GPS Compatible
LinesMan functions on your PC/laptop as a versatile trench map viewing medium, which allows you to select a particular map at the date (edition) most appropriate to your needs.
When visiting the battlefield in person, your experience can be further enhanced by using LinesMan on one of the many portable handheld PDA/GPS devices currently available on the market - see our Adventurer range of products - also including the iphone/ipad. The software in conjunction with a suitable GPS will show an on-screen cursor recording your real-time position on the trench map image displayed.
Is LinesMan compatible with my GPS?
The GPS element of LinesMan/Memory Map is designed to run on devices using Windows Mobile as an operating system. However, if your device runs with Windows Mobile it may not permit loading of third party software.
You will need to check with the manufacturer of your GPS device whether:
1. The device uses Windows Mobile as its operating system, and
2. The device permits the loading of third party software.
Also, you may find LinesMan/Memory Map listed as compatible with many popular GPS units and this may refer to the ability to send and receive routes, tracks and waypoints between these units only. It may be that LinesMan/Memory Map maps cannot be installed on your particular device as it does not support this functionality. You must be sure that conditions 1 and 2 above apply to your device.
The Adventurer products shown at the bottom of this page are compatible with LinesMan/Memory Map.
In this photo of a PDA in a car cradle, note the position marker (red dot/circle) and track (red line). Maps required are loaded by a simple 'send to PDA' function
Here you can see GPS tracks over the Trench Map. Individual trenches can be located accurately
750+ 1:10,000 scale British trench maps of the Western Front This is the largest scale of trench map produced during the Great War as a regular series. These were probably intended mainly for infantry use and extensively cover the areas of conflict from 1915 to mid 1918. The scale and inherent accuracy of these maps, from mid 1916 onwards, are particularly conducive for GPS use and provide surprising accuracy when compared to modern mapping of the areas concerned.
1000+ 1:20,000 scale British trench maps of the Western Front including a backdrop of 1:40,000 scale British maps.
These maps were produced primarily for artillery use and cover a much wider area across sectors of the Western Front than the 1:10,000 series. The areas covered include back areas and some advanced areas in preparation for potential fighting. In particular this series of maps covers those areas of mobile warfare conducted during the final months of the war in 1918 when no 1:10,000 scale maps were prepared due to the speed of the advance.
Whilst these maps are geo-referenced and will transfer to a GPS device, it is likely that these smaller scale maps will be less accurate than the 1:10,000 series.
GPS/PDA Devices
The very latest GPS/PDA device recommended for use with LinesMan are the Adventurer 2800 and Adventurer 3500 from Memory-Map
Adventurer 2800
Adventurer 3500