An app which permits walkers to plot and comply with routes round loughs, hills and valleys utilizing detailed topographical mapping has been launched in Northern Eire.
OS Maps app has supported out of doors lovers throughout England, Scotland and Wales for over seven years – and Northern Eire walkers will now be capable of use the app right here.
There'll now be full UK protection within the award-winning UK-based navigation app, the place customers can see 1000's of really helpful strolling, operating and biking routes in Northern Eire with correct geographic mapping element.
Ordnance Survey (OS) and Ordnance Survey Northern Eire (OSNI) labored collectively so OS Map customers now have topographic mapping obtainable for all the UK.
OSNI digitised its topographic knowledge and made it obtainable to seem within the OS Maps App.
The digital mapping in OS Maps for Northern Eire will nonetheless use Irish grid references, so if walkers want to print off a route forward of a hike, the Irish grid references might be there.
OS’s Managing Director for Leisure, Nick Giles stated: “It's fantastic to lastly be capable of announce that Northern Eire now has the identical stage of detailed topographic mapping in OS Maps app as the remainder of the UK, one thing we’ve by no means had earlier than.
“Our mantra is to make the nice outdoor extra pleasing, accessible and protected, and with the ability to map out or comply with routes out of your cellphone is an incredible help for exploring an exquisite nation.
“If you're from Northern Eire and wish to get outdoors for a hike or a stroll utilizing digital mapping in your machine, that is the most effective topographic mapping you will get. It means you should use your cellphone the identical as a paper map. The distinction is you'll be able to see your location on a map and use it to plot routes, share them, comply with different routes, and watch 3D fly-throughs of your route earlier than and after you’ve set off.”
Ordnance Survey Northern Eire Chief Survey Officer Jim Lennon stated: “I'm delighted on the enlargement into Northern Eire and the inclusion of the OSNI knowledge within the enhanced product. This represents one other instance of the robust collaboration that continues between OSNI and Ordnance Survey.”
OS Maps app is offered to obtain totally free with commonplace mapping, and for £28.99 a yr for the premium version.
The launch in Northern Eire follows latest expansions of OS Maps in Australia, New Zealand and america.