Scoutn79
Adventurer
OK I am using Backcountry Navigator (clunky and difficult to move around in but the best so far) and trying out ViewRanger (very limited in function). I was going to try Gaia but it seems with Android it is so buggy it is virtually useless.
I am looking only at TOPO style maps (not arial like GE) at the moment. I have tried all of the USA and Worldwide maps listed in BCN and find them so so at best. Most are nothing more than a copy of 1970's USGS TOPO maps with a little more data added but still severely lacking in info and clarity. Even the best ones are very difficult to locate a specific spot on.
After several hours looking around I was able to find a site that showed the Accuterra maps, without having to pay to try, and thought I had found the perfect map. Lots of great detail, very easy to narrow in on a specific point, lots of important data and visuals with out being cluttered...I was almost ready to happily pay the $20 yearly fee for such a stellar map when I started looking at specific trails and dirt roads I have recently been on, both in Colorado and Utah. That was when the let down occurred. It is completely missing roads that are well maintained and have been around for decades and shows roads where non have existed for decades. So Accuterra is completely untrustworthy for planning out a route.
So this brings me back to my original question.
What map data are you all running in your mapping apps for back country route planning and navigation?
Darrell
I am looking only at TOPO style maps (not arial like GE) at the moment. I have tried all of the USA and Worldwide maps listed in BCN and find them so so at best. Most are nothing more than a copy of 1970's USGS TOPO maps with a little more data added but still severely lacking in info and clarity. Even the best ones are very difficult to locate a specific spot on.
After several hours looking around I was able to find a site that showed the Accuterra maps, without having to pay to try, and thought I had found the perfect map. Lots of great detail, very easy to narrow in on a specific point, lots of important data and visuals with out being cluttered...I was almost ready to happily pay the $20 yearly fee for such a stellar map when I started looking at specific trails and dirt roads I have recently been on, both in Colorado and Utah. That was when the let down occurred. It is completely missing roads that are well maintained and have been around for decades and shows roads where non have existed for decades. So Accuterra is completely untrustworthy for planning out a route.
So this brings me back to my original question.
What map data are you all running in your mapping apps for back country route planning and navigation?
Darrell