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 Can anyone help a technophobe.

I usually holiday in the North of Scotland or one of the Islands and as everyone knows the scenery is outstanding, fabulous mountain ranges as far as the eye can see. So its a constant frustration to look at the hills and not know what they're called,road maps aren't detailed enough and OS maps cover too small an area and are expensive.

 Is there an app which allows you to point at a mountain and it'll tell you its name? I don't think its too daft a question, surely its possible as the phone has GPS and a compass, and if its possible someone will have thought of it.

 Also, can anyone recommend a similar app for star constillations ?

 Thanks,  Liz

Hi there is a star gazing app my husband uses called 'Star Walk' and it's amazing.

You point it at the sky and it tells you what everything is!! Marvellous!! Even below you, in the southern hemisphere, all for 59p!

A Mountain naming app would also be marvellous!!

I use an iphone, my one is the 3gs, i use digi maps from O/S and put them on an App from memory map. I have the whole of the UK on my pc and load the section of map i'm visiting onto my iphone. Its fantastic, but not cheap. The app was £9.99 and the maps cost £200. I think you can get some free maps or just buy the section your visiting.

As for star gazing etc i use two Apps one App is called starmap pro and the other is called Planets. The starmap pro was about £11 but it is the pro.. The planets App is free and to be honest i use it more it's a fantastic App and much better than most and very easy to use.

Heres memorymap App http://www.memory-map.co.uk/iphone/

Heres  starmap pro http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starmap-pro/id309367681?mt=8

Heres Planets http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets/id305793334?mt=8

Just go to the App store on your phone and download it

The Planets App is the biz and free.

You cant get them all on torrents

I just bought them sod it, there not that expensive for what you get. The planets is free.