Re: UK O/S 1:50000 which is best?

From: GSV Three Minds in a Can (GSV_at_quik.clara.co.uk)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:32:59 +0100

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wonderful person TreCastell <nospam@nospam.pipex.com> said
>UK Ordnance Survey Mapping Programmes....
>I've got Anquet 2003 installed on my own laptop, but notice a couple of
>others out there viz: Fugawi & Memory Map .... possibly others too that i
>don't know about??
>Any users of these other systems got any constructive comments about
>use/capabilities of the others?
>I use gps on Anquet, find it excellent, but find it lacking in route drawing
>capability.
>ALL progs have their plus and minus points i know, but thinking of investing
>in NEW mapping program and would be interested in other peoples findings
>before forking out another £250 and finding (perhaps) that it isn't quite
>all it's cracked up to be. eg. mapping not quite as up to date as
>expected........

Try tracklogs (www.tracklogs.co.uk). They (and all the other serious
contenders) have free demo you can download. I went with them because
they were the only place offering 'random' bits of the UK at 1:25k .. if
you want 1:50k you have a much wider (and cheaper) choice. 

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