onX Map System

[Jackalope]

I use it all the time but have noticed it's not updated enough. I know it would be hard to keep up but I've seen stuff still marked wrong landowner wise for a year now.

Yeah I have seen that before also. A lot of times its the county auditor info that is still wrong. But like someone else said the app does take a while to update too. Really if you think about it though that's a monumental task because none of these auditors have feeds to sync information. For Ohio alone they have to get the property database dump for 88 counties and import it to the app. Do that for every county in every state and it can take a while to update.

If you do find one that is wrong you can report it right in the app. When you do that it should be updated within a bit.

 

[triple_duece]

I’m not bad mouthing onX. It has its good points. I’m just saying I would never use it solely for navigation. I’d use it in conjunction w my gps. You can see better detail w onX then with a gps and will show more boundaries. These navigation apps with a gps is awesome. You you have a touch screen GPS you can get birdeye for you GPS and have google on your gps.

 

[Chass]

Yeah I have seen that before also. A lot of times its the county auditor info that is still wrong. But like someone else said the app does take a while to update too. Really if you think about it though that's a monumental task because none of these auditors have feeds to sync information. For Ohio alone they have to get the property database dump for 88 counties and import it to the app. Do that for every county in every state and it can take a while to update.

If you do find one that is wrong you can report it right in the app. When you do that it should be updated within a bit.

Correct, I see lots of complaints that information isn't updated or property lines aren't correct from lots of folks. They dont understand that this is a company that just consolidates readily available public information and that's why they charge. Even though this information is free to us if you go to your county auditor if you tell them you are commercializing and selling the information and they charge you for it. These guys were recently on a podcast and I think they said they try to update yearly and have been charged a few hundred bucks to thousands for the information. The areas that are missing generally cost too much for them to get the report and the area has too few residents/customers for them to see a ROI.

 

[Jackalope]

I’m not bad mouthing onX. It has its good points. I’m just saying I would never use it solely for navigation. I’d use it in conjunction w my gps. You can see better detail w onX then with a gps and will show more boundaries. These navigation apps with a gps is awesome. You you have a touch screen GPS you can get birdeye for you GPS and have google on your gps.

Makes sense to me. It has it's pros and cons. The biggest benefit to me in not having to shell out hundreds of dollars for a handheld GPS and more for additional software. While phone GPS isn't as accurate as a handheld purpose built GPS unit, it's accurate enough for 99% of what hunters should need. I'll be using it in Arizona for two weeks of hard hunting on big land so I'll have a great feeling for likes and dislikes after that.

 

[cspot]

Makes sense to me. It has it's pros and cons. The biggest benefit to me in not having to shell out hundreds of dollars for a handheld GPS and more for additional software. While phone GPS isn't as accurate as a handheld purpose built GPS unit, it's accurate enough for 99% of what hunters should need. I'll be using it in Arizona for two weeks of hard hunting on big land so I'll have a great feeling for likes and dislikes after that.

I use it a lot when running and gunning turkey hunting in the hills. Nice when you hear one gobbling, you can see on the topo how to easily get around to him without maybe having to drop off one mountain and climb the next.

 

[Iowa_Buckeye]

Correct and I can get ten landowner names free from HuntStand a month. Same shit as onX.

As for relying on it for navigation I suggest walking outside and see where it’s saying your standing. Your phone is only tracking 3 satellites . A gps will track up to 18. Tell me one that you want to use to track back. If your on flat ground, that’s not a problem but traveling on edges of steep hills or heavy Forrest it makes all the difference in the world.

What phones only track 3 satellites? Of course they need 3 for position, but with today’s GPS chips I’d assume it is more than that. Even for a basic phone with GPS.

 

[Jackalope]

What phones only track 3 satellites? Of course they need 3 for position, but with today’s GPS chips I’d assume it is more than that. Even for a basic phone with GPS.

They need a minimum of three for location and 1 for altitude, so 4. They can however use as many as they can get a signal from. Typical phone GPS accuracy from a lat/lon perspective is about 5 meters. Now for a visual on a map it depends on how well the map is oriented. Phones also use cellular triangulation and wifi to assist GPS in areas like indoors and in cities with tall buildings.

 

[Iowa_Buckeye]

They need a minimum of three for location and 1 for altitude, so 4. They can however use as many as they can get a signal from. Typical phone GPS accuracy from a lat/lon perspective is about 5 meters. Now for a visual on a map it depends on how well the map is oriented. Phones also use cellular triangulation and wifi to assist GPS in areas like indoors and in cities with tall buildings.

Yea I am familiar with how gps works. I was just questioning the comment about phones only tracking 3 satellites while a gps tracks up to 18. I’d assume the phones gps chip can track many more than 3.

 

[Jackalope]

Yea I am familiar with how gps works. I was just questioning the comment about phones only tracking 3 satellites while a gps tracks up to 18. I’d assume the phones gps chip can track many more than 3.

Ah. Got ya. I mistook it as being inquisitive.

 

[Clay Showalter]

Great tool for me since there are no online maps of Métis county property lines

Damn autocorrect Meigs county!!!

 

[giles]

Can you track yourself with it? As in, if you went on a blood track, can you track your self?

I’ve been on some tracks and been turned around. Really easy to do at night when looking at the ground.

 

[jagermeister]

Can you track yourself with it? As in, if you went on a blood track, can you track your self?

I’ve been on some tracks and been turned around. Really easy to do at night when looking at the ground.

Absolutely. And I have used that feature of the app many, many times. It's especially helpful when I find a new stand location when hunting deep in public land. The route searching to find the location is usually erratic and inefficient, simply because of the nature of searching. But when I walk out back to the truck, I'll lay down a track with onX in the most efficient and stealthy route possible. Then, the next morning, all I have to do is follow that track straight to my honey hole.