Eric, I did get the Trimble app. Upgraded to pro and bought the subscription so I could cache the maps and use my phone's gps despite having no phone service as Aeon, Josh Pearson, shayes11 and brice recommended in that thread. It was a real game changer: easier viewing and screen controls than Garmin, with very clear and well-labeled boundaries to keep me on legal land. I have found roads and tracks with it that aren't on any of my USGS topos or the Garmin expanded chip, which amazed me.ericl23 said:Bonejour.
I read that post but I always like to get up to date opinions especially when tech is involved because the features are constantly being upgraded. So did you end up buying the Trimble phone App? Curious to see how it compares to your Garmin?
Thanks
Eric
Climb1983 said:Android and Garmin have similar abilities. Android is cheaper, and Garmin is better accuracy. If you have a Samsung phone, or any other phone with a stand alone GPS unit in it the apps work great even outside of cell coverage (check this because not all phones have it). With the Trimble (used to be Cabela's) Recon Hunt App you can buy the public land, ect... overlays with airals, topos, and streets. It's a good product.
If you google Hunting GPS maps you will get a page for Xmaps Hunt. This is the same thing but stat by state not the whole west USA. It's more accurate and you can buy landowner info to ask for permission as well. It also covers most of the 50 states. Recon on the phone is only the west. You can get this for GPS, Computer, Tablet and Phone.
Additionally some states provide online maps with boundaries. Cali does not yet, but Utah for example does.
These are in my opinion invaluable if you are a public land, DIY hunter. Also, there's the old fashion way of looking in public records for land ownership and finding easments into areas.
Good Luck
Bonejour said:My Garmin 62s gps is only a year old and although it may have more detail than premium phone based apps, it has no touch screen technology so you have to use buttons for zooming and lateral movement. The screen is about one third the size of my iPhone5 and contrast/readability is poor. Without buying a chip, there is no topo or hunting-specific info. For that, you have to buy a chip ($99), and you need a different chip for each state. Memory is limited so you can't store an entire hunt zone like D16 on it. Each time I go to a new area I have to erase the old area from memory using my laptop and the install the new map. Verdict: overpriced paperweight, or clunky backup at best.
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Don,
You may be able to use it on MCC.........Although, I think mine's a Magellan.........There's a MB card that has all the zones on it.
B W E said:Climb1983 said:Android and Garmin have similar abilities. Android is cheaper, and Garmin is better accuracy. If you have a Samsung phone, or any other phone with a stand alone GPS unit in it the apps work great even outside of cell coverage (check this because not all phones have it). With the Trimble (used to be Cabela's) Recon Hunt App you can buy the public land, ect... overlays with airals, topos, and streets. It's a good product.
If you google Hunting GPS maps you will get a page for Xmaps Hunt. This is the same thing but stat by state not the whole west USA. It's more accurate and you can buy landowner info to ask for permission as well. It also covers most of the 50 states. Recon on the phone is only the west. You can get this for GPS, Computer, Tablet and Phone.
Additionally some states provide online maps with boundaries. Cali does not yet, but Utah for example does.
These are in my opinion invaluable if you are a public land, DIY hunter. Also, there's the old fashion way of looking in public records for land ownership and finding easments into areas.
Good Luck
The gps should work no matter what without coverage, however, if you have no cell coverage, how do you end up with a basemap? Would the samsung phones you're talking about come preloaded with maps all over the world? That seems unlikely. I'll have to look in to it.