OH has found free Old Maps app for iPhone

[Christine in Herts]

My OH is a mapaholic, so I'm never surprised when he turns up with another map. He'll choose a map as a holiday souvenir (quite a nifty idea, if you think about it!).

He recently got an iPhone, and has been acquiring new apps from time to time. The recently-found one is free, apparently. You use a modern map to locate an area, and then a slide-bar allows you to fade between the current map and a historical version. It's fascinating!

I think he said it was called Old Maps. If anyone is interested but can't locate it, let me know, and I'll ask him for more specific info.

I wouldn't have mentioned it , normally, but it does seem to be free, and could be really helpful for getting an impression of where your ancestors lived.

Christine

[Uncle John]

Does the iPhone come free as well?????

[Christine in Herts]

Does the iPhone come free as well?????

Sadly No!

Christine

[Peppie]

Thanks for the tip, I've found it but it seems to have some very mixed reviews. I'm going to download it and see how it goes

[JIMM]

Try this,

http://www.ponies.me.uk/maps/osmap.html

[JBee]

I've been buying A-Z's when I go researching and if I can't find the streets I want - then buying Alan Godfrey maps.

I've only got a basic payg phone which is about all I can manage lol

[Christine in Herts]

Try this,

http://www.ponies.me.uk/maps/osmap.html

I haven't looked in detail, but that certainly looks like something I shall want to make sure is in my Bookmarks. I've found the Old-Maps site, and that London one (http://www.motco.com/map/) - and the Alan Godfrey site, too.

I wasn't suggesting that anyone should be buying an iPhone to get the app - only that if they already have an iPhone, the app is likely to be a handy extra - especially for someone actually at a relevant place, where carting around a computer is just not an option.

Christine