Green laning map app and other landy apps

LandyMan · Oct 19, 2015

Hi,

Is there an app I can download that will give me all BOATs on a map and navigate me to them?

If not..... well, I have a new toy (SEE HERE) and I also make apps, and I'm thinking of my 1st app would be a green lane app, that has details of all the green lanes in the uk.

It could also be used as a satnav to get you to said green lanes.

Thanks

Yoyodyne · Oct 19, 2015

Great as long as it automatically updates to take in TRO's and other closures, physical state of the road (washouts, fallen trees etc.) and anything else we, as responsible users, need to know. You might also consider things like: is the lane easy/med/difficult, what type of vehicle can be used, scratchy, muddy, tippy, scary etc. And don't let the off-piste cowboys see it else we're all stuffed.

LandyMan · Oct 19, 2015

Yoyodyne said:
Great as long as it automatically updates to take in TRO's and other closures, physical state of the road (washouts, fallen trees etc.) and anything else we, as responsible users, need to know. You might also consider things like: is the lane easy/med/difficult, what type of vehicle can be used, scratchy, muddy, tippy, scary etc. And don't let the off-piste cowboys see it else we're all stuffed.

I have been having a think about it today and letting it get into the wrong hands is a worry of mine.

Maybe I should just make it for myself, although I think it would be a very useful app for some people

Paul D · Oct 19, 2015

I'd echo Yoyodynes comments, and add that if you join Glass you get access to Trailwise, which has had some updates recently and is due a shed-load more in the forthcoming. Admittedly, as we found out this weekend, this is sometimes wrong, even though there are perhaps many thousands of users, because it's also updated by the same users and sometimes changes happen too quickly for updates to occur or people to find out about them ... but it's _THE_ best on-line source of information on the legality of Green Lanes.

I wouldn't use an app to make a route up, I'd use the Laptop or PC at home and transfer to route to follow to a tablet or similar (As I do now) ..

LandyMan · Oct 19, 2015

Paul D said:
I'd echo Yoyodynes comments, and add that if you join Glass you get access to Trailwise, which has had some updates recently and is due a shed-load more in the forthcoming. Admittedly, as we found out this weekend, this is sometimes wrong, even though there are perhaps many thousands of users, because it's also updated by the same users and sometimes changes happen too quickly for updates to occur or people to find out about them ... but it's _THE_ best on-line source of information on the legality of Green Lanes.

I wouldn't use an app to make a route up, I'd use the Laptop or PC at home and transfer to route to follow to a tablet or similar (As I do now) ..

I looked at trailwise earlier, is it you that does it?

If i became a member of GLASS would I be able to get access to the maps / database and plug them in an app?

Doing stuff at home is ok but it's time consuming (I don't have much free time).

I would like to be able to click a few buttons whilst out and about and get the nearest lane to my position and drive to it, then when finished find the next nearest lane and go to that, etc.

just an idea ... maybe it could become the GLASS app

Paul D · Oct 19, 2015

No, sorry, I'm just a rep for Glass, covering South Yorkshire. Give me a while and I'll find out who programs it and pass his email on.

What you said can be done using Trailwise, providing you have internet access, or a standalone program called Memory Map and the Byways already in .. but I know of nothing that is purpose built for Laning. I guess if you input the co-ordinates into TomTom or similar then that could be used to get you to a start point, but so many Byways and ORPA's have tricky bits that you mostly need a map to figure out where the track even goes, especially when it goes through farm yards or small hamlets for instance!

LandyMan · Oct 19, 2015

Paul D said:
No, sorry, I'm just a rep for Glass, covering South Yorkshire. Give me a while and I'll find out who programs it and pass his email on.

What you said can be done using Trailwise, providing you have internet access, or a standalone program called Memory Map and the Byways already in .. but I know of nothing that is purpose built for Laning. I guess if you input the co-ordinates into TomTom or similar then that could be used to get you to a start point, but so many Byways and ORPA's have tricky bits that you mostly need a map to figure out where the track even goes, especially when it goes through farm yards or small hamlets for instance!

cool, thanks mate!

It's probably more work than I originally thought, and like you say I could use trailwise to get a location and whack it in my satnav.

Maybe I should make something else instead.

Paul D · Oct 19, 2015

I've posted on the Glass forum and hope to get an answer soon, maybe if you and the Trailwise chap get together it might benefit you both ..

LandyMan · Oct 20, 2015

Paul D said:
I've posted on the Glass forum and hope to get an answer soon, maybe if you and the Trailwise chap get together it might benefit you both ..

Thanks.

I've been having a think about apps for landies ... I can use trailwise as is, in my car, so a green lane map might not be the route to go.

However, I have found a few things that I can use with my car computer.

1: There is a bluetooth OBD2 adapter that plugs into the ODB2 plug, I can then connect my car computer to this plug, and I can then do all the same things that a nanocom can do, and possibly more

2: I have got a input / output usb box that I can connect to my car computer, with this i could make an app to control everything connected to my auxiliary battery, I could turn my spots and and off, regulate a heater in my roof tent, display the voltage, temperature, etc etc

The opportunities are endless

Zigster · Oct 20, 2015

If you're talking about Android apps, I use one called MMtracker, bought originally from the Google play store, then when i got deleted I contacted the dev directly.
Unfortunately it's hard to find now, cos the guys at Memory Map served him with a cease and desist order, quoting copyright theft, as although MMtracker was merely a mapping app, the maps it uses are the memory map 1:25000 and 1:50000 OS maps. Again absolutely brilliant for planning a route and then driving it, but what it lacks is live updates on lane closures etc.

Paul D · Oct 20, 2015

MMTracker is what I use now ... it's a bit 'clunky' but is absolutely ace! I have a non-standard version to work with the latest Android versions .. it certainly also works on my Galaxy S6 ..

LandyMan · Oct 20, 2015

MMTracker is freeware now, but no longer supported

reggieroo · Nov 3, 2015

A good app would be really good. Can you use memory maps for example on an iPad? I don't know much about map planning I'm afraid as I used to always go out in a group that had down the homework already.

Just haven't been for years and would like to be able to just find some lanes that are legal to drive and go.

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