Remains the best
Routebuddy Atlas just continues to go from strength to strength with this update building on the already excellent app yet again - love the cross hair feature so accurate without obscuring exactly where you need to see.
In-app purchases are now available - you may need a WiFi connection though as some maps are quite large files - the new range of maps are mind boggling - including American National Park and UK trail maps - none of that 'you have to buy five maps to cover that trail’ - the whole trail as one coherent file. All this plus a superb tech response that backs it all up. Well done again. This is my 'Go To’ offline map app!
In-app purchases are now available - you may need a WiFi connection though as some maps are quite large files - the new range of maps are mind boggling - including American National Park and UK trail maps - none of that 'you have to buy five maps to cover that trail’ - the whole trail as one coherent file. All this plus a superb tech response that backs it all up. Well done again. This is my 'Go To’ offline map app!
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WTH is that mystery button on the bottom right??
No help or description whatsoever. I click on the mystery button & it takes me to BC Canada then I press it again then it goes to Manitoba or somewhere in the Great White North. Then I press it again & I'm taken to 0 deg latitude/longitude. I'm nowhere near any of these places. Other users' complaints are also valid. You should pass on this app unless there is a major revamp.
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My Go To Mapping App
I have found that RouteBudy Atlas to be a very effective mapping app. It’s easy to use and the US National Park Map is one of the best both on-line and off-line. I’ve used their Mac Desktop Version for many years and have been very happy and it looks like their iPhone and iPad app is equally as good. I highly recommend this app.
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Route Buddy Mapping Software
The RouteBuddy Software is extremely easy to use or the first time electronic map user. The ariel feature allows you to go back and forth between map view and a "goggle earth" style view that is very helpul in seeing exactly what is on the ground. The customer support is very responsive and helpul. A good piece of software and a nice company to do business with.
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Over-priced maps, awful interface!
I don't mind paying a fair price for quality downloadable maps, but having to shell out over $60US just to cover Washington State is ridiculous. As absurd as the pricing is, it might, *might* be justifiable if the maps were nicely optimized for mobile devices, but they're not. The maps for Washington State alone ($60, remember!) take up almost 5 GB (that's GIGAbytes) of space! Sixty bucks and 1/3 the storage of my iPhone just to view USGS topos in a laggy, cumbersome interface? No, thank you.
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Skip it!
Not very user friendly or even very useful. Skip it!
Works fine now
The last update solved previous problems.
Route buddy atlas
Already have app but am unable to update. It says installing, but that as been going on for days. All other updates on other pps works but not this one.
Nobody here gets it
Most of the reviewers here don't get what this incredible app is all about. The scores are low because people think RouteBuddy Atlas is like a regular GPS app. Wrong. Even the developer doesn't know how to talk about it. They say that Atlas is the only app that let's you use the same maps on your laptop and iOS devise. Who cares? I'm never going to use a laptop again for navigation. The iPad is the only why to go. The thing that sets RouteBuddy Atlas apart is that it is THE ONLY app I know of that let's you access, quickly and fluidly (the rendering speed is impressive, even on an iPad 1) an ENTIRE STATE'S WORTH OF USGS TOPOS ON ONE SCREEN. USGS maps set the gold standard for detail in the USA and show every goat trail and bump. They are useless and probably out of date in urban and suburban areas (that's what Garmin Nuvi or TomTom is for).
Here's what you need to know (at least for US users)
1) Atlas is free, the maps cost about US$29 per state, more for big states.
2) The best way to get the maps is download them to your computer and use a nice little free utility to get them on your iOS device via USB cable.
3) The maps are high quality scans and nice looking but are BIG; California is sold as 2 chunks and is over 6 Gigs.
4) The maps are scans, not vectors. Still, some features and places on some maps are searchable.
5) Atlas is not for auto-routing or finding a gas station or estimating your time to get home. It is about knowing where you are and how to get out.
I just returned from a trip to some very remote parts of the Mojave desert including the backcountry of Death Valley National Park. I had the iPad mounted on the center console running Atlas and my fancy new Nuvi on the other side with Garman's expensive Topo maps for California and Nevada loaded (they cost more than the maps from Atlas and are not as good). Atlas allowed me to know exacly where I was, where to go and how to get back out. The Garmin was almost useless because it does not let you easily zoom in and out to see where you want to go.
If you have room on your iPhone or iPad and are heading out to the US or English hinterlands, this app is incredible.
Here's what you need to know (at least for US users)
1) Atlas is free, the maps cost about US$29 per state, more for big states.
2) The best way to get the maps is download them to your computer and use a nice little free utility to get them on your iOS device via USB cable.
3) The maps are high quality scans and nice looking but are BIG; California is sold as 2 chunks and is over 6 Gigs.
4) The maps are scans, not vectors. Still, some features and places on some maps are searchable.
5) Atlas is not for auto-routing or finding a gas station or estimating your time to get home. It is about knowing where you are and how to get out.
I just returned from a trip to some very remote parts of the Mojave desert including the backcountry of Death Valley National Park. I had the iPad mounted on the center console running Atlas and my fancy new Nuvi on the other side with Garman's expensive Topo maps for California and Nevada loaded (they cost more than the maps from Atlas and are not as good). Atlas allowed me to know exacly where I was, where to go and how to get back out. The Garmin was almost useless because it does not let you easily zoom in and out to see where you want to go.
If you have room on your iPhone or iPad and are heading out to the US or English hinterlands, this app is incredible.
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Useless
I have no idea how to use this. Clearly there are steps to follow to obtain desired results. I wish I knew what those steps were.
