Smartphone Navigation for Walkers

By Roger Carter

This brief guide to using an Android smartphone to plan and navigate countryside walks is an add-on to my free ebook Android: What It Is and How to Use It. It covers the principles of smartphone navigation and describes the use of two Android apps that are particularly suitable for walkers and cyclists: GPX Viewer and Locus Map.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roger Carter
• Release date: May 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005426194

Roger Carter

Roger Carter has had a varied career, including working as a studio manager at the BBC, working for the British Overseas Civil Service in the Solomon Islands, and running his own business. From 1975 to 2000 he was a lecturer at what is now the Buckinghamshire New University, and during this time he wrote 20 student textbooks, including Quantitative Methods for Business Students, and Business Administration for the Computer Age (both published by Heinemann) as well as books on information technology and computer software (various publishers). He is now retired and lives with his wife Sandra in Buckinghamshire, England. They have two children and five grandchildren. In 2018 he helped set up the Bourne End & District U3A and became its first Chair, and in 2021 was appointed its Honorary President..

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Smartphone Navigation for Walkers

By Roger Carter

Copyright 2021 Roger Carter

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. OpenStreetMap (OSM)

3. Online and Offline Maps

4. The Global Positioning System (GPS)

5. GPX Files

6. GPX Viewer

7. Locus Map

1. Introduction

Google Maps, which most smartphone owners will have used, is brilliant for car journeys. It will plan our routes, check the traffic, pinpoint