robgendreau
Explorer
+1 thanks to Rob for the info. Would it have killed Motion X to have it on their website? they should comp you the upgrade 
BTW, here's a couple of URLs you can use if you spring for the upgrade (you need one each for both iPhone and iPad):
This is for Outdoors map (from OpenStreetMap, but with some differences):
http://[abc].tile.thunderforest.com/outdoors/${z}/${x}/${y}.png
This is for the OpenCycleMap:
http://[abc].tile.opencyclemap.org/cycle/${z}/${x}/${y}.png
I find both rather useful. Note that you have to replace the ${} parameters with [] for use with Motion X (I think the order is still the same: z, x, y, but check. And you have to select a, b, or c as the first letter in the address, so http://a.title.opencyclemap yada yada.
These are provided by Thunderforest under a Creative Commons license; details here: http://www.thunderforest.com/terms/
And again, refer to Rob's post above if you don't know what I'm talking about. He has an excellent tutorial.
And a bit of a warning: Rob already mentioned about some apps allowing downloads of map data for offline use and the (il)legality of that. Many sites offer up their tiles (parts of maps) for non-commercial use, and for downloading. Some allow viewing, but not downloading, even if for personal use. But even the sites that make maps available are often set up so that people can download smallish parts to browsers for designing a trip, viewing your trips or others, etc. Be aware of the rules, and be sensitive about downloading massive amounts of data for offline use. Selecting all of CA and downloading every map set can be quite a burden for some sites that are doing a public service by providing this to us. Be gentle. If you do plunge for the $4.99 feature and add say Google maps the app won't prevent you from downloading Google's stuff, but remember it's your responsibility to follow Google's rules...and they're watching....
BTW, here's a couple of URLs you can use if you spring for the upgrade (you need one each for both iPhone and iPad):
This is for Outdoors map (from OpenStreetMap, but with some differences):
http://[abc].tile.thunderforest.com/outdoors/${z}/${x}/${y}.png
This is for the OpenCycleMap:
http://[abc].tile.opencyclemap.org/cycle/${z}/${x}/${y}.png
I find both rather useful. Note that you have to replace the ${} parameters with [] for use with Motion X (I think the order is still the same: z, x, y, but check. And you have to select a, b, or c as the first letter in the address, so http://a.title.opencyclemap yada yada.
These are provided by Thunderforest under a Creative Commons license; details here: http://www.thunderforest.com/terms/
And again, refer to Rob's post above if you don't know what I'm talking about. He has an excellent tutorial.
And a bit of a warning: Rob already mentioned about some apps allowing downloads of map data for offline use and the (il)legality of that. Many sites offer up their tiles (parts of maps) for non-commercial use, and for downloading. Some allow viewing, but not downloading, even if for personal use. But even the sites that make maps available are often set up so that people can download smallish parts to browsers for designing a trip, viewing your trips or others, etc. Be aware of the rules, and be sensitive about downloading massive amounts of data for offline use. Selecting all of CA and downloading every map set can be quite a burden for some sites that are doing a public service by providing this to us. Be gentle. If you do plunge for the $4.99 feature and add say Google maps the app won't prevent you from downloading Google's stuff, but remember it's your responsibility to follow Google's rules...and they're watching....
