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Go to the map menu at the top, the one with the icon of a world map, at the top right. Then look for "map creator". Then, you can select the top left, and bottom right corners of the area you want to download. I found it very easy to trial and error from there ;-)

I want to be able to navigate using Orux with a separate magnetic compass. For that I would use "True bearing to target" But I would also like more north references, like grid north, and one where I could adjust the declination manually. Otherwise I have to do a lot of calculations when I want to follow a bearing on a magnetic compass.



As well as that, it would also be useful to have mils (6400) to go with military compasses, but I have already asked for that. :-)





GPS Test Plus...



https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=es">https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... test&hl=es">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=es



...has True North and Magnetic for bearings (as well as mils 6400, but no maps of course), but i do not trust an app to do a declination adjustment for me. I would rather have a way of manually entering compass variation for when navigating to a waypoint or target.



I'll always use Orux as it is an excellent app, but it has limitations at the moment which makes it not so easy for navigation.





Of course I could always buy a compass with declination adjustent, but I have too many compasses already ;-)

This looks good, but how does it differ from OpenCycleMap which is itself OSM mapping plus contours?

I am afraid that we can only blame the UK government and the Ordnance Survey for this situation.



It can be no coincidence that the loss of OSGB maps on Orux, coincides with the launch of an Ordnance Survey app for which you have to pay £1.99 for every 10km square you download, and presumably, if you are navigating near one of the vertices of a square, you have to download 4 squares.



By all accounts this app is bloated, and only really suited for tablets, which nobody is going to want to carry up a mountain. It has quite a poor rating on Google Play.



What is most annoying is that we, as UK taxpayers, have payed for the collection of this data, and are now having to pay another regressive tax on top of this. Compare this to the United States, hardly known for its state interventionism, or socialism, where USGS topo maps are availoable for people of all countries to use.



See the Guardian Open Data campaign...



http://www.theguardian.com/technology/free-our-data">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/free-our-data



In the meantime, I think the OpenCycle Map is the nearest good map for leisure use, as it has contour lines. Some features are sometimes missing, but we can all add these features ourselves, by contributing to the OpenStreetmap project.

Would it be possible to add the NATO mils 6400 scale for bearings? I can only find degrees so far.



May I also add that I have bought the "donate" version of the app

Thanks;



it is possible for next versions,



orux

Thank you, Orux!



Users of the Cammenga USGI lensatic compass would be very grateful!

Would it be possible to add the NATO mils 6400 scale for bearings? I can only find degrees so far.



May I also add that I have bought the "donate" version of the app