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What mapping software,Apps, and tools do you use!?

Garmin base camp with my gps.

I create my own birds eye imagery using google earth...

Hunt stand for phone.. has parcel info..
 
Garmin base camp with my gps.

I create my own birds eye imagery using google earth...

Hunt stand for phone.. has parcel info..

What do you mean you create your own birds eye for imagery? Can you import it to Basecamp?
 
What do you mean you create your own birds eye for imagery? Can you import it to Basecamp?

I learned how to do it from this video from diy sportsman. He's a member Herr but i forget his screen name...

Fast forward to 9:00
 
I learned how to do it from this video from diy sportsman. He's a member Herr but i forget his screen name...

Fast forward to 9:00

Cool! Can't wait to check this out. Thanks for letting me know about it!
 
Cool! Can't wait to check this out. Thanks for letting me know about it!

It's a two step process, but it's pretty easy...

just remembered DIY Sportsmans screen name in here... it's bowhunter15... He has a bunch of great videos... I learned about this forum from his videos...
 
For a couple years I have been using Topo Maps +pro from Glacier Peak Studios. I had Onx for a while. The only thing I found useful was the property boundary feature. All I need is a good Topo Maps and a way to record info. This one covers it.
 
I use a combination of 2 apps,
Motion-X GPS and MeasureMap.

I absolutely love them. Measure map automatically downloads google earth tiles of any location you look at offline. They are available in airplane mode, at full resolution. It allows you to draw a path and will tell you how long it is, you can measure the distance between objects in feet, yards, miles. It will calculate square feet and acreage of a polygon as well.
Here is an example of MeasureMap
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Motion-X GPS allows you to download bing, usgs topo, forestry service topo, and a whole host of other maps in advance and use them offline. It will record waypoints and tracks just like a stand-alone GPS unit, but you have the option to email the KML and GPX file to a designated email address so you don’t have to worry about physically connecting it to a computer. I use that feature a lot. I can open the KML files directly from my email into the mobile Google Earth app.

Between the two apps, I can walk directly to any specific tree in the dark without needing a marked trail. It is extremely helpful to be able to do this while going in blind.


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We use huntstand to coordinate efforts on our team, but I neglected to talk about Dropbox where we store our pics, videos and other data.

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If you need to know property boundaries, OnX maps is the ticket. The app made my recent trip to Illinois a piece of cake.

There are lots of good options for mapping in general if you don't need those property boundaries. The options from @IkemanTX look pretty sweet.

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I use Huntstand and Google earth. Huntstands free version gives you property info and allows you to add up to 10 properties a month to your hunt area. I also store all of our trail cam pics on Google Drive. Then I can share the folder with my dad.

I do like the looks of some of the options above and will have to check them out.
 
I am an avid OnX hunt user and it has definitely helped my game. I use that in conjunction with my garmin 64 and have killed plenty of deer I probably wouldn’t have before.
 
HuntStand Pro + Garmin 64s (with BaseCamp).
HuntStand is great for property lines, elevation, marking sign while scouting to find patterns.
Garmin is great for tracking paths, marking trees and cameras. I really like creating routes to specific trees deep in the woods that I can easily follow in/out in the dark.

I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
 
HuntStand on iphone and iMac. Also google maps! Thing that draws me to HuntStand is parcel is included for entire Country for I think 24 bucks a year. The mainframe is super easy to use too. I’ve been mapping in Maryland planning a hunt there this year! Have also looked up land in about 3-4 other states. So far it’s my go too.
 
Google Earth on my Mac with multiple topo layers (really like CalTopo as well) and layers that show WMA/park boundaries as well as my personal places to hunt

OnX Hunt maps on my phone that show individual parcels with the landowner name

Garmin Basecamp to go along with my GPS

Between all those I can get pretty much all the info I need.
I have On X but have lost the property boundaries and ownership. Have fought w/ it for a week and cannot figure out how to get it turned back on.
 
I cannot believe no one here uses/or recommended GAIA GPS -
Static google earth integrated
USFS 2016 topo + old 1930 topo, which in my area can be helpful finding old logging roads that have since grown over into what look like cuts
Landscape that looks like ONX only better
GAIA GPS which shows some trails that the other topos do not.
Slope angle shading which lays a yellow-red-blue/black heat map over the topo. The slope angle shading is an interpolation of the topo with sattelite imagery that indicates more detailed info about the angle of the topo. It's great to find waterfalls, or steep bluffs/cliffs along a bench or saddle or ridge. I have verified the slope angle shading on several popular hiking trails and on my backcountry scouting.

It also has property owner data and WMA/hunting land boundaries for almost every state.

I picked it up about 3 -4 years ago for finding brook trout streams and backcountry fishing spots, now that I hunt it's invaluable and quite literally has saved me A** several times.

I also really like a map and compass.
 
I cannot believe no one here uses/or recommended GAIA GPS -
Static google earth integrated
USFS 2016 topo + old 1930 topo, which in my area can be helpful finding old logging roads that have since grown over into what look like cuts
Landscape that looks like ONX only better
GAIA GPS which shows some trails that the other topos do not.
Slope angle shading which lays a yellow-red-blue/black heat map over the topo. The slope angle shading is an interpolation of the topo with sattelite imagery that indicates more detailed info about the angle of the topo. It's great to find waterfalls, or steep bluffs/cliffs along a bench or saddle or ridge. I have verified the slope angle shading on several popular hiking trails and on my backcountry scouting.

It also has property owner data and WMA/hunting land boundaries for almost every state.

I picked it up about 3 -4 years ago for finding brook trout streams and backcountry fishing spots, now that I hunt it's invaluable and quite literally has saved me A** several times.

I also really like a map and compass.
I use it on my I watch some times. It is pretty legit also lol
 
I cannot believe no one here uses/or recommended GAIA GPS -
Static google earth integrated
USFS 2016 topo + old 1930 topo, which in my area can be helpful finding old logging roads that have since grown over into what look like cuts
Landscape that looks like ONX only better
GAIA GPS which shows some trails that the other topos do not.
Slope angle shading which lays a yellow-red-blue/black heat map over the topo. The slope angle shading is an interpolation of the topo with sattelite imagery that indicates more detailed info about the angle of the topo. It's great to find waterfalls, or steep bluffs/cliffs along a bench or saddle or ridge. I have verified the slope angle shading on several popular hiking trails and on my backcountry scouting.

It also has property owner data and WMA/hunting land boundaries for almost every state.

I picked it up about 3 -4 years ago for finding brook trout streams and backcountry fishing spots, now that I hunt it's invaluable and quite literally has saved me A** several times.

I also really like a map and compass.

I like Gaia way more than I like OnX. You have to remember that ONX sponsors quite a few people that are on this board or saddle related. That probably has something to do with it. I have both apps and much prefer GAIA over ONX. As a matter of fact I am not renewing ONX.


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I recently downloaded Gaia for a free trial. I was impressed and will probably use it from now on. I will still keep the free version of Hunstand just for the weather and wind direction features.
 
I like Gaia way more than I like OnX. You have to remember that ONX sponsors quite a few people that are on this board or saddle related. That probably has something to do with it. I have both apps and much prefer GAIA over ONX. As a matter of fact I am not renewing ONX.


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Yeah, ON X has virtually monopolized the hunting industry - every podcast that I listen to has one to several ads for ON X. I get it, it's a good app, but in comparison to GAIA it pales!
 
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