rcdinaz Report post Posted July 30, 2013 The GPS signals are not part of the app and rely on either cellular triangulation or the GPS chip in your phone it will toggle automatically to what is available. I used mine with an XGPS receiver that links via Bluetooth to my phone and it is a better signal than my Garmin on my cached maps. Garmin has a new unit that does the same thing for ~$80 and is a newer chip with higher freq which I am thinking about getting as well. One for the rzr and one for the backpack. I pretty much go between motion X and Trimble as of this year. The real beauty of Trimble is the trip planning and ease of importing things like POI info from google earth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted August 19, 2013 Locus Pro is hands down the best GPS app I have ever used and I do GIS/GPS for a living. For $5 or so, the "Pro" version can pre-download maps for offline use, all points can be imported and exported in various file formats through your computer or someone elses GPS unit. You get free access to the ESRI suite of basemaps, some of the best in the business. As well as other popular basemaps such as MyTopo, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Mapquest, and several others. I have not used a traditional GPS unit in 4 years, not for a single waypoint. I still carry it on occasion as a phone battery is not as reliable as I wish it was. But I keep a full charge on my phone before I go out and then put it in airplane mode without the wifi and other crap enabled. I cannot speak on behalf of the backcoutry app but I'm sure it is good, too. If anyone has any questions with Locus Pro I'd be happy to answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kwp Report post Posted August 19, 2013 Backcountry Navigator is what I use. Lots of awesome features. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3Blade Report post Posted June 13, 2014 Locus Pro is really powerful for tracking and navigating but weak on its choice of topo base layers and not real user friendly. Backcountry Navigator is really powerful in terms of your choice of topo base layers, even having the most up to date Forest Service maps. The problem with with Backcountry Pro I think is they try to nickle and dime you to death when adding GMU's or landownership. Another cool free app is the PDF Maps in which you can download a lot of free USGS topos, they have a bunch of maps to buy to but they are pretty cheap. I use Locus Pro and PDF Maps both. With PDF Maps Its real easy to upload your points and tracks to google earth or make points in google earth and download to your phone. For my phone I bought a 20 dollar charger that takes AA batteries and had no problems running out of juice on 3 and 4 day backcountry trips. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HUNTnTAT2 Report post Posted June 13, 2014 Backcountry navigator. Download maps of ur area before heading into the field. No cell service needed. Works in airplane mode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
camoremi Report post Posted June 15, 2014 Cool I'm gonna try it out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
camoremi Report post Posted July 24, 2014 Just downloaded this app can't wait to use it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneaker Report post Posted July 24, 2014 Gaia gps for iPhone is what I use. Works great. Tons of maps options to download. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
