NEW HEMA Map App Coming ??

[Bigben Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bigben]

A little birdy just told me that Hema are coming out with a New App for Ipad very soon (This Year) .
Apparently it's a "New App" not just an upgrade. & it will be cheaper.
Does anybody else know of this, I was just about to purchase the existing App. but I would like to clear
this up before I go any further.
Any details would be helpfull.

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

....doing a mud map on their customers?

[Bigben Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bigben]

OOPS !!
I just shot the little Birdy,
The info may not have been exactly correct.
Sorry, refer statement below

Hi Ben,

If you are referring to the Android App, yes we are currently working on one at the moment but at this stage have no eta.

Thanks

Safe journey ...

Customer Service


Hema Maps
25 McKechnie Dve
PO Box 4365 Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 Australia
T +61 7 3340 0000 F +61 7 3340 0099

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www.hemamaps.com

[JoshF Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoshF]

Hema do not write mapping software they are a mapping provider, they use the Memory-Maps application with their own skin on both the Ipad and coming Android platforms. They had previously used Oziexplorer on HN5 type devices.

If you want Hema maps on your Droid today Memory Maps is free with 2 base maps and they provide an online store to purchase the Hema maps you want (segmented into different areas) in the area you are visiting or Oziexplorer is $25 plus you provide the maps you want to use (can buy the Hema DVD) and load/index them.

[iantz Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close iantz]

The problem with Hema, Memory Map, Mud Maps, is that from what I can understand, you are restricted to purchasing only the maps they provide/approve. OziExplorer is not at all like this, and you can use basically any image you want provided you can calibrate it. For instance, I've been helping a guy out in WA who has a book of 4x4 maps with heaps of tracks that aren't really covered in any raster map series. In his case, he can just high-res scan a map page, calibrate it, and load it onto his device. I'm yet to see another app that permits this sort of flexibility.

The user interface for OziExplorer on Android is a thousand times better than the old WinCE skin. It's user friendly and well laid out. Best of all it's @ $25 for the app, but you can run it in trial mode for free to test it.

I'd bet the new Hema app won't allow this sort of functionality...

[gumboot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close gumboot]

When I spoke to a Hema rep they said they were planning to get the Android version out at the the start of this year. It's way late now,
and one of the reasons people are moving to Ozi I suggest.
Cheers
Robert