Hema Explorer app

[AJ120]

you could always delete the app and re-install it, it will sit in your "cloud" so they say..

Yeah I skipped that download initially yesterday as well, had to delete and reinstall again to get the prompt.

Cheers Andrew

[DJD120GXL]

you could always delete the app and re-install it, it will sit in your "cloud" so they say..

This might sound like a dumb question (i'm not too tech with this sort of stuff) but I ended up buying one for my Android phone galaxy S5. It automatically downloaded POI 80mB or so. It asked me if I want to download 2.3GB worth of maps for offline use. Well I don't want to do it now but will when I'm back home on my wireless. Where do I go within the app to download it later?

[pjorek]

This might sound like a dumb question (i'm not too tech with this sort of stuff) but I ended up buying one for my Android phone galaxy S5. It automatically downloaded POI 80mB or so. It asked me if I want to download 2.3GB worth of maps for offline use. Well I don't want to do it now but will when I'm back home on my wireless. Where do I go within the app to download it later?

[DJD120GXL]

Ended up buying it and i'm really impressed so far, the detail and track names is far better than the full hema app where some of the tracks either are not named, not marked or no longer exist. this seems a bit more updated. the ability to switch to RD-terrain-Sat view is handy. for $25 its a steal, definitely a good companion for the HEMA app

Yep I have both. The 4wd map is 2 Gig as well. That is pretty awesome as it has sooo many maps but the interactive POIs in Explorer are good to use. Rest stops and toilets and caravan parks with contact info and such. For $25 it's a steal I reckon.


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[Gramps]

I was reading the reviews this afternoon before deciding to buy or not. Seems quite a few people writing negative reviews and not totally happy with the app or with the price. $50 for an app is a lot especially if it doesn't live up to what you expect.
Think I'll stick with Ozi Explorer.

[AJ120]

Having had the Hema maps app for a fair while and having been very impressed, I had high hopes for the explorer app. First impressions are that it's a good thing I only paid half price!

Just looking locally most of the POI's are marked in the wrong place, and not just by a bit. There are service stations marked 3 Kms from where they actually are, and supposedly in the middle of someone's fruit block.

There are any number of formal and informal camp sites around here not marked either. It's early days but not at all impressed with it so far.

Cheers Andrew

[BlakMoth]

Yep I have both. The 4wd map is 2 Gig as well. That is pretty awesome as it has sooo many maps but the interactive POIs in Explorer are good to use. Rest stops and toilets and caravan parks with contact info and such. For $25 it's a steal I reckon.


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[DJD120GXL]

Thats good to know, do you have the other/full hema map app? is it worth the getting this in addition?

The initial download is tiny but then it downloads the POIs and the full Hema 1:1M road and 1:250K Topo after install. I have a few sections saved for offline use too and the whole lot is 2.6 Gig


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[BlakMoth]

We will find out next week how big it is. Rumour has it at 4.7" and maybe a bigger one at 5.5"


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[r4ndll]

Dunno how much those gps units cost but there will be a new iPad out soon if yours is old and you wanna update. Or buy a cheap android tablet


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$100 or so.

Was looking at the Nexus 7 but I'm happy with Memory map on the iPhone at the moment. I use the 25K topo for mountain biking as well. Its a nice discreet mount in the Prado. Work will be upgrading me to the iPhone 6 when they're out. So its not really needed. Bigger screen would be good though.

[BlakMoth]

The initial download is tiny but then it downloads the POIs and the full Hema 1:1M road and 1:250K Topo after install. I have a few sections saved for offline use too and the whole lot is 2.6 Gig


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[DJD120GXL]

I sold my ipad 2 and got another one with GPS for about $100 more, ebay special..

I looked at this too, I have the full Hema maps on the iphone/ipad but thought there would be a bit more detail in POI etc, Im not so sure its worth it for me, also a thing to note is the file size is 48mb, meaning if you are offline you may not be able to load all the detail you want, where as the full one is 1.4gb, so don't rely on it when in the bush!

Dunno how much those gps units cost but there will be a new iPad out soon if yours is old and you wanna update. Or buy a cheap android tablet


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[BlakMoth]

Dunno how much those gps units cost but there will be a new iPad out soon if yours is old and you wanna update. Or buy a cheap android tablet


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[r4ndll]

My iPad doesn't have GPS, can this software use the GPS on my iPhone to navigate (over Bluetooth or WiFi) ?

None can - I'm in the same boat. When i bought it, I didn't realise that the non 3G ipads don't have GPS. So you will need an external GPS reciever something like the BadElf (http://bad-elf.com/) or Dual XGPS150 (http://gps.dualav.com/explore-by-product/xgps150a/)

Pilots use the BadElf Pro so they can't be that bad.

[BlakMoth]

Don't want to hijack this but is this better than running Oziexplorer maps on a chinese WindowsCE gps? The GPS works ok for me but tends to take a while to update location on the topo maps occasionally.

Sorry, I don't know. Never used Ozi


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