded tracks from the GPS (blue line) and the app on my iphone (green). The bottom bit of the loop is where I had a lack of satellite reception on both devices, prior to that the tracks are virtually identical.