Thread: Hema or what?

You need to have a GPS for the Ipad, either inbuilt or external. That will be the biggest issue to sort out. I don't have one so don't know which have GPS and which don't.

The HN7 includes the full HEMA catalogue of maps for all of Australia and also includes street along with digital POI's for CAMPS and PARKS. Just check the mapping you get with the Apps as far as I can see they are more limited.

If you have an Android I would highly recommend running ozi-android and then getting hold of HEMAs full mapset. Samsung tablets have inbuilt GPS and we use a NOTE8 in an Otter case running Ozi-Android. For street we use Navigator which is free and used maps from Open Street Map which is a very powerful and versatile tool, better yet it is free. We crossed over 20 countries last year using only Open Street Map! It is that good.

There are ways to save money but if you want an all in 1 unit the HN7 is a good piece of kit.

By the time you buy the App, Maps, Mount you would be most of the way to a HN7 and you will also be subjecting your Ipad to dust and sand ingress, even with a Otter case.

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So, just to clarify.

Would people who have an Ipad (be it a GPS model or not) please give their rating out of ten for either the Mud Maps app or the Hema app.

Im torn as to which to get. Im very tempted by the hema purely because of its detail, having said that i have never seen or used the mud maps app

I only know hema but it has been great, 10/10 for my use.

Originally Posted by Yorkie

I only know hema but it has been great, 10/10 for my use.

Same

Paper maps based on the WGS, a compass and a knowledge of how to navigate. Hahah

But seriously, they never run out of batteries.

I got Mud Map, have never used HEMA. I found the mm very good, it does everything I needed. I have maps down to 25000, the Mud maps they produce are a good scale dependant detail map. Get the 25000 for detailed topographic information. I'd rate it at 8 or 9.

having MudMap, Hema Explorer and Hema my opinion is that MM is the better app but out of the box the included maps beside the VHC maps are useless, Hema maps are slightly better all round but I use in NSW 99% of the time the 25k topo which can also be purchased for MM and in my book are the only good maps. Hema Explorer is good and has good maps however you can not download by state and need a constant online connection (expensive data download) to have accurate maps you can do a cumbersome tile download but for a long trip would take you ages to set up and download the all so renders it useless in my book.

I think we need a weekend in Sydney with about 4 users with different apps and map sources. This is all great info but there's no "table" to make a side by side comparison of the apps, what devices will run what apps, what apps will run what maps sources.

My ideal would be something with topo type maps, to allow use between paper and device. Street mapping, integrated to the topo maps with just a button press to switch (in you're in an area covered by two or more map types) plus be cross compatable with other map types.