Maps & apps for GPS
15 Oct 2020 10:46 - 15 Oct 2020 10:48 #76203
by Riaang
Replied by Riaang on topic Maps & apps for GPS
Thanks for the info Beard, I'll check this app out on my next berg hike.
Don't throw your old Dakota away just yet, rather keep it as a secondary backup. Here's why:
In our hiking group, we have a number of different navigation devices, from a compass and map to a couple of GPS's and phones. This way the group is typically covered as somewhere something should work.
I have actually stopped using my Montana touch screen GPS in the berg, for a number of reasons, mainly being fairly bulky and heavy, but the touch screen doesn't perform well in very cold conditions (you have to press quite hard on the screen, and using cloves makes it so much more difficult), and in the wet I've wiped off icons on the screen when I was wiping off water drops! That was kind of problematic on that specific hike.
These days I use mainly my Fenix 6 (vastly better than my old Fenix 3), my wife uses a Suunto 9 and then we also carry a Garmap 64S, with simple buttons to push and that external antennae gives us excellent reception. I've downloaded maps onto my smartphone as well, but I've found previously that reception was erratic in certain areas, so didn't attempt to navigate on the map with the phone, but used it like a normal papermap of sorts.
If this app works well, I will definitely consider it as a backup, but I doubt I'll ever leave my Garmin at home. I've had to rely on it in adverse weather conditions, and it has never failed me before, whereas my phone (yours might be better) has not been 100% reliable. However, technology improves and I may still change my mind on this subject sometime in the future
Don't throw your old Dakota away just yet, rather keep it as a secondary backup. Here's why:
In our hiking group, we have a number of different navigation devices, from a compass and map to a couple of GPS's and phones. This way the group is typically covered as somewhere something should work.
I have actually stopped using my Montana touch screen GPS in the berg, for a number of reasons, mainly being fairly bulky and heavy, but the touch screen doesn't perform well in very cold conditions (you have to press quite hard on the screen, and using cloves makes it so much more difficult), and in the wet I've wiped off icons on the screen when I was wiping off water drops! That was kind of problematic on that specific hike.
These days I use mainly my Fenix 6 (vastly better than my old Fenix 3), my wife uses a Suunto 9 and then we also carry a Garmap 64S, with simple buttons to push and that external antennae gives us excellent reception. I've downloaded maps onto my smartphone as well, but I've found previously that reception was erratic in certain areas, so didn't attempt to navigate on the map with the phone, but used it like a normal papermap of sorts.
If this app works well, I will definitely consider it as a backup, but I doubt I'll ever leave my Garmin at home. I've had to rely on it in adverse weather conditions, and it has never failed me before, whereas my phone (yours might be better) has not been 100% reliable. However, technology improves and I may still change my mind on this subject sometime in the future
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06 Sep 2022 11:21 #77993
by Riaang
Replied by Riaang on topic Maps & apps for GPS
Hi Danny03,
You can also consider using the Garmin Explore App - I find it quite user friendly and it's definitely faster than starting up a GPS device
Enjoy your mini traverse.
You can also consider using the Garmin Explore App - I find it quite user friendly and it's definitely faster than starting up a GPS device
Enjoy your mini traverse.
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