If you're big on outdoor activities — hiking, trail running, or cycling — you know the familiar problem: Spotty GPS and data signals can mean a messy time trying to find your way out of the woods.

Imagine the power of a US$500 outdoor GPS built into a $5 app available on iOS and Android devices. In a nutshell, that's ViewRanger. The advanced mapping GPS app has been around for years in Europe ...

ViewRanger wants you to get out in the snow, with a sat-nav app that uses Ordnance Survey maps to keep you from getting lost in a drift, and support for glove-friendly touchscreen phones You can plan ...

If you love the outdoors then you know the value of a good map. It’s a tool to help you navigate the vast wilderness of the outdoors as you explore. ViewRanger is essentially that tool, but it ...

Award-winning ViewRanger GPS, the outdoor navigation app, has introduced a Global Open Maps edition for iPhone and iPad, available for download from the iTunes App Store. This launch on Apple iOS ...

Cambridge, UK - 30th May 2007 - Augmentra, a leading innovator in gps-enabled navigation software for smartphones, today announced the latest version of its award-winning ViewRanger off-road mapping, ...

Cambridge – 22 March 2010 – ViewRanger GPS, Augmentra’s award-winning ‘off-road sat nav’, is now available in App stores on the Symbian platform. The global launch comes as ViewRanger adds ...

In today's Friday edition of the T3 Agenda, we map the great outdoors on our Android Wear wearable, Tefal's new steam generator and Sol Republic's answer to the Air Buds... Hike like a pro with ...

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Award-winning ViewRanger GPS, the outdoor navigation app, has introduced a Global Open Maps edition for iPhone and iPad, available for download from the iTunes App Store from today. This launch on ...