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OnX ads complaint/rant

Iron_llama said:
My wife works for the county surveyor. Every week there's somebody looking for ammunition to use in a neighbor dispute. About 2/3s of these disputes are along the lines of, "Well, I went on OnX and saw my property lines, so I cut down a bunch of mature oak trees for firewood. Now my neighbor is suing me for cutting down my own trees.... what do you mean I was a dozen yards over the property line and those were his trees?!?! But, but, but OnX said! Man, I don't want to replace a dozen 100-year-old oak trees! Where do you even buy them at??"

Go to the county surveyor's office and pull your dang survey record. If the county doesn't have a survey on file, hire a surveyor to survey your property line. The $3k or whatever you'll pay for a survey - which is a whole whack of money - is a drop in the bucket compared to a lawsuit or insurance claim because your cut-rate fence guy put your chain link through the neighbor's garden, which you will have to pay to remove, and then pay to replace.
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We're still at an impasse on the fence situation. I proactively planted some arbor vitae. I know within a couple feet of where the property line is, good enough for that purpose. I was kinda playing with the guy, once he pulled onx up.
 
elk yinzer said:
We're still at an impasse on the fence situation. I proactively planted some arbor vitae. I know within a couple feet of where the property line is, good enough for that purpose. I was kinda playing with the guy, once he pulled onx up.
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Don't get me wrong, I use the OnX chip on my Garmin to flag the trees near my property line and hang No Tresspassing signs. But I know it's not precise. I also know where the survey stakes are and can use a lensatic compass to extrapolate with a reasonable degree of comfort. And planted several hundred acorns along my property line... reading up on osage orange I'm going to buy a hedge apple and try to get some seeds from it to plant in the spring, along another property line. Apparently it can grow 2-3 yards the first year and can be trained into a thorny, impenetrable living fence. That you can cut bow staves and fenceposts from.
 
Iron_llama said:
Don't get me wrong, I use the OnX chip on my Garmin to flag the trees near my property line and hang No Tresspassing signs. But I know it's not precise. I also know where the survey stakes are and can use a lensatic compass to extrapolate with a reasonable degree of comfort. And planted several hundred acorns along my property line... reading up on osage orange I'm going to buy a hedge apple and try to get some seeds from it to plant in the spring, along another property line. Apparently it can grow 2-3 yards the first year and can be trained into a thorny, impenetrable living fence. That you can cut bow staves and fenceposts from.
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The osage, hedge apples are great for a fence/border. In the old days they would get thousands of those hedge apples and put them in a big container and let them rot some and add water. Then they would cut a trench where they wanted the fence and pour that hedge apple slurry in there and cover it over, so I am told.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
The osage, hedge apples are great for a fence/border. In the old days they would get thousands of those hedge apples and put them in a big container and let them rot some and add water. Then they would cut a trench where they wanted the fence and pour that hedge apple slurry in there and cover it over, so I am told.
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I've read about that. I don't think I'm willing to pay for enough hedge apples at the grocery store to try that approach, but I can let one rot / stratify over the winter and harvest the seeds in the spring.
 
Lol, people still talking about the stuff SF is going to come out with. Don’t hold your breath.

I don’t recall seeing adds on my OnX, I have the paid version. I have an iPhone 6 and have no problems other than getting service sometimes, easily remedied by downloading the offline maps. I personally think it’s one of the best tools I’m my box.
 
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Tr33_n1nj@ said:
Lol, people still talking about the stuff SF is going to come out with. Don’t hold your breath.

I don’t recall seeing adds on my OnXi have the paid version. I have an iPhone 6 and have no problems other than getting service sometimes, easily remedied by downloading the offline maps. I personally think it’s one of the best tools I’m my box.
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Come to the light… the spartan forge light
 
BackSpasm said:
Come to the light… the spartan forge light
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I did, and was promised that I’d see all kinds of wonderful things if I just kept paying for them to be developed. But I never did see those things, just more empty promises.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
 
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Both SF and OnX have upside, neither is perfect and that stinks because it's tempting to buy both.
 
I have GAIA and added SF a couple months back. SF is awesome for hunting. I use GAIA a LOT for work. GAIA also shows up with Apple Car Play so I use it as my base map. MVUM layer is great for NF and private ownership is always good to know.
 
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