Originally Posted by
soarfeet
Hello,
Can anyone advise if there is a cheap GPS app for smartphones that is any good ?
I understand they are not recognised as a navigation aid, I'm just looking for a basic map function.
Cheers.
Installing Memory Map software together with the appropriate CAA charts onto a GPS-enabled smartphone will give you an in-cockpit moving map display. If your smartphone doesn't have a built in GPS receiver, just use a cheap standalone GPS & connect them via bluetooth.
AFAIK Memory Map don't officially support Android phones (an Android version is supposedly in development). Technically-savvy folks hacking together their own solutions might want to consider the 3rd party MMTRACKER application (just google it), which runs under Android & can read .qct format charts.