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Posted 24 September 2020
1 month free digital OS maps subscription with code at Ordnance Survey
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National GetOutside Day is back! This Sunday 27 September, let's show everyone how good it feels to be outside. Release those happy endorphins and take a deep breath of the Great British fresh air. To celebrate and help you find routes near you, we're giving you a one month free trial to OS Maps, simply use the code GETOUTSIDEDAY at the checkout.
Get instant access to the full range of OS leisure maps for all of Great Britain on your computer, tablet and mobile with OS Maps Premium subscriptions.
One subscription includes both web and appUse maps on your mobile, even with no signalPrint as many copies as you needPlan routes on web, follow in the appDiscover hundred of thousands of shared routes, including routes by Good Pub Guide, Country Walking and Trail Magazine
Get instant access to the full range of OS leisure maps for all of Great Britain on your computer, tablet and mobile with OS Maps Premium subscriptions.
One subscription includes both web and appUse maps on your mobile, even with no signalPrint as many copies as you needPlan routes on web, follow in the appDiscover hundred of thousands of shared routes, including routes by Good Pub Guide, Country Walking and Trail Magazine
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Edited by a community support team member, 24 September 2020
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sorted bySo go to bing.com/maps
Then in the top right hand corner choose Ordnance Survey from the dropdown.
Not sure about accessing these maps on a mobile device.
I have several frequently used routes saved as PDF that can be printed out as needed.
You can access the Bing Maps website with OS overlay from a mobile device - you need to get to the Bing Maps page, but then change it on your particular mobile browser to show the 'Desktop' site, and not the mobile version. Depending on your device, it's not wonderful useable, but it CAN be made to work.
However, it won't show you a handy-dandy icon with your GPS location like the OS maps app would - but the ability to happily scroll around an OS map (for essentially free, and very useable on a full size computer) is wonderful. (edited)
I’m assuming if you download maps/ routes then after the month you can’t access them again without paying?
Might have to do a lot of printing
Can also screenshot them on PC and cut/stitch a few together, for an image file that you can save to your phone for quick access and not reliant on having a good data signal
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Delete the stars and put your bing key that you made above
I rather think it does (though I'll be happy to be corrected) :-)
I made an account yesterday and it wouldnt let me log in like you. This morning I logged in on their website and went to this link: Ramblers Pathwatch, there was a button that said register for pathwatch (or similar) after clicking that and then looking at the online version, I tried again in the app and it let me in! So it must have linked/enabled the account or something.
Found this in terms for this code:
OS Maps Subscription
If you sign up successfully, you will get a free one-month subscription code to the OS Maps app. The code is only valid until 31 December 2020, at which point the code will expire. Use of the OS Maps app is subject to separate terms and conditions. These can be found here.
Web link
getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/nat…es/
Thank you 🙏
Whhhhhaaaaa!
Go outside, don't go outside. Go to work, don't go to work. The messaging is clear, stop moaning..
OSMand uses openstreetmaps. This depends on members of the public having contributed enough and correct details for the area you plan to visit. I use it as an extra reference when I am out and about but I would always have another source of data available as OSM will have gaps, mistakes,etc.
As you can get the full OS maps free for a month, why not try it?
Yep, as mud as they say
How are you meant to register for Pathwatch? The register link is dead and when you go to the new link you sign up for the Ramblers Association but those credentials don't work on Pathwatch.
Hmm weird, I’ve had no problems at all with it until this morning when I’ve just gone to check my app and I can’t login either! Maybe they’ve got an outage at the moment. When it works it’s great. A lot of the negative reviews are people wanting more functionality like reporting closed paths, where as all I want is free OS maps that plot my GPS location on them.
I’ll give them a day or 2 and see if they fix it, otherwise I’ll need a new app as well........!
Ah sorry, I guess I'm lucky to have got in there when I did then.
Thanks had to do this to get Pathwatch working for me too.
I myself use OsmAnd too. It's amazing how open source community mapping is much better for hikes and walks compared to official applications
There's the Here maps which I believe Garmin base their maps on. It doesn't have any topology features so OSM is much better. They have a free Here WeGo application but it's mainly for driving about tbh. It's nothing like the usual Garmin mapsource basecamp which does show this.
For those who are saying the paths are missing on the maps.
You can always contribute to OSM online through the online map editor on their website - it will feature the mapping changes right away to the online versions of the map.
Google maps can also be contributed from the Send Feedback option in-app you get to draw the path and it appears to update within a day (I am a local guide on Google).
Ah, Ideal! then I can save & view them on my phone too when out and about
The best in class - shows a lot of mapping features like topology of mountain heights and are accurate.
I was on multiple walks during the lockdown around trails and Google Maps had missing paths which were clearly there in person. I eventually used Openstreet Maps but OS Maps are a official company. (edited)
Yikes, that app has really poor reviews.