Walk this way

Walkingworld, the popular online #walking #guide with over 6500 walks in England, Scotland and Wales, has released an #app giving access to its entire library. The app, available for Android™ and iOS™ phones and tablets, can be installed for free. Walks are downloaded to the device for offline use.

The Walkingworld library has been built up over 17 years but this is the first time the routes have been made available through a dedicated app. The app has been created in partnership with national mapping agency Ordnance Survey, which provides digital mapping through their ‘OS Maps’ service.

Walkingworld guides are designed to be very easy to follow. They are built around a set of geo-located waymarks, each of which marks a major decision point on the walk. Waymarks consist of a photograph - so walkers can readily identify that they are in the right place - and clear instructions to the next waymark on the walk. The app allows the walker to switch easily between the waymarks and their location on a map, where their current GPS position is also displayed.

www.walkingworld.co.uk

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End in sight for EU roaming charges

MOBILE phone roaming charges – for calls, texts, and internet browsing – in European Union (EU) countries will be abolished in June 2017, following a vote in the European Parliament. An interim curb on charges will take effect from April next year, prior to the full ban across the EU.

One of the aims of the ban is to prevent consumers being caught out by large bills when downloading films or other data during their European holidays. There have been a number of cases in which mobile users have been landed with bills for hundreds of euros or pounds.

Critics of the ban fear the loss of revenue for mobile phone companies could push up prices in general, including those for non-travellers.

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