Thread: Hema or what?

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I found memory map to be the best for my needs...ipad and android platforms...I have both.

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i have just returned from a trip around central Australia. I used an iPad . the apps used were hema and mud maps 2. i found the hema maps to be slightly more detailed, but found the mud maps live tracking to be especially useful if you want to track where you have driven and find your way back on the same route.
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Tony

A friend recently did a trip to Central Australia with a Hema 7, I went with him to Cameron Corner then he continued via Marree to Alice Springs. He found once really 'outback' it would come up with a message saying no connection and wouldn't work in remote areas. It was fine in more settled areas, but he was annoyed that for $700 it should be able to be used in remote areas. I used to Hema map book .

Jeff

Had an old iPad and just got my Father's Day Hema Explorer (only $24.99)

Best GPS purchase I have ever made - took it for a test through Julimar and the Satellite view opened up tracks that I never knew existed. Boring old Julimar turned out to be an absolute ball in the mud.

Planning the route was easy and the record feature was real interesting - gave route, altitude, time moving / standing, speeds, etc, etc.

I highly recommend it.

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Don't have an iPad, piece of cheap consumer **** would probably make a good wheel chock

Don't be so judgemental.... I do have an Ipad.. It works, turns on, never gets virus's, does what its suppose to... I used to have a computer.. Windows... Slow, hopeless, and generally very annoying!! Was it worthy of the 'wheel chock' status.. Prob not.. I just don't have the patience for computers!! So, back to the question originally asked.... As said, I have an Ipad.. It has GPS in it.. I spent $99 on the Hema Maps app and its brilliant!! We were deep in remote SA last month with no phone signal, and the whole time we had the red circle in the center of the map, knowing exactly where we were.. The tracks were right and names were accurate! Would I recommend it... Yes! For sure, money well spent. I would also recommend taking a paper map with you... just in case. We carry spare fan belts, so why not maps! The only thing I found with the Hema Map App is that on the larger State/Country wide maps, the newer roads are missing.. Adelaide's Northern Expressway for one. I rang the customer service number, and a helpful guy said that "the map purchased is a 4x4 map, and the tracks are kept up to date... The Arterial roads are not updated so often"... Kinda weird but there you go. Here's a screen shot (something you can't do with you're computer or Sat Nav... ) of the area we were in in SA. Clear simple and descriptive. Hope it helps with you're decision.

ive got the hema app on my ipad and i think its great.

vms on the other hand gets two thumbs down from me

Originally Posted by Sitec

Don't be so judgemental.... I do have an Ipad.. It works, turns on, never gets virus's, does what its suppose to... I used to have a computer.. Windows... Slow, hopeless, .................................................. ..........

Note the emoticons , a bit tongue in cheek as opposed to judgemental. Certainly not an Apple vs. PC argument .

The point I was making, or trying to make is that an iPad or any other consumer tablet device is not a serious navigational instrument, it is a cheap, or in Apples case, expensive (note the emoticon) piece of consumer ****. It is not something whose reliability or GPS accuracy is meant to be taken seriously. OK for the suburbs or nearby parks etc. but by no means a serious navigation device.
Even my much vaunted Hema HN5 had this to say of the Great Sandy Desert



Whereas the Milspec Panasonic Toughbook with its equally serious power supply (as important) had this to say



The point I am trying to make here is that consumer electronics are not a serious alternative to quality GPS location gear, an understanding of where you are and what you're doing or even a quality map.

Would you risk your life using a piece of cheap/expensive consumer **** that the manufacturer will even condemn 1 year on so that you buy the new one (piece of cheap/expensive consumer ****) ? .

I don't.

Deano