spartyb
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Post by spartyb on Dec 10, 2020 22:56:31 GMT -5
A hunting buddy just told me about www.onxmaps.com/hunt-app. It’s designed for hunters but should make planning rockounding trips to new areas a lot easier. GPS maps with land status and ownership a tap away would make my current (rookie) process of cross referencing sites I find in books and online to google earth, platt and blm maps a thing of the past. I’m heading to Arizona in Feb I’ll be using the 7 day trial when I have the time to focus on the planning. If it works out as well as I hope, a $14.99 1 month subscription for future trips would be worth the time it should save me. I’m curious if anyone has used it and can report on its accuracy and completeness. Or has any other tips they’d like to share to determine current land status. This won’t help with identifying active claims and I still haven’t figured out an easy way to do that so any advice on that would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by miket on Dec 11, 2020 10:19:47 GMT -5
I used this app a bit and liked it. The land ownership part seemed spot on and showed things like prairie dog towns (which I like to hound) and I could download the maps for when I didn't have service. I haven't purchased it yet but I'm still considering it...
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spartyb
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Post by spartyb on Dec 12, 2020 1:03:40 GMT -5
Sounds promising. Thanks for the input!
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Post by drocknut on Dec 12, 2020 11:34:30 GMT -5
Sounds interesting please let us know how it works out for you.
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monk56
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Post by monk56 on Jan 16, 2021 1:52:48 GMT -5
My son and have used this app for Landowner id and hunting. Its spoton. works very good.
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Post by Peruano on Jan 16, 2021 7:02:44 GMT -5
There are data bases (microchips) available for each western state that show land ownership designed primarily to guide hunters. These work in Garmen if not other hand held GPS units. Some show land ownership, and others just show whether land is privately owned, state, federal etc. The federal jurisdiction is specified so you can distinguish tribal, blm, usfs etc as an indication of the access and the use/take limitation likely to exist. I bought one that covered the four corners state (AZ,UT, NM, CO) for $100 several years ago. Mine was called Huntrs (Rockies South). It works well for me because I explore in a myriad of plots and need to distinguish between open and restricted land owner regulations. The much more expensive ones that give the owners name might be useful for obtaining permission for private lands, but its not easy using info to actually reach the designated owner and their telephone info.
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EricD
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Post by EricD on Jan 16, 2021 11:41:47 GMT -5
Give Landgrid by Loveland Technologies a shot, it might be all you need. It's all I've ever needed and free.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 16, 2021 13:12:08 GMT -5
Give Landgrid by Loveland Technologies a shot, it might be all you need. It's all I've ever needed and free. Thanks for posting this. I just downloaded it!
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EricD
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Post by EricD on Jan 16, 2021 20:19:53 GMT -5
Give Landgrid by Loveland Technologies a shot, it might be all you need. It's all I've ever needed and free. Thanks for posting this. I just downloaded it! It does all I need it to do, which is basically identify the owner of the property, and also show me where I am when I am out of range of service. Which it does, but it's just your GPS position on a grid of squares/property boundaries, no satellite or map overlay that I'm aware of, when out of cell service.
I know where I am regarding other property boundaries. Which is what interests me most.
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Jan 26, 2021 9:19:43 GMT -5
It's great. You can also easily import coordinates en masse. I use It on my phone, iPad and on my laptop... so you can pit OnX against google earth for the best view, mail down coordinates and drop map points. You can also choose the color and icon on the flag so I can determine which I imported, which I found, and which I want to go investigate. You can also overlay USFS maps (there are quite a few overlays incl BLM) and get a feel for the road you are wanting to take. It also displays the temp from the closest weather station you're interested going to. It also tracks your steps so you can find your way back to the car in unfamiliar territory... or grocery store. Feel free to message me with questions!
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Jan 26, 2021 9:21:48 GMT -5
Also, you can save maps offline. This allows you to capture the location you're headed for and use when you are out Of cell range. The smaller the area the higher the resolution.
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