Digital navigation
Build quality
It's important that your digital navigation device is designed for all-weather use and can survive a bit of rough and tumble in the great outdoors.
Power
Having a navigation device is useless if it runs out of power on location. Do your research and look for one with excellent battery stamina.
GPX files
This is a type of file that’s helpful to anyone who loves the outdoors, and is a popular way of saving and exchanging routes.
Screen resolution
A high-resolution screen that's easy to view in bright lighting conditions is a must when you're studying detailed maps out in the field.
Smartwatch
If you'd prefer to have your navigation device on your wrist, a smartwatch is an alternative option. We've reviewed two in this round-up.
OS Maps Premium subscription
● £25.99/year or £3.99/month ● www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
ORDNANCE Survey is best known for its paper maps but its digital offering is extremely well known and highly respected. This makes the OS Maps smartphone app and website with a Premium subscription from the national mapping agency in the UK an obvious port of call for many people.
The OS Maps app is free to download, and the free version provides standard, greenspace and aerial mapping of Great Britain while you have
