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ONX hunt app #6657130
11/04/19 01:16 PM
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Does anyone here use this app?
Looking for a useful nav. app that will work off-line.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657136
11/04/19 01:22 PM
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I've used it in WY. Very good !!


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657144
11/04/19 01:37 PM
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I use Onx for hunting trapping and at work actually. I am an engineer for a local utility company and it really helps me in identifying property lines and home owners. Trapping wise it is golden for all of the free range public land i trap. I know who the neighboring people are and how far i am from them. Out here there are a lot of property lines you will never see with the naked eye. Fencelines don't mean much legally. It is critical for scouting for me. Over half of the state of Wyoming is public authorized hunting land of one sort or another. The app tells me which is which and also what district i am in for pronghorn and deer hunting and what not. IT also distinguishes between public land and Reservation land which is legally important also. The reservation in my area is very large and vast open range right next to BLM and public ground. The map app helps me stay legal when i would otherwise have no clue.

I am going to start adding trap locations as waypoints just to keep track and for any legal implications like a game warden questioning something but i just haven't yet. My phone kinda doesn't like cold weather at all.

Last edited by thedude055; 11/04/19 01:38 PM.

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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657312
11/04/19 06:50 PM
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Lake Iliamna Ak
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I use it all the time,, you can see the shallows in the lake and clearings in the timber. The property ownership lines are helpful too.

Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657339
11/04/19 07:20 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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I use it but don't know about offline. If I am in a bad signal area it may not work


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657368
11/04/19 08:00 PM
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I believe you can save a certain size grid for offline use. I use it and it seems spot on.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657423
11/04/19 08:41 PM
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Thanks, everyone. I will give it a try.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657617
11/04/19 11:12 PM
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Just curious what you want to do offline ??


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657665
11/05/19 12:33 AM
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Our cell service here is not great. Too mountainous.
My main trapline has no service, and places I hunt and fish are iffy.

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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657882
11/05/19 10:53 AM
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If you do not have service hten you can save the map for your area onto your phone and use it just fine. I am not 100% on the size of area you can save but it works for me. Cell service is horrible in a lot of places here as well and it works just fine once you figure that part out. My biggest problem is that my phone doesn't function in the weather that i trap in lol. t doesn't like the cold at all.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6657954
11/05/19 12:59 PM
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Seems to me the GPS in your phone should work whether you have cell service or not. When I used it in WY it was in a GPS rather than a phone


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658043
11/05/19 04:21 PM
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How did you use it in a GPS, Ken
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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658062
11/05/19 05:00 PM
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I used it for a while but switched to the Basemap app. The maps are better for my area. Onx maps had cloud cover where I needed them most. I saved my entire trapline to my phone because there is no cell service at all on my line.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: white17] #6658065
11/05/19 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by white17
Seems to me the GPS in your phone should work whether you have cell service or not. When I used it in WY it was in a GPS rather than a phone

The gps will work but you have to save the map for the area you will be in if there isn't service if you want to see satellite images.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658156
11/05/19 07:40 PM
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A Garmin gps will work a lot better than a phone in the cold, especially if u put lithium batteries in it. It will also be more precise when u mark your sets. Found out the hard way. When ever i really need the phone there is no signal or connection or battery almost dead. Gps gets busted just take card out and put in another (backup).


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: martentrapper] #6658318
11/05/19 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by martentrapper
How did you use it in a GPS, Ken
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It was about 10 years ago Mike. Back then you had to buy a sim card for each state that you wanted. Just replace the normal sim and you're good to go. Cost about 90 bucks at the time


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658378
11/06/19 12:33 AM
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I use the card in my GPS unit, the app on my phone occasionally, and then the website on my laptop. I spent the money for the card for the GPS and then you get the rest for free, at least when I did it. There are so many layers that you can modify the maps that it's fantastic! I use Google Earth and then look at the ONX website on the same ground, world of difference for the places I look at- much better than Google Earth in my opinion.

Worth the money!

Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658653
11/06/19 11:15 AM
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One reason I am looking for a new app is the poor resolution of Google Earth in these parts.

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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658670
11/06/19 11:32 AM
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I am not for sure but i believe ONX uses Google base maps. I haven't looked at the information but i am making an assumption there on that. So if resolution is poor on google then it would be on onx as well. I might check on that though. I have been known to be wrong on a dialy basis.


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Re: ONX hunt app [Re: alaska viking] #6658674
11/06/19 11:36 AM
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answers to my thoughts provided on their website. In Alaska it seems ONX uses Esri base maps which are likely a little better than Google for you.

Satellite Imagery Data Sources

In the lower 48 states -
•Zoomed in lower than 200 ft: Google Earth
•Zoomed out higher than 200 ft: NAIP
•In Offline mode: NAIP

In Hawaii and outside the US -
•In Online mode: Google Earth
•In Offline mode: ESRI

In Alaska - All zoom levels, online, offline: ESRI


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