News Archive
News Archive
Welcome to the RouteBuddy news archive. Here you can find our news about RouteBuddy since its inception several years ago.
RouteBuddy Solo - Ordnance Survey Free 250K
RouteBuddy and the Ordnance Survey are pleased to announce a free 1:250 000 scale map of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. Powered by RouteBuddy’s Atlas software engine this new Solo map app is ideal for tourists and travellers in Great Britain.
RouteBuddy Solo is the effortless solution for those who want maps directly synced to their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via iTunes offering the user a quick and easy download-map-and-go experience.
Solo is a new RouteBuddy product enabling the user to download both app and map(s) direct from the iTunes store onto their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Based on the powerful Atlas software from RouteBuddy, Solo offers several unique features such as import and export of multiple Waypoint, Route and Track files over WiFi, attributes not available in other software.
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Ordnance Survey Free 250K comes with a 10% discount voucher for more maps (or software) purchased direct from the RouteBuddy Store.
Ordnance Survey Free 250K is available from the iTunes Store.
Friday, 11 June 2010
RouteBuddy Solo - Ordnance Survey National Parks 50K for £9.99
RouteBuddy Solo is the effortless solution for those who want maps directly synced to their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via iTunes offering the user a quick and easy download-map-and-go experience. This first Solo app contains all 15 UK National Parks 1:50K for an introductory price of £9.99.*
Solo is a new RouteBuddy product enabling the user to download both app and map(s) direct from the iTunes store onto their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Based on the powerful Atlas software from RouteBuddy, Solo offers several unique features such as import and export of multiple Waypoint, Route and Track files over WiFi, attributes not available in other software.
Why buy RouteBuddy Solo map apps?
- They provide a simple and straightforward way of getting Ordnance Survey maps immediately onto your iPhone.
- Greatly lowers the map cost with substantially discounted maps from the Ordnance Survey.
- Ideal to be given as a gift from the iTunes store.
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- RouteBuddy Solo – Ordnance Survey National Parks 50K comes with a 15% discount voucher for more maps (or software) purchased direct from the RouteBuddy Store.
Find out more about RouteBuddy Solo products
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Release of RouteBuddy Atlas 1.4 - Data Manager
RouteBuddy adds new items to Atlas 1.4 for iPhone digital map users, offering support for Mac and PC users who wish to import multiple routes into the software.
Multiple Route import: RouteBuddy Atlas offers a unique means of loading large maps onto the iPhone and this has now been extended to simultaneous loading of as many routes as your iPhone can take. Fast and easy loading of geodata multiples over WiFi makes RouteBuddy Atlas the preferred tool for serious offline topographic map use.
Imports industry standard file types: RouteBuddy Atlas supports both .kml and .gpx formats, removing any user conversion issues.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
RouteBuddy's Cinco de Mayo Sale!
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year by taking advantage of one or more of these great savings:
- Buy a copy of RouteBuddy and receive two free USGS Topo maps of your choice.
- Buy a North American (USA+Canada+Mexico) road map and receive one free USGS Topo map of your choice.
- Buy two USGS Topo maps and get a third one free.
RouteBuddy have great GPS software for Mac and iPhone offering the most advanced solutions for road and trail users:
- On your Mac load Road and Topo maps.
- On your iPhone and load Topo maps from Mac or PC.
How to get a copy of the free products on offer
Taking advantage of the offer is easy, just buy any of the goods on offer and send a copy of your receipt to support@routebuddy.com with ‘Cinco de Mayo’ in the subject line and we will contact you by return. Offer closes at noon PST the next day.
Wednesday, 05 May 2010
Anquet OS 25K National Park map crossgrade for iPhone, from only £9.99!
Not exactly, you can’t put Anquet maps on an iPhone, but here’s something considerably better: From today you can immediately cross-grade all of your old Anquet (PC) Ordnance Survey National Park maps to the latest iPhone compatible maps, and from only £9.99 per National Park map!
RouteBuddy’s individual license agreement with the Ordnance Survey allows us the means to charge a nominal fee within a Map Data License Transfer scheme. You can now become the owner of the latest OS 25K National Park maps from RouteBuddy and install them on your iPhone for use in the free iPhone GPS Map app RouteBuddy Atlas. Download RouteBuddy Atlas from the iTunes store.
RouteBuddy Atlas is the leading OS Map GPS app and unique in being able to load large maps onto an iPhone and transfer Waypoint, Route (with version 1.4) and Track data simply and easily to Mac or PC over WiFi.
Contact Support at RouteBuddy for offer details and your coupon codes today!
Thursday, 01 April 2010
Free Holiday Maps for your iPhone from RouteBuddy
Going away over the Easter holidays? No matter whether you travel at home or abroad then maps of your location are always helpful; now with RouteBuddy’s free offline maps stored on your iPhone you’ll never have to worry about expensive data roaming fees again!
Download the free RouteBuddy Atlas to your iPhone from the iTunes app store and open, then simply:
- Select OpenStreetMap
- Locate your holiday destination
- Download map tiles and cache to store on your iPhone
Free maps and no roaming fees!
Happy Holidays from RouteBuddy
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
RouteBuddy USGS 24K Topos - Highest quality - Fastest speed.
A complete set of the 24K USGS Topo maps of the USA for the iPhone and Mac are now on release. Full coverage of ‘The lower 48’ and Hawaii are now available from the RouteBuddy Store, with Alaska being added later this year.
Monday, 29 March 2010
The whole UK in your pocket!
RouteBuddy and the Ordnance Survey are pleased to announce immediate release of the new RouteBuddy GB 25K REGIONS Maps. For the first time on any mobile device Ordnance Survey digital map users can now take a detailed map of the whole UK with them away from the office or home.
Primarily aimed at the commercial market, these new maps from RouteBuddy enable any user to load a complete UK 1:25 000 scale Ordnance Survey map onto their iPhone or iPad. Users can also choose from 8 Regional UK 1:25 000 scale Ordnance Survey Maps if they only need part of the UK or wish to use less space.
To plan or analyse geodata, users can load the same Ordnance Survey map onto any of Apple’s Mac computers. Transfer of Waypoints, Routes (Atlas 1.4) and Tracks between RouteBuddy for Mac OS X, Google Earth on a PC, to and from your iPhone or iPad is quick, easy and simple with drag-and-drop of files over a WiFi connection.
RouteBuddy’s unique map and data technology means they are the only digital map company that are able to load large topographic maps over 2Gb onto Apple’s mobile devices and still offer ultra-fast pan, zoom and tracking.
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
RouteBuddy Atlas 1.3.1 - ideal for geocachers
RouteBuddy Atlas 1.3.1, ideal for geocachers, is now available from the iTunes store.
Geocachers can now import single or multiple .gpx and .kml files into RouteBuddy Atlas direct from their Mac or Windows desktop over Wifi. Geocaches appear on top of any loaded offline USGS or OSGB Topo maps in Routebuddy Atlas. You can easily use our detailed topo maps to find each cache along your route.
We recommend Geocachers open a premium account with Geocaching.com to access GPX and KML files. Alternatively, for those who wish to try-before-they-buy, RouteBuddy for Mac OS X (or GPSBabel on Windows) can convert the free Geocaching .loc files on the fly.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010