Turning your Android phone into a fully featured outdoors navigation tool has never been easier

October 26th, 2010, Cambridge, UK – ViewRanger (www.viewranger.com), the smart revolution in outdoor GPS, is now available to purchase in New Zealand through the Android Market. The award winning premium app, turns your Android Smartphone into a fully featured navigation tool at a fraction of the cost of buying an alternative dedicated GPS device. Designed by outdoor enthusiasts, ViewRanger is ideal for a variety of outdoor pursuits, such as tramping, cycling, mountain biking and even horse riding or boating. 

ViewRanger GPS - LINZ MappingThe android app priced at around NZ$5, comes with access to OpenStreetMap and OpenCycleMap (topo) and can be easily upgraded to run LINZ mapping for the whole of new Zealand through the purchase of map credits.  Open maps can be cached in the phone and LINZ mapping is stored locally, so both continue to work even without a mobile signal.

The app’s navigation features let you import or create a route to follow before you head out.  It will give you alerts at waypoints along the way and even warning alarms if you veer too far off course.  You can see your real-time location on the phone screen moving map at any time.  If you are blazing your own trail, ViewRanger will let you record your track and all the stats you need like speed, distance and height gain/loss to keep or share.

ViewRanger also has a nifty location sharing feature called “BuddyBeacon” that uses the mobile network to let you see on-screen where your friends are and share your location with them.

Available to purchase from the android market – search for “ViewRanger GPS”.  For more information go to viewranger.com

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