Free OS type maps too print out.

Pogmahog · Apr 30, 2009

Hi All,

If you are into walking and are sick of paying £8.95 for an OS map for every new area you go to. It's a total free to use mapping system.

http://maps.the-hug.net/

In the box top left just type in the place name (works 99% of the time).

You can zoom in and out; you can right click way points on the map and best of all save your .gpx files. Then print out the map on your PC printer. It also works out the distances for you.

Never buy an OS map again.

Have fun

hughesy · Apr 30, 2009

That's just multimap but without all the features you get on the actual multimap website

[JP] · Apr 30, 2009

Cool.. didn’t know there were OS maps online and free…
I have the OS maps for the whole country on the puter together with a clever software… just working on putting it all in a Palm with GPS..

btw.. a quick question related to OS maps…
The routes with the red crosses on it… they are byways correct? open to all traffic, we can drive there..right?
what about the routes with a diamond shape on it? I've noticed that some routes are marked with the red crosses (byway) and this diamond shape… and some, halfway through the route, the crosses stop and is only diamond shape..
Now, the key says the diamond shape is a long distance route, recreational route… can we drive on this?

cheers!
JP

goonarmy · Apr 30, 2009

no, usually not.Things like the brecon way are shown like this.However the essex way is also shown like this and parts of that are driveable.The best thing to do would be to check with the Rights of way officer for the local concil to check.They will also tell you of restrictions and TROs etc.

paulatthehug · Nov 28, 2013

Pogmahog said:
If you are into walking and are sick of paying £8.95 for an OS map for every new area you go to. It's a total free to use mapping system.

http://maps.the-hug.net/

Have fun

If anyone's interested we've just completely re-written that software from the ground up. It's still much the same if you use http://maps.the-hug.net but if you register at our partner site WalkLakes you get 1:25,000 mapping and aerial photography too.

Paul (who wrote the software)

Oldseadog · Nov 28, 2013

paulatthehug said:
If anyone's interested we've just completely re-written that software from the ground up. It's still much the same if you use http://maps.the-hug.net but if you register at our partner site WalkLakes you get 1:25,000 mapping and aerial photography too.

Paul (who wrote the software)

:welcome2: Paul, and thanks for your contribution ...

Now please go and introduce yourself in the Intro Thread

Hope_5 · Nov 28, 2013

Does this work on mobile devices?

GINGE · Nov 28, 2013

COOKED MEAT ALERT

Dippypud · Nov 28, 2013

GINGE said:
COOKED MEAT ALERT

but ...

but ...

but, it is FREE spam ... :doh:

GINGE · Nov 28, 2013

Dippypud · Nov 28, 2013

GINGE said:

SteNova · Nov 28, 2013

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/outside-maps/id412493862

GINGE · Nov 28, 2013

Dippypud said:

:lol:

darius · Nov 28, 2013

This is free as well, with the added bonus of it works

LocalView — Shropshire Council

Freelaner · Nov 28, 2013

darius said:
This is free as well, with the added bonus of it works

LocalView — Shropshire Council

great

but only if you live in, or are visiting, Shropshire

Freelaner · Nov 28, 2013

Pogmahog said:
Hi All,

If you are into walking and are sick of paying £8.95 for an OS map for every new area you go to. It's a total free to use mapping system.

http://maps.the-hug.net/

In the box top left just type in the place name (works 99% of the time).

You can zoom in and out; you can right click way points on the map and best of all save your .gpx files. Then print out the map on your PC printer. It also works out the distances for you.

Never buy an OS map again.

Have fun

That's brilliant mate, thanks for sharing

WalkLakes is also excellent

Scrawf · Nov 29, 2013

What's wrong with the OS site?? Ordnance Survey Leisure getamap, ideal for route planning including walking routes, running routes and cycling routes

Scrawf

GINGE · Nov 29, 2013

Scrawf said:
What's wrong with the OS site?? Ordnance Survey Leisure getamap, ideal for route planning including walking routes, running routes and cycling routes

Scrawf

I don't know, what is wrong with the OS site?

Scrawf

paulatthehug · Dec 15, 2013

Hope_5 said:
Does this work on mobile devices?

Well, it seems to work on my Android devices up to a point. You can certainly browser maps and it supports pinch to zoom, but I didn't design it for mobile devices and I've not really done any serious testing for mobile devices.

paulatthehug · Dec 15, 2013

Freelaner said:
WalkLakes is also excellent

Thanks. We're working hard on WalkLakes to try and make it better. Beth's busy posting walks and I'm in the middle of a round of enhancements to the log book facility. Not that this will be of much interest for laning but if you're a hill bagger too then it should be just the job.

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