Thread: Garmin Monterra GPS

You get one Abe and I will have a play if you think its any good.

Chris do you use your iphone as a gps? What is the best app?

Originally Posted by R93

You get one Abe and I will have a play if you think its any good.

Chris do you use your iphone as a gps? What is the best app?

Adam has got one going to play when he gets back but have convinced myself im getting one anyway lol

Originally Posted by R93

You get one Abe and I will have a play if you think its any good.

Chris do you use your iphone as a gps? What is the best app?

Veiwranger is a good one, I sold my gps and just use the phone as well

Originally Posted by BRADS

Veiwranger is a good one, I sold my gps and just use the phone as well

Maybe a dumb question but does it gets reception without signal? If so how good is it, say under canopy etc?

Originally Posted by R93

Maybe a dumb question but does it gets reception without signal? If so how good is it, say under canopy etc?

Yes but i don't no how it works I'm a simple farmer.
I haven't used it in the bush much, other than saying in the very scientific test I did it was working where the 62 wasn't.
Obviously for extended trips a booster battery thingy goes in the pack.

Originally Posted by R93

Maybe a dumb question but does it gets reception without signal? If so how good is it, say under canopy etc?

I use an iPhone 4S with Viewranger. Amazing app. I bought the maps for the whole of NZ, all in 1:50,000. I've never had a problem with the GPS, in or out of cell reception. I just turn wifi off and turn 3G off etc when out of reception. Really extends battery life. Did a day trip using Viewranger from 7am until 10pm and battery was still at 70-80%. I've since bought one of those battery recharge packs so I could probably get 7-10 days out of it using it the same way.

With the app you can set markers and waypoints and add tons of information to them, as well as loads of other stuff I haven't used yet. I can't really see how a GPS could compete but maybe i'm missing something. Costs about 50 bucks all up for maps for the whole of NZ + the app. You also get a load of credits to buy individual tiles, etc, for other countries if you pay the $17 or whatever for the app instead of the cheaper version. It doesn't seem to have any for Australia yet which is a bit weird...but i'm sure only a matter of time.

And with the phone you have your ballistics apps, conversion apps, a camera, etc, etc. I even have a couple of videos on it showing me how to process deer for when I finally get one...hahaha.

Originally Posted by R93

You get one Abe and I will have a play if you think its any good.

Chris do you use your iphone as a gps? What is the best app?

Some other apps to check out: Locus, Back Country Navigator, Maverick. I use Locus Pro myself, has offline maps, topo shading and map overlays (eg overlay Sat map on topo) as well as every other feature you'd need. Developer is responsive too, I requested the NZtopo maps to be added as one of the online options and he added it.

Full NZTopo50 maps are available for free (my favorite price) I just use the PC program "Mobile Atlas Creator" to make the offline maps I want - NZTopo50, sat, street or whatever. Copy the file to my phone - easy as.



Heres an example of Topo map with Sat overlay (you can adjust the transparancy to suit)