GPS app for IPhone
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timberman56
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Khunter
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good and free are mutually exclusive. Especially if want public/private boundary overlay. pony up.
The US Forest Service is promoting an app called Avenza.
What I most enjoy is the ability to pinpoint your location while in airplane mode/no service. Great TOPO's and a very simple tool. Has functions to pin personal locations, use compass method, etc.
Catch? Each quad is .99 cents. Easy and quick to d/l the quads your in and those around.
It is basically the same as buying the FS map at the station for $10 or buying the specific areas of interest with a few bells and whistles.
I also have ON X maps for my GPS though if I'm in an area not concerned with private boundry lines, the 530hcx rino is basically a paperweight.
https://www.avenza.com/avenza-maps/
What I most enjoy is the ability to pinpoint your location while in airplane mode/no service. Great TOPO's and a very simple tool. Has functions to pin personal locations, use compass method, etc.
Catch? Each quad is .99 cents. Easy and quick to d/l the quads your in and those around.
It is basically the same as buying the FS map at the station for $10 or buying the specific areas of interest with a few bells and whistles.
I also have ON X maps for my GPS though if I'm in an area not concerned with private boundry lines, the 530hcx rino is basically a paperweight.
https://www.avenza.com/avenza-maps/
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Gaia for iPhone products is very similar to bc navigator. Easily worth a few bucks to me but its not free. I personally dislike avenza, but for free it could be worse.
Have no need for private info. The free backcountry navigator I’ve always used has all the boundaries I need. It would be crazy to waste 100 bucks a year for stuff I don’t need.
Thanks this one looks good so far.
If you're a GIS user (ArcGIS, QGIS), Avenza is nice in that it will read any georeferenced PDF map. So you can make your own for whatever area you're hunting. It has GPS-like features, but I don't find it always replaces a GPS.
GAIA is pretty decent, and I do use that when I'm more interested in routes, points, speeds, profiles, etc. than my relative position on a map with overlays.
Can't say anything about onX, as I don't have the subscription. I tried it early on and the offline downloads were too large to fit my phone storage.
GAIA is pretty decent, and I do use that when I'm more interested in routes, points, speeds, profiles, etc. than my relative position on a map with overlays.
Can't say anything about onX, as I don't have the subscription. I tried it early on and the offline downloads were too large to fit my phone storage.
SO7mm
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GAIA has worked well for me.
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