Bloody Memory Maps! I weakened and bought 25k mapping for Wales, cos we are shortly moving there, and wanted to explore in detail on proper maps (and we've got an A1 format printer, so can print big bits if required). Talk about flaky and unintuitive...
Yes, the maps are lovely, but trying to get the mobile version to actually download the maps onto my phone instead of it downloading them "as and when necessary" was basically impossible, as the help kept referring to menu items that do not exist, and for some reason the map refused to display one map square, and seasoned YACF'ers will immediately understand which map square this was, yes, the one in which my new home is... Much googling which led me to help pages which MM's help would not lead me to, suggested all sorts of things, none of which worked, as all the help was for previous versions of MM, eventually led me to a very odd comment which suggested I opened a file explorer on the phone, after copying the maps off my PC into a random folder (it couldn't make its mind up which one) to find the map files, and click on it, which would open Memory maps, which of course it wouldn't as it was already running, hence much shuffling later, it actually understands to look in its own files for the maps, not trying to access them from a possibly non-existent internet connection. As I have forcefully said on these pages before, Wales is characterized by bugger all internet availability over much of its geography...
One day I'll actually live in Wales, when the solicitors actually condescend to do a day's work and complete the conveyancing for my new home. It does not take 8 weeks, you can do it in a week! They sent me an environmental report, and wanted me to confirm that I had consulted a qualified surveyor and wished to proceed with the purchase. How many times have I told you I'm a surveyor, you numpties!? A once in 200 yrs flood risk 250 metres away is not a real flood risk at my home 10 metres higher, and a supposed radon risk is not real, in a house at the top of a slope, on ground with no granite, with a solid concrete floor.
