Handheld GPS recommendation

[drkelly]

I've never owned or used a handheld GPS. Anyone recommend one? Thanks.

 

[shawn]

Might be helpful if you describe what you're trying to do with it.

I used my phone with a GAIA subscription out west this past summer. It worked brilliantly.

 

[Mac5005]

I’ve used my phone as stand alone gps.

Motion-x for trail riding and following bread crumbs.

Avenza maps last year KOH when primary and secondary gps quit, and iPad for lead nav quit. Literally pulled out my phone and navigated with avenza and my paid KOH map haha.

I’ve also heard good things about maplets with downloaded maps for off-road parks but I’ve personally haven’t used it.

I also keep a cheap Amazon solar battery pack with me. It will recharge my phone from 0-100% once, and back to 60% again. The solar doesn’t keep up 1:1 with discharge time, but takes 2-3 days to fully recharge on solar only. Recharges similar to phone on 12v though.

 

[jeepinmatt]

I'll second Avenza maps. I've used it primarily in Linville Gorge and it is awesome.

 

[drkelly]

Might be helpful if you describe what you're trying to do with it.

I used my phone with a GAIA subscription out west this past summer. It worked brilliantly.

I'm trying to walk the property boundaries of a piece of property that has been surveyed and had the corners marked. The corners are too far apart to see from one to the next. There is no cell phone service on some parts of the property, so using my phone is not an option.

 

[jeepinmatt]

My county has a mobile version of their GIS website and you can overlay your location with their map. However, the accuracy is less than ideal.

 

[Wes]

I use the garmin 601 wrist compass. It’s cheap and does everything I need. I have all of my deer stands plotted as way points. I mainly use it to get back to a newly scouted area for hunting. It would work for marking your property corners.

 

[Mac5005]

I'm trying to walk the property boundaries of a piece of property that has been surveyed and had the corners marked. The corners are too far apart to see from one to the next. There is no cell phone service on some parts of the property, so using my phone is not an option.

Most smartphones have standalone gps function as long as you download the info before losing service. I usually just hit airplane mode to allow the gps to function while it stop searching for cell coverage.

Check out onx hunt app, Standalone gps function, without cell coverage, just download map ahead of time. It’s based off gis data.

Got me with 3’ of some hidden pins in deep woods before.

 

[drkelly]

Most smartphones have standalone gps function as long as you download the info before losing service. I usually just hit airplane mode to allow the gps to function while it stop searching for cell coverage.

Check out onx hunt app, Standalone gps function, without cell coverage, just download map ahead of time. It’s based off gis data.

Got me with 3’ of some hidden pins in deep woods before.

That app looks like the ticket! I've saved a map with waypoints and am going to try it out today or tomorrow. Thanks!

 

[shawn]

There is no cell phone service on some parts of the property, so using my phone is not an option.

Of course it is.

Is this some iphone thing where gps doesn't work if you don't have signal?

 

[shawn]

I'll second Avenza maps. I've used it primarily in Linville Gorge and it is awesome.

Avenza has benchmark maps available for purchase in the app. They're still like $20/ea, but pretty great if you don't have the paper copies.

I think routing in gaia is better, and usgs and natgeo are usually good enough.

 

[drkelly]

Of course it is.

Is this some iphone thing where gps doesn't work if you don't have signal?

I don't have an iPhone. I'm technology challenged, LOL.

 

[Ron]

I'm trying to walk the property boundaries of a piece of property that has been surveyed and had the corners marked. The corners are too far apart to see from one to the next. There is no cell phone service on some parts of the property, so using my phone is not

Just make sure you know the accuracy of the gos you sre usimg. +/- 5 ft ismt uncommon and if you are trying to mark a prop line thats not good enough

 

[paradisePWoffrd]

I'm trying to walk the property boundaries of a piece of property that has been surveyed and had the corners marked. The corners are too far apart to see from one to the next. There is no cell phone service on some parts of the property, so using my phone is not an option.

You don't need cell service to use the GPS. But you need to have the map for that area downloaded.

How accurate do you need it to be?

 

[drkelly]

You don't need cell service to use the GPS. But you need to have the map for that area downloaded.

How accurate do you need it to be?

I went out there this afternoon. The downloaded map on Onx Hunt app worked awesome!