The guys at RouteBuddy have been busy this month. Hot on the heels of the 1.1 release of Atlas for iPhone comes news of the availability of Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain at 1:250k and 1:50k scales.

These maps allow iPhone users access to complete details OS maps of the entire UK.

The 1:250k map is available at £7.99 for the whole of Great Britain or as one of eight regional maps at £3.99 per region.

The 1:50k map gives much more detailed coverage with the whole of Great Britain coming in at £99.99 and regional maps, again available in eight regions available at £39.99 each.

With RouteBuddy Atlas now featuring much better planning and routing support as well as full support for GPS and iPhone 3GS compass it is fast becoming a very useful tool. RouteBuddy have committed to continuous improvements to the application based on user feedback and requests and it is unique on the iPhone as being the only off-line solution for viewing Ordnance survey maps.

As a bonus, if you own RouteBuddy for Mac OS X then you can also view the same maps on your Mac.

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RouteBuddy Atlas, the off-line mapping app for iPhone has been updated to v1.1.

This free app allows you to view topographic mapping from the USGS and Ordnance Survey at scales from 1:50k to 1:25k and uses a unique and superbly simple method of installing map files which allows drag’n'drop between computer and iPhone regardless of your OS.

We covered the original release  on August 17th here but this update includes numerous bug fixes and feature enhancements including waypoints and tracks.

• Waypoints can be added individually on the device
• The current track is now visible on all maps
• Added ability to share waypoint locations via email
• Online maps now cache up to 10,000 tiles
• Waypoints can be added from imported gpx or kml files
• Phone calls and messages no longer interrupt tracking
• Smoother dragging of maps, and faster tile loading
• Added dop to gpx files written out for tracks
• Added option to hide demo maps
• Added option to turn off caches
• Added option to turn off network data access

RouteBuddy Atlas uses the iPhone GPS and if available, the 3GS compass to display your position and heading.  Tracks created using Atlas can be exported to Mac or PC for use in Google Earth or the RouteBuddy desktop application.

Maps for use with RouteBuddy Atlas can be purchased from the RouteBuddy store.

RouteBuddy and Ordnance Survey have released 1:50k maps compatible with RouteBuddy’s iPhone Atlas Application.

The maps, priced from £9.99 each cover the Ordnance Survey Landranger map series with over 200 to choose from with complete coverage of the UK.

These 1:50k maps join the 1:25k Explorer map tiles already available in RouteBuddy’s Online Map Store.

The RouteBuddy Atlas iPhone App is available for download free from the iTunes App Store and allows the loading and display of OS maps with full support for the 3GS compass and GPS features. Atlas is also compatible with iPod Touch but no GPS features are available on these models.

Maps purchased from RouteBuddy can be loaded from either a Mac or a PC onto the iPhone using a superbly simple iPhone server feature.

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