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In the fourth quarter, the Akre Focus Fund was up 0.14% for Retail shares and 0.22% for Institutional shares vs. 3.82% for the S&P 500 Total Return. For the full year, the Akre Focus Fund was up 8.29% for Retail shares and 8.60% for Institutional shares vs. 11.96% for the S&P 500 Total Return. Another way to look at it is that for 2016 we went from being just ahead of the market at the end of Q3 to being behind the market at year-end after the election.Continue Reading »
Steven Romick (Trades, Portfolio) is the portfolio manager of FPA Crescent Fund. He manages a portfolio composed of 50 stocks with a total value of $9.337 billion. The following are the best performers of his investments this year.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD), with a market cap of $23.4 billion, has gained 32.2% year to date. The guru's stake represents 2.01% of his total assets.Continue Reading »
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I graduated as an electrical engineer. I always was interested in the stock market, even quite young. But the whole field seemed speculative to me so I was more inclined to study science.Continue Reading »
"It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes." – Charlie Munger (Trades, Portfolio)Continue Reading »
Chuck Akre (Trades, Portfolio) is the founder of Akre Capital Management LLC. As of 2007, his firm managed $5.2 billion. He has been in the securities business since 1968 and continues to be the primary person responsible for his firm's investment advisory services and investment selection. The following are the best performers of his investments this year.
American Tower Corp. (AMT) with a market cap of $49.22 billion has gained 20.9% year to date. The guru's stake represents 1.48% of the company's outstanding shares and 14.02% of his total assets.Continue Reading »
By now, you have no doubt read or listened to tons of opinions about what action you need to take depending on the outcome of the election. As you might expect, we will ignore this "wisdom." Our reasoning is simple. The United States economy will continue to plug along, and we believe a select group of businesses will continue to perform at an above-average rate. Their business models will not be turned upside down because of an election outcome.Continue Reading »
Earlier this month I wrote an article called The Cost of Complexity.
In that article, I cited an example used by Clayton Christensen – two different auto components plants of the same company, one burdened with the highest overhead cost but produced the lowest quality product and the other exactly the opposite. The key difference was the lower cost higher quality plant only had two different but well-defined product pathways whereas the higher cost lower quality plant had more than 20 different product pathways and none was well defined.Continue Reading »
During the second quarter, Akre Capital Management LLC acquired one new holding and sold out of another. The fund bought Fortive Corp. (NYSE:FTV) and sold Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (NYSE:AI).
Chuck Akre (Trades, Portfolio) founded Akre Capital, where he serves as CEO, in 1989. The fund is team managed. Their investment philosophy is called the "three-legged stool" approach. This approach examines a company's growth in book value over time, its management and its ability to reinvest its free cash flow in a manner that continues to earn above-average returns. The fund holds stock in 27 companies with a toal size of $4.9 billion. The turnover rate is 16%.Continue Reading »
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We wrote in the year-end letter about the negative experience the fund had with Colfax (NYSE:CFX) in 2015. Our experience has been more favorable so far in 2016, but we caution that we are not out of the woods yet. The outlook for industrial end-markets around the world, especially in emerging markets, remains uncertain. Nonetheless, some of the pessimism has eased and the stock market has responded accordingly with the share price smartly off the lows of earlier this year. Our original thesis concerning the company and its founding sponsors, Mitchell and Steven Rales, remains unchanged!Continue Reading »
The Akre Focus Fund was up 1.64% for Retail shares and 1.75% for Institutional shares vs. 1.35% for the S&P 500 Total Return for the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2016. We wrote in the year-end letter about the negative experience the fund had with Colfax (NYSE:CFX) in 2015. Our experience has been more favorable so far in 2016, but we caution that we are not out of the woods yet. The outlook for industrial end-markets around the world, especially in emerging markets, remains uncertain. Nonetheless, some of the pessimism has eased and the stock market has responded accordingly with the share price smartly off the lows of earlier this year. Our original thesis concerning the company and its founding sponsors, Mitchell and Steven Rales, remains unchanged!
You know well that we shy away from making any predictions concerning the market, the economy, and, in this year, political contests. We have no record of having had valuable insights in any of these arenas, and we therefore stay away. Conversely, we do have a substantial track record of identifying and owning outstanding businesses. We contend that our process of identifying and owning such superior businesses at attractive prices was a key ingredient in outperforming the benchmark since the fund's inception.Continue Reading »
(Originally posted at Akre Capital Management website January 2015)
Over the years we have spent quite a lot of time thinking about the question: "What makes a good investment?" We often get the following type of responses when we pose this question to others:Continue Reading »
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O'Reilly Automotive Inc. (ORLY) has a market cap of $25.23 billion, and during the last 12 months has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 32.2%. Currently five gurus are holding the company that has returned 4% year-to-date and 363% during the last five years. It is now trading with a P/E ratio of 29.22 and according to the DCF calculator it looks undervalued with a margin of safety of 2%.Continue Reading »
When market volatility beset a number of mutual funds last year, Chuck Akre managed to beat the market and large cap value indexes.
Middleburg, Virginia-based Akre Capital Management's Akre Focus Fund ended the year up 2.53%, a not-insubstantial amount in a period when the average of large cap value indexes lost 2.2%, their worst performance since the crash of 2008. The S&P 500 Index, buoyed by a 5.2% average return in growth indexes enjoying a period in the sun, edged up 1.38% for the year.Continue Reading »
The market is more turbulent today than when we wrote to you last in October, and there will always be issues throughout the world to make us ill at ease. We continue to make progress in the United States, although not at the pace many would like to see. The U.S. stock market ended 2015 on a positive note, as measured by the S&P 500 TR, up 1.38% despite all the clamoring; the Akre Focus Fund was up 2.53% for Retail shares, and 2.76% for Institutional shares for the year.
The issues that absolutely drive our work and decision making as it relates to individual investments are characterized by our beloved "three-legged stool." Today's environment drives home the importance we place on this. We want to own businesses which are growing in real economic value per share, year in and year out. Even in this turbulent environment, we believe the majority of our chosen businesses are growing in this real economic sense!Continue Reading »
Chuck Akre (Trades, Portfolio), founder of Akre Capital Management LLC, has nine stocks in his portfolio that are high dividend producers.
Akre has been in the securities business since 1968 and continues to be the primary person responsible for his firm's investment advisory services and investment selection. Akre likes to buy companies with strong business models demonstrating consistent earnings growth, high return on equity or high compound growth rate in book value per share.Continue Reading »


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|Choose one fully-featured GPS app that includes
maps of the whole world:
These apps include the fundamental feature set that make them useful tools for hiking anywhere in the world:
* Store OpenCycleMaps and Satellite Images for offline use.
* Ideally provides National Agency maps for the areas you most frequently hike (USGS, NRCan, LINZ, OS, IGN, etc)
* Import, Create, and Export tracks and waypoints (via gpx and/or kml)
|Gaia GPS
|Does all of the
important stuff with little extraneous clutter. In addition to the most
extensive selection of map sources, it has a cleaner user interface thanmany
of the competing full-featured apps (such as MotionX and GPS Kit). After
extensive use in the field, we have come to the conclusion that Gaia is
currently the best option for a fully-featured app.
In addition to the basic features (display variety of maps, import/create/export tracks and waypoints), Gaia includes some very useful features that might not be obvious.
1) Downloading all maps for a track (new in Oct2011) is a FANTASTIC addition for long-distance walkers, but it's not easy to find -- from the list of Tracks, select a track and then scroll down to the bottom of the Track detail page Download Maps for Track.
2) In addition to the map sources that are available when you first install the app, you can add many more sources at no charge. From the map page, tap the Layers icon, scroll down and tap "Add more Layers"
2) There are four sources of downloadable satellite imagery. Some sources are better than others, depending on the location.
3) Downloadable New Zealand LINZ maps (new in Dec2011).
4) From locally stored files in Dropbox, you can import gpx files even when offline. To import kml files from dropbox, you must be online.
5) You can create routes from inside the app. From the Map screen, tap the Waypoint Flag icon and then tap Create Route.
6) You can maximize battery conservation by configuring the app to find your GPS location only on demand (instead of every time you open the app, which is what most map apps do). Settings->Power Saving->No GPS Until Activated.
7) Gaia Cloud, where you can backup your maps and tracks, sync maps and tracks across iOS devices, and share data with friends.
Map Sources:
National Agency Maps: USGS, NRCan, LINZ
Satellite Imagery: USGS Aerial, ESRI World Imagery, MapQuest Imagery, Google World Imagery.
OpenStreetMap: Topo, Road, Shade, and a few others
Additional map sources: see http://www.gaiagps.com/map_sources?app_type=gaiagps - the list includes NPS Visitor overview maps, USFS maps, and historic USGS maps from the 1930s
Additional charges: There is an addon called "Gaia Green" which offers some fancy extras, however none of the core functionality is hidden behind this extra fee.
Import GPX/KML? Yes, via email or Dropbox or iTunes. Export gpx/kml via eMail.
Bugs: (No battery draining bugs as of version 5.2, if you have a prior version be sure to update.)
|More great apps. These apps fill a niche, but have limited functionality and/or geographic coverage.
|Easily download
a wide variety of maps, such as NPS and USFS maps, local/state/county park
maps, transit system maps, town maps, airport maps, cycleways, etc. Many of
these are geographically calibrated, so that your location appears on the
map, others (such as transit maps) just provide an offline copy of the paper
map. For hikers, this is useful when park maps include trail and visitor
information that is not on the topo maps. The app does not have any features
other than showing your current position on the map, so it is not a
replacement for a fully-featured map/gps app. It is extremely easy to use,
with a nice simple interface to find and download maps. I love this
The inventory of park maps for the US is very thorough, less so for the rest of the world. With each passing week the inventory of available maps grows. If you know of a map that should be included submit it and the developer will work to add it; they added all the maps from WalkingCoastalSydney.com.au within a few days of my request! Very cool app, I think everybody will love it, and the more people who use it the bigger the inventory of maps will become.
Map Sources: Huge variety of maps. See mobilemaplets.com/places
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Bugs: (No battery draining bugs!)
|Google Maps
|The Google Maps app has a hidden feature that makes it useful for travel. Simply enter "OK Maps" into the search box when viewing the area you want for later, and that region, in all of its zoom levels, is saved for offline use. This does not make it a good tool for backpacking (no topographic maps, no track/waypoint importing, etc) but it is a terrific feature that enables use of the app while offline.
|Topo Maps
|USGS and NRCan
maps of US and Canada. Wow,
this is a fantastic app! Everybody hiking in US or Canada should buy this
one. Map downloads intuitive and easy. Searching for geographic locations
is best in class. Distance/bearing tool is best in class. UI design is
great - easy to learn, easy to use, very polished. Waypoint mgmt is
excellent, but the app does not handle imported tracks well, and does not
display or create tracks. Importing waypoints is limited to downloading from
URL (not as easy as via iTunes or email or dropbox).
This app only offers one map source, does not display or record tracks, and does not have a simple way to import waypoints. However, it is a great app for the limited set of functionality it does provide.
Map Sources: USGS 7.5 and comparable NRCan maps of Canadian.
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX? Imported Waypoints are handled nicely, but limited to downloading via URL. Imported tracks are not handled well. Importing files via iTunes or DropBox are not supported, and the process to import is not as intuitive as it should be.
Bugs: (No battery draining bugs!)
|ViewRanger is a
robust full-featured mapping application. In some locations it is the best
product available.
For the U.K. this is the best app for using Ordnance Survey Maps.
For the U.S. and Canada and NZ Gaia is a better choice because it offers a much wider selection of map sources, including satellite imagery, and downloading maps and switching between map sources in Gaia is much more straight-forward.
For France, iPhiGeNie offers a complete selection of IGN maps with a clean UI and better price (annual license for every map IGN publishes is modest).
For OSM maps of the world, Gaia is superior (proper download and storage of map tiles for offline use, whereas ViewRanger caches 1 gig of recently viewed map tiles for up to 90 days, and switching between OSM and National Agency maps in ViewRanger is not straight-forward as it is in Gaia).
For remaining countries where ViewRanger sells government issued topo maps, this may be the best solution available for viewing those maps (I haven't searched for other apps that display these map sources). This includes: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic.
The pricing structure is based on number of tiles downloaded; I didn't study enough to know how that translates in real life.
Map Sources: Premium maps (pay as you go) from national mapping agencies for much of Western Europe, New Zealand and the US.
OSM Maps are available for free, but are cached rather than properly downloaded and saved.
Additional charges: ViewRanger charges a fraction of a "credit" per tile, making extremely difficult to estimate how much it actually cost to use the product. My downloaded maps of Turkey, for example, used over ten thousand tiles, and I have no idea how I would estimate in advance how much it would cost to use ViewRanger's Premium maps for a 500 mile hike in Europe.
Import&Export GPX? Yes.
|UK Map
|High resolution
OS maps of the UK. OS has not
released LandRanger or Explorer map data as part of their free scheme, so the
maps in this app are not as good as the maps available from ViewRanger.
However, the maps are very good for the price (all map content is free) and
will suffice for many users. Although made by the same developer as Topo
Maps, this app does not have the same feature set. UK Map has a well
implemented 3D mode (not in Topo Maps), but is missing distance/bearing ring
and has no waypoint or track features. Excellent UI, easy to learn and easy
to use, but not full featured like ViewRanger (for example you can't import
gpx/kml files).
Map Sources UK Map: O.S. maps, 1:10K StreetView and 1:50K (similar to but not as thorough as LandRanger series, with OpenStreetMap trails superimposed on maps.
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX? No.
Bugs: I have not tested yet
|Offline Topo Maps
is made by Gaia, and is essentially Gaia GPS without some features. If you
want to download and store a great selection of map sources, and don't need to import gpx files or
create tracks, this is a terrific choice. You can create and export
waypoints, but not tracks. Very straight forward easy UI. It's a good
option for price-sensitive folks who don't need to import gpx or create
Map Sources: same as Gaia GPS
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX: no. Export gpx/kml via email.
Bugs: (No battery draining bugs!)
covers France, French territories, and Spain. Very nice clean user
interface. I wish I'd had this for our 2010 HRP hike and 2012 hike in
southern Spain. Note that I have not used this in the field, but I have been
very impressed evaluating it at my desk. I wish it covered areas other than
France and Spain. Annual fee for use of map data is reasonably priced.
Map Sources: All IGN (France and Spain) Maps and Satellite images of France and French Territories are available! See www.geoportail.fr
Additional charges: €5 one-time charge for upgrade that includes import/export gpx. First week of map use is free (trial, or short trip) and then it cost €14 per year fee to use all maps.
Import GPX: yes
Bugs: (I have not yet tested for battery draining bugs)
|National Park Maps HD (from National Geographic)
only 20 US National Parks. No import of gpx and no Tracking feature. But
for these parks, it has excellent maps (Trails Illustrated, USGS based with
3D shading and trail distances) and good additional information. This would
be a nice supplemental resource when visiting the parks that are included.
Includes ability to add waypoints, but no Tracking feature, and no ability to
import gpx files.
Map Sources: High quality Trails Illustrated Maps of 20 US National Parks
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX: no
Bugs: (No battery draining bugs!)
|Marine Charts (by EarthNC)
resoultion USAA Marine Charts, weather info, tide charts, and other info
geared to boaters. Made by Gaia, so shares the same clean user
Bugs: (I have not yet tested for battery draining bugs, but likely same as Gaia)
|Possibly best available app for certain locations or situations:
|NeoTreks GPS (aka AccuTerra or AccuTerra HD by NeoTreks)
|Only for the
US. Only one proprietary map
source, from AccuTerra. Nice
shading to give 3D representation of topography.
Some users report liking the AccuTerra maps more than USGS maps, and so I include it in the "Possible for some areas" list of apps. Personally, I downloaded one section to evaluate, and I found it inadequate. For example, Ericson Crags are labelled "Mt Brewer" (which is 3.7 miles away), and Mt Brewer and Mt Ericson have no labels at all. These are major peaks in SEKI NP! Maybe I randomly chose to look at the only place that is badly inaccurate, I don't know. In my opinion, better to use a combo of USGS (for completeness and accuracy) and OSMTopo (for more recent cultural additions). and Satellite imagery - AccuTerra has none of these.
|Bit Map
|Bit Map is an
offline map viewer for your own topographic or
specialised maps and fills a niche that isn't
filled by any other app in this list.
If you have maps (many digital formats are supported, or scan your
paper maps) you can use them in this app. Supports importing and explorting kml
files, recording and displaying waypoints and tracks. It looks like a good solution for
viewing maps that are not available via other apps. Note that this is not as easy to use
as other apps, since you must first do several steps to massage your digital
files into the format Bit Map requires, however this effort is the natural
price you pay for using your own map data, and the reward is that you can use
maps not available via any other app.
Note: I have not tried this yet, as I don't currently have a need to use my own map content and I am only testing/evaluating apps that meet an immediate need.
|Viewer for large maps in pdf format. It
doesn't provide any map features - no scale, doesn't show your location on
the map, nothing. But it allows you to easily load and seamlessly pan and
zoom extremely large pdf files. I tested it by comparing it to GoodReader,
the app I normally use to view pdf files.
Using a relatively small 372 KB pdf file: GoodReader retains full resolution, so the map is crisp and clear, whereas Maps resolution is slightly degraded. Maps, however, has no delay when panning the map as GoodReader does.
Using an 8.1 meg pdf file (Los Padres National Forest northern section) crashes in GoodReader, but works fine in Maps! USFS provides pdf format maps for most or all USFS units, and Maps makes it possible to view those files.
If a map (such as USFS maps) is already available via Maplets, then use Maplets instead (since Maplets shows your location on map); if it ought to be in Maplets but is not yet available there, then request that it be added! If it is proprietary map (not publishable on Maplets) and you don't want to invest the time to use Bit Map, then this app provides an easy way to view it on the iPhone.
Note that the only two PDF viewer apps I tested are GoodReader and Maps. The maker of Maps, Smalltalk Consulting, also makes an app called Large Viewer which handles huge files in dozens of formats (jpeg, tiff, etc) and would be a more generalized solution (I now wish I'd bought Large Viewer instead of Maps).
|The complete National Cycle Network (UK)
|This is a map of the whole UK, not just the bike routes themselves. Note that I downloaded and briefly explored this app, but I didn't evaluate the feature set nor try to actually use it. 25,000 miles of bike routes are highlighted - including all 13,000 miles of National Cycle Network and a further 12,000 miles of regional and local routes and links. The detailed zoom level displays OS maps that include field boundaries and trails (which are not included in UK Map), which makes this app useful for hiking as well as cycling. Maps can be downloaded for offline use, although the download is limited to a rectalinear area with screen proportions - good for hiking in a region, but not a viable download method for long linear routes. If the download process is fixed to allow for a user-defined area, instead of a screen-shaped area, then this will be a good source for OS maps!
|MUD MAP - Outdoor Off Road GPS (Australia)
|Access to 1:25K topographic maps of Australia. Way too expensive for me to try it. $55 USD for the app. Plus $3 for a single NSW quad (7.5x15 minute). Holy cow, Australians are paying a fortune! Is there a better app for detailed Australian maps? Compare to Topo Maps ($8) or Gaia ($25), both of which include every quad in US and Canada. Or UK Maps ($12) which includes entire UK. Or to iPhiGeNie (€20 per year) which includes every map IGN publishes.
|GPS Kit
used GPS Kit and Gaia about 50/50% on a Sept-Oct 2011 six week hike in
Australia. Each had some things it did better than the other, so I used
whichever one met my needs at the moment. At the time I recommended both
However, more recent versions (6.2 and 6.3) of GPS Kit now have the battery drain problem (see Warning below), making it severely problematic for backpackers. Additionally, in the subsequent six months Gaia has made signficant improvements. Gaia is now a far superior choice for a fully-functionaly app. Numerous subtle design characteristics in GPS Kit make it harder to use while in the field, whereas Gaia is very usable. However, some people may prefer GPS Kit based on nuanced differences in feature set, for example, the ability to manage tracks is better in GPS Kit than in Gaia, although recent improvements in Gaia have narrowed the gap.
Gaia has USGS and OSM and Satellite images. GPS Kit has OSM and Satellite images, but no USGS maps.
Gaia has OSM POIs, GPS Kit has Squawk; I don't use either of those features but the difference could be important to others.
Gaia and GPS Kit are both better solutions for serious hikers than the less expensive MotionX.
Map Sources: OSM (Street and Cycle), Bing (many choices including Sat Images), Google (many choices)
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX/KML? yes, via email or itunes
Warning: If app is left in foreground when iPhone is asleep, there will be a ~5% battery drain per hour. (this problem did not exist in version 6.1, but is present in
|[not reviewed
since summer 2011.] Full featured GPS application for OSM maps and Satellite
images, but does not provide USGS maps or any other national agency maps.
Some people might like this more than Gaia or GPS Kit based on nuanced
differences in feature set or UI. Personally I find the other two apps more
powerful, more intuitive and easier to use. You could try and decide for
Map Sources: OSM (aka MotionX): Road, Cycle; NOAA Marine (low resolution); Bing ( No access to USGS maps, which is a big downside for North Americans. (others sources available for online use, but not for downloading)
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX? Yes, but maximum of 400 waypoints, and will not import Routes (must convert to Track first)
Warning: If app is left in foreground when iPhone is asleep, there will be a ~3% battery drain in the first ~60 minutes, at which time the app puts itself in background and battery drain stops. You must put the app in the background every time you put the device to sleep in order to conserve battery.
|Not Yet Evaluated, may be useful for hiking:
|Avenza PDF Maps
|Looks promising, but I haven't tried it yet.
|Trimble Outdoors Navigator
|New app in Nov 2011. The free version does not let you download maps for offline use. TrimbleOutdoors.com says that feature is available in the Pro version.
|An offline OpenStreetMap app. Includes map plus all the POIs, downloaded for offline use. Compare this to OpenMaps Pro
|mophie outdoor
|new in Oct 2011
|Topographic Points Canada
|Downloadable NRCan topo maps.
|TopoPoint Canada
|Downloadable NRCan topo maps.
|Integrates with AllTrails.com, a source of trail info. I didn't study this yet and have no comments
|Integrates with Trails.com, a source of trail info. I didn't study this yet and have no comments
|I have not studied this yet
|Fugawi iMap: USA&Canada Topo Maps
|I have not studied this yet
|NO: These appeared to have potential for hikers. I ruled them out for reasons listed.
|Close, but map storage is limited to cached tiles. Focus is Cycle trip recording. Good reviews from cyclists.
|Backpacker GPS Trails
|App cost $10 and there is no free reduced-funtion version to try. I can't find a user manual. I don't know what types of maps are provided, and it appears that maps are cached and not properly downloaded. I'm not going to spend the money to experiment, as the user reviews are not very encouraging and I'm put off by the lack of information.
|CycleStreets for Iphone
|bike routing, focus on city biking, UK only. Not using Retina Display resolution.
|Galileo Offline Maps
|The only feature is the ability to see your current position on a custom map (maps made on desktop machine using Mobile Atlas Creator). Prior to June 2011 MobAC allowed you to create satellite image maps, but this is no longer true. Without ability to use Satellite images, this app is more complicated to use and the app itself is woefully lacking in functionality.
|GeoGuide 3D WorldWide Maps
|Download OpenStreet and OpenCycle maps for offline use. But you can only specify one of three levels of detail, unlike Gaia or MotionX where you have better control over the maximum zoom level. Import gpx files via email, DropBox, EveryTrail, which is great. I found the UI unintuitive, seemed like a constant struggle to get the right maps and tracks to display. You can turn off 3D, but even in 2D there is always shadowing superimposed on the map, which makes i it harder to read. Two finger zooming changes the orientation of the map, yuck! It looks like the intention is for the user to use the + and - buttons to change zoom levels, but that's not nearly as easy as two fingers. It's "cool" to be in 3D and rotate the map around, but for real navigation use it needs to stay in one place (user option of North up or oriented to the ground, like Gaia and the other good apps offer). This is not a good tool for serious navigation, but it might be a fun app to have for 3D entertainment purposes.
|GPS Tuner
nothing that Gaia, GPS Kit, and MotionX don't offer, and lacks gpx file
import, and has fewer map sources.
Map Sources: OSM Sreet and OSM Cycle (others sources available for online use, but not for downloading)
|iHike GPS
|UI is clumsy. Changing zoom level has a lag that makes it nearly unusable. USFS maps do not add substantive info compared to USGS maps, and this app has no advantages over Gaia and Topo Maps for USGS maps.
|There were so many iTunes reviews that said the app is unstable and unreliable that I did not even evaluate this one. Also, the web-site forum had no entries, and the FAQ was very anemic.
|no documentatation, AWOL developer, bad reviews
|Hike&Bike (by Navionics)
|Product description does not mention downloading maps for offline use, import or export of gpx files, available map sources. It says it's designed for hikers, but it doesn't address any of our needs. Their website has no user manual or product description. This looks like an anemic after-thought from a company that specializes in marine charts and apps for boaters.
|OpenMaps Pro
inability to define the download area as a long narrow shape is so onerous as
to be a show stopper for hiking long routes.
No GPX download.
Unable to delete saved maps one at a time.
|RouteBuddy Atlas
|OSM maps are cached, not stored. USGS maps are $30 per state (Topo Maps app and Gaia app offer those for the whole country at no additional charge). OS Maps are 20 pounds per region (avalable from UK Map app at no additional charge)
|Trail Maps by National Geographic
limited to Continental U.S. First released Aug2, 2011. This app lets you
download both USGS quads and aerial images for offline use. It's easy to use, and from what I
have seen it appears stable.
There are, however, two better apps for USGS quads: Topo Maps and Gaia. Compared to them, Trail Maps has less functionality. If you just want USGS maps and don't need to record tracks, then Topo Maps is hands down the best option. If you want USGS and Satellite, then Gaia is a better choice than Trail Maps because you get more functionality, more map sources, and it doesn't have the battery draining bug.
Map Sources: USGS 1:24K and 1:100K for lower 48 states. And Bing Aerial Images!
Additional charges: None. All maps included in original purchase price.
Import GPX: no. And no GPX export either.
Warning: If the Location Arrow is engaged/green then the battery will drain ~5% per hour if app is left in foreground, but if Location Arrow is not engaged/green then there is no drain. (There might even be battery drain if the app is put in the background with the Location Arrow engaged, I haven't finished testing.).
|Trails - GPS Tracker
advantage over MotionX or Gaia.
UI is confusing because it assumes you are basing the hike on an
existing gpx file, so the map is displayed by choosing a gpx route to dispay. I can't figure out how to just look at
a map (other than my current location) without first importing a gpx.
Downloaded maps can only be completely cleared, no way to manage your library of maps.
|Not for Hiking: Special Interest and/or Limited Focus Apps Not Suitable for Hiking
|700 City Mapsaka Mobile Streetmaps
|offline CITY MAPS
|ArcGIS for iPhone
|OSM editing tool
|aSmartHUD NAVI MAP+
|navigation, car and pedestrian
|Bike Hub Cycle Journey Planner
|bike routing, focus on city biking, UK focus
|all about boating
|BTC Mapper
|OSM editing tool
|CityMaps 2Go
|offline CITY MAPS
|DirectU maps (one app per continent)
|Simply a map of one continent. Like having Rand McNally World map in your pocket with no need for WIFI or ATT/Verizon access. The size of each continent's app is huge, but you don't have to decide in advance which region you want to save for offline use. If you have room on your iPhone and you want a world street map, take a look at it. I've been using it and have been happy (and hey, it's free).
|offline CITY MAPS
|ForeverMap is an offline-navigation app, which Includes Wikipedia articles and display the OSM-Map. You download one state at a time, and with the download you get the detailed street map plus POIs and short Wiki entries. The routing feature is bad (takes shortest rather than fastest), but it's nice to have a state map with all the POIs available for offline use. I've been using it and have been happy with it.
|Global Navigator Pro
|This could be used instead of Galileo to view maps created with Mobile Atlas Creator. It has more features than Galileo, but the interface is confusing, it does not import gpx tracks, and it doesn't display a scale. Even though Galileo has no features at all, I found it easier to use than this one.
|GPSei Mobile Application
|social networking focus - Facebook and Twitter.
|just records your path. (no map displayed)
|iGO primo (North America)
|Next generation from DirectU. In addition to the basic offline street map of a whole continent (the DirectU map), this app has routing and navigation features. It might be a useful tool for road trips, when the google map built in app is not useful because you are offline. Lots of features, might be useful if you spent the time to figure out how to use it.
|OSM editing tool
|OSM Map and POI finder. Search tool for OSM POIs
|Layar Reality Browser
|Argumented Reality browser mixes camera image with virtual reality
|Locations Tagger
|OSM editing tool. no map displayed, just records a track
|Mapzen POI Collector
|OSM editing tool
|OffMaps 2
|City maps. Offline maps and POIs for selected destinations around the world. Combines OSM map with Wikipedia Articles.
|Bad reviews. No documentation. Apparently small limit on number of tiles in each map download, not even enough to a city at a time. I didn't spend the $2 to try it. includes Cloudmade, maybe topo but I can't tell without purchasing it first
|Open Car InfoTainmenT system
|navigation. Focus on cars
|OSM Track Editing Tool for recording and uploading TRACKS (not just POIs)
|Path Tracker
|just records your path
|car navigation
|Skobbler Navigation
|The Map
|UK and Ireland Only
|Traveling Salesman
|Route Planning for commercial drivers.
|True Offline Maps
|TRY THIS FOR TOWNS. Offline OSM maps with navigation and POIs.
|UK TravelOptions
|viewing with tilting/spinning 3D buildings & transport data.
|VectorMaps GB
|UK Only
|VoxTrek Navigation GPS
|Navigation for blind users
|Wheelchair access points
|Displays OSM POIs of alimni.net. I didn't test it because it doesn't preload gpx files
|Evaluation Criteria:
|What maps are available? I care about topo maps and satellite images and specialized park maps. Many apps provide OSM Topo (aka Cloudmade Cycle, OpenCycleMap, MotionX Terrain, etc), the free wiki style topo map of the world. A few apps (iPhiGeNie, Topo Maps, Gaia, ViewRanger, Mud Map etc) also offer government issued maps (USGS, NRCan, IGN, OS, LINZ, etc) which tend to be more detailed but are limited in geographic coverage. Some apps have proprietary map content (National Park Maps HD, Maplets).
|How easy is it to store maps for offline use? I want to download maps via WIFI without being attached to a desktop computer, so I can get new maps while on the road. I want to be able to easily specify a region and set of zoom levels and have all the necessary map tiles downloaded. I need to specify long skinny regions, suited to long distance routes, not regions shaped like the iPhone screen (The complete National Cycle Network would be a good app excepting for this problem). I need to be able to see my Tracks when I specify my download region. Ideally, I would be able to specify a Track and have the app figure out which tiles, I have seen this feature in Gaia GPS and EveryTrail. "Caching" maps is not acceptable -- this is the process of saving map tiles that you have already viewed, which would require you to view every place at every zoom level prior to starting your trip, and is too difficult to confirm you have everything before starting a long hike.
|Import and Export gpx and/or kml files. I want to create my routes and waypoints using desktop tools (or use gpx/kml files acquired from friends or websites) and get those files into the app via a WIFI connection. I want to email gpx/kml files from the app to my friends. Nice to have: the emailed gpx/kml file includes a link to view it on a map, so my friends don't need to know how to load them into an app.
|Tracks and Waypoints. I want to create waypoints. Creating Tracks doesn't matter to me (too battery intensive for backpackers). I want to control which Tracks and Waypoints appear on the map, control their colors, group them into folders for easier management, and sort the list by Distance-from-current-location (or possibly from map center), or Name. I want to be able to choose a waypoint from my list and show it on the map (i.e. jump to that location).
|Target Waypoint. I want to choose a target waypoint, and easily monitor the distance and bearing to that target, either in the main map view or one tap away.
|Viewing the map. Show a scale (but not the dumb way MotionX does it!). Show a compass bearing. Landscape/Portrait rotation. Give me a way to measure distance and bearing (Trail Maps by National Geographic and Topo Maps are good). Don't clutter the map screen with extraneous crap, either let me customize what shows up (OpenMaps has nice customization design) or auto-hide the controls (ViewRanger and iPhiGeNie), or let me manually hide the controls (Gaia and Topo Maps). Panning and zooming in and out must be easy and fast enough that I don't perceive a delay.
|Ease of Use and Ease of Learning. Give me good help content in the product (not via link to web site). Respond promptly if I ask for help.
|Battery Drain. If I don't turn on Tracking
or BuddyBeacon/Squawk, please pretty please don't drain my battery when the
iPhone is asleep. This is a
horrendous problem for backpackers. As of July 2011, at least the following
apps are guilty: Trail Maps by
National Geographic, MotionX, ViewRanger, EveryTrail.
By leaving the GPS engaged when the iPhone is asleep, the user is able to get an instant read on their location anytime they open the app. The price is severe battery drain. Either the app needs to disengage the GPS whenever the iPhone is asleep, or provide a "battery conservation mode" setting so that battery conscious users can operate in that mode. It is not adequate to require the user to manually disengage the GPS with every use.
|Stability. For backpackers, this is a real tool, not a toy. Cosmetic bugs are OK, but the important core functionality needs to be reliable.
|Pricing. I want transparent pricing. Charge me whatever for the app. If necessary charge me a clearly stated annual license fee to cover the cost of expensive map sources (for example, iPhiGeNie annual charge for IGN maps), or a one time charge for access to new map sources. But I don't want to pay per tile or pay per minor region, such that it just continues to creep up on me, especially if the ongoing costs are hard to forecast.
|Things I DON'T care about. I don't use, and therefore didn't evaluate, the following things. Social Networking (integration with twitter, facebook, squawk, buddy beacon). In-app route planning tools (I use Google Earth, BikeRouteToaster, and GPSBabel). Search for locations. Creating Tracks and all of the trip statistics that go along with that (too battery intensive). Integrating photos. OSM POIs. I'm not implying that other people won't care about these, but they are not core backpacking functions, and I am only evaluating the things that actually matter to me :)


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EUROPEAN APPAREL MARKET - SUMMARY Importadores y Distribuidores Lex van Boeckel – Searce March 2013
CONTENTS THE EU APPAREL MARKET Market size Market differences Fast fashion Apparel sub-sectors Knitted and woven clothing Price levels Trends and Future Opportunities
– EU apparel market 311 billion in 2010. – Europe (27 countries) is the largest apparel market in the world. 30% of the global market. – Europe (EU 27) is followed by: North America (USA + Canada) - 29%, Asia Pacific (including Japan) - 27%, Latin America - 6% Other regions - 7%. THE EU APPAREL MARKET SIZE Apparel
– More differences than the USA. – EU market is hightly fragmented and competitive. – Diversity in outfits in the North, West, South and in the East being related to climate and culture. – Germany is the largest market. – Italy, France, UK leaders in fashion trends. – Consumer spending on clothing: German consumers spent around 4.4% of their total expenditure. Danish consumers spent 5.6% Polish consumers spent 2.2%. THE EU MARKET DIFFERENCES Apparel
People in the West and North are relatively more detached. Women are more emancipated by wearing what they want. (mood or situation) People in the North are more relaxed. The climate can be extremely cold (-15 – 25) with many wet seasons (snow & rain) often they wear comfortable, practical (waterproof) clothing. Dress codes at work are more casual. Formal - classics with a twist. – Women dress up for special occasions or when going out. –Consumers here are well aware of sustainability issues ( transparency). EU APPAREL MARKET DIFFERENCES People in the West and the North
People in the South are more extravagant, leading a more Bourgondian life There is more a flirt culture women are dressed more feminine men are dressed in style. In Italy, France and Spain designs are very diverse. There is more personalisation by designs, brands and lively colours. Less mainstream fashion followers. Brands here have a long tradition and a good reputation. But large difference between people in cities and on countryside. EU APPAREL MARKET DIFFERENCES People in the South
People in the East are rather practical in their choice of clothing. Younger people are attracted to western style clothing. New countries increasingly exposed to western clothing chains, hypermarkets, factory outlets and second-hand outlets (e.g. Zara). Big mainstream brands are very important = high quality. Wages are still much lower Formal clothing styles are quite pronounced sometimes regarded as kitsch EU APPAREL MARKET DIFFERENCES People in the East
Mainly for teens, tweenies (pre-teens 8 – 12 years), young people : Standardized outfits o Fashionable o Low in price o Heavily promoted Product development is vital o up to 6 collections per year – or more o Many teens want to look like adults and stars. Fast fashion retailers : Inditex, Vivarte, Mango, H&M, Bestseller, Esprit, Next, Arcadia, Benetton, C&A, etc... 28,000 (fast) fashion chain outlets in Europe o incl. clothing discounters e.g. Primark, Takko, Kiabi, Gémo... Independent fashion stores offering medium-high range, non-mainstream fashion – many have a difficult time now. FAST FASHION IN THE EU Apparel
KNITTED AND WOVEN CLOTHING Largest sub-sector covering trousers & shorts, shirts & blouses, T-shirts, jerseys & cardigans, dresses & skirts, suits & ensembles, jackets, blazers & coats. LEATHER CLOTHING Jackets, coats, belts, gloves, trousers, leggings, shorts, skirts, dresses and vests. BODYWEAR Underwear, intimates incl. lingerie & shapewear, bras, night & indoor wear and hosiery. BABYWEAR Baby jackets, coats, romper suits, vests, pants, napkins, gloves, mitts and mittens. SPORTS CLOTHING Anoraks, tracksuits, swimwear, beachwear, special sportswear (fitness, racket sports, teamsports, snowsports, golf), outdoor sports. EU APPAREL MARKET SUB-SECTORS
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EU APPAREL MARKET SUB-SECTORS Development 2006 - 2010
EU APPAREL MARKET SUB-SECTORS Knitted and woven clothing
PRODUCTION Around 74 billion of knitted & woven clothing was made in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK, Denmark, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria). Most was exported to the EU countries and to the BRICS-countries. Due to more outsourcing (Asia), the number of medium-large sized textile companies has decreased in the past two decades to 47,000 (2010). Main importing manufacturers/brands were: Adidas, Valentino Fashion (Hugo Boss), Benetton, Triumph, PPR/Gucci (Puma, Gucci), Bestseller Group (Vero Moda, Jack & Jones, Only), Only the Brave (Diesel), Pentland (Speedo, Elesse), LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Fendi, DKNY)... MAIN SUPPLIERS (2010) EU imports 95 billion (55% from DCs) China (import share was 25%), Turkey (8%), Bangladesh (6%), India ( 4%), Morocco (2%), Tunisia (2%), Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Egypt... Fast growing : Albania, Moldova, Mexico, Philippines, Laos, Honduras, Colombia, Nepal, Mongolia and Armenia. Other EU countries, USA, Canada and Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore are excluded here. SUB-SECTOR - KNITTED AND WOVEN EU Apparel – Product and Main suppliers
There are in Western and Northern EU countries five different price-quality levels – The low-middle segments taking up high share of the EU apparel market. – Lower segments are more represented in Eastern EU countries. EU APPAREL MARKET Price levels
Fast fashion is still rising - clothing retailers and hypermarkets still expanding. Especially in the new EU member states. Pressurized margins for all actors in the value chain. - Fickle consumer demand - Growing competition retailers - Oversupply of cheap imports - Increased cotton prices - Rising wages China. H&M and Zara are still doing well - compensation by new business in Asia – and by diversification in e.g. home furnishings. However - Fast fashion is slowing down : o Changing consumer behaviour & confidence o Growing fatigue to keep up with trends. Move away from mainstream fashion. Boho style and Vintage still popular. Trading up to better quality clothing that is comfortable and lasts longer. EU APPAREL MARKET Main Trends
Aging population (in 2020 – 50% will be OVER 50 years) new variations. Consumers are : more individualising more professionalising more influenced by media more participatory – they want to interact more with producers, retailers and tailor-made. more keen on prices – value for money. Private label quality has improved – Germany. claiming more for social and ecological responsibility. Ethical fashion market was 10 billion in the USA and around 1 billion in the EU (UK, Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Netherlands, France and Italy). The Eastern EU markets are still expected to show growth due to a growing middle class and expansion of chains. EU APPAREL MARKET The Future
Around 100 countries supplied the EU with clothing and textiles in 2010. Countries in Latin America produced less than 5% of the EUs apparel supplies Big challenge! Smart combinations of Fashion – Comfort and Convenient/Functionality. Fashion accessories (shawls, hats, gloves..) that go well with your e.g. dresses collection. Clothing for the plus size segment. Diversity in the European consumers (immigrants) and the growing tourist market (China, Russia) Eco and Ethical fashion e.g. by using organic cotton, sustainable principles within the whole value chain incl. fair trade practices. More variation in styles ! On-line sales are still increasing due to busier lifestyles, new small entrepreneurs in on-line selling. Internet connections are still expanding. EU APPAREL MARKET Opportunities
Good comprehension of your market potential and key target markets and assessment of your risks and weaknesses (SWOT analysis). As the EU market is quite diverse focus on one country - or a cluster of countries. Clever product/market combinations based on a good knowledge of the market. We will give an example on the German market for womens control underwear. Dont just compete on price as the Asian countries do. Strategy: Know how to (co-) design, assess future trends within your target market (seasonal, short terms, long term), choose the right channel, sizing, pricing and promotion. Supply : If you supply to fast fashion retailers try to be geared up to make short runs, do more preplannin g and use collaborative software with your customer. EU APPAREL MARKET Key Succes factors
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Brazil's benchmark stock index headed to its longest string of gains in more than two years as speculation that the Federal Reserve will refrain from boosting interest rates this year pushed emerging-market equities higher.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the oil producer known as Petrobras, followed crude higher and contributed the most to the Ibovespa's advance. A gauge of energy stocks on the MSCI Brazil Index was the best performer among 10 industry groups. Shares of BM&FBovespa SA, the operator of the Brazilian exchange, climbed as stock-trading volumes in October topped this year's average.
The Ibovespa gained 0.4 percent to 49,106.56 at the close of trading in Sao Paulo after switching directions at least a dozen times -- gaining as much as 0.7 percent and falling as much as 0.5 percent-- after an audit court recommended late Wednesday that Congress reject the government's 2014 accounting practices, which could be used as legal justification to impeach Rousseff. Emerging stocks climbed after the Federal Reserve said in the minutes of its last policy meeting that "additional information confirming that the economic outlook had not deteriorated" is needed before interest rates can go up.
"The main factor for the Ibovespa to rebound are the signs that the U.S. will delay an increase in interest rates, which is making investors more willing to take on risk," Otavio Vieira, who helps manage 250 million reais as a partner at hedge fund Fides Asset Management, said from Rio de Janeiro. "In Brazil, on the political front, there are no signs that things are improving."
While opponents say Rousseff's administration used illegal maneuvers to hide a budget deficit, the president's legal team denies any impropriety. The audit court's ruling extends Brazil's political turmoil as parties and politicians position themselves for the fallout, according to Jason Vieira, the chief economist at Infinity Asset Management. While some investors are eager for Rousseff to leave, others are concerned that could make it much harder to pass the austerity measures needed to shore up the budget, he said.
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Dogged by record-low popularity and a corruption scandal at the state-controlled oil company, Rousseff has been struggling to win lawmakers' support for measures she says are needed to ward off further credit-rating cuts after Standard & Poor's lowered the country to junk last month. Investors have adopted a wait-and-see strategy on expectations the debate over Rousseff's accounting in 2014 could stretch on for months, according to Ari Santos, a trader at the brokerage H.Commcor.
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Africa in 2063 will be an integrated continent at peace with itself and a force in the international arena. That is the vision of the region's key institutions — the African Union, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca). Using the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (the AU's predecessor) as an anchor, leaders are taking the opportunity to reflect on the successes and failures of the last half-century and to chart a path for the next 50 years.
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Ever since Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister of an independent Ghana, told a meeting of African states in Casablanca, Morocco in 1961 that "salvation for Africa lies in unity . . . for in unity lies strength", the quest for an integrated Africa has been pursued. Following decades of resolutions, in 1980 the Lagos Plan of Action called for the establishment of an African Economic Community (AEC) by 2000, a deadline which proved to be unachieveable.
The objectives of the AEC were eventually set out in the Abuja Treaty of 1991, which envisioned incremental progress towards integration including the creation of a continental free trade area, a customs union, an African Central Bank with a single currency and economic and monetary union – to be completed by 2028. Eight regional economic communities (RECs) were established, each charged with establishing a free trade area and customs union and coordinating tariff and non-tariff systems. But progress has been patchy.
"The RECs are a mixed bag," says Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of Uneca. "There are some that are more advanced than others because of a number of factors, some of them historical. For instance, the fact that the Southern African Customs Union already existed immediately created an integrated market."
Headway is also being made elsewhere. The Economic Community of West African States has a common passport issued by 10 of its 15 member states, allowing citizens freedom of movement within that sub-region. The Tripartite, an umbrella organisation for the three RECs in Eastern and Southern Africa, covering 26 countries, helps to coordinate its various regional integration programmes.
But there are many barriers to continental integration, not least a lack of infrastructure. Dr Elham Ibrahim, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, feels that transport, ICT and power generation are crucial. "Infrastructure is the core for trade, for industry, even for health, for education. You need it to be reliable and affordable for everyone," she says.
The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is an ambitious plan for the development of road, rail and maritime systems, energy generation and power pools, ICT connectivity, and cross border water programmes. A total of 51 priority projects have been identified for completion by 2020, including Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam and the Dakar to Djibouti transport corridor. But of these, only 16 are at the implementation stage. Half are still undergoing feasibility studies.
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Supporting Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Lessons from Six Decades of International Research
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Research focusing on the intervention and support of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has grown exponentially but this increase research has not been mirrored for adults with ASD. With the aims of informing intervention planning, improving quality of life, and areas for future research, 18 peer-reviewed research articles reporting the outcomes of adults with ASD were systematically reviewed. Despite methodological limitations, the literature review revealed a surprisingly high level of concordance in findings. Adults with ASD continue to experience significant degrees of impairment in the core deficits and correspondingly poor outcomes in social role attainment. Based on these findings, suggestions for the development of intervention and educational programs were proposed. Whilst no studies have targeted the quality of life of adults with ASD, the findings suggest a poor quality of life based on objective indicators. Directions for future research were also proposed. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Gathered Tank
Guide price: £15
Last updated on 25th Jun 2009
Tags: stewartbrown
Gathered Tank
The ruched bust of this top gives detail and shape to the basic design. This stunning electric blue colour is the hot shade fro spring summer.
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