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I will usually take screenshots of the aerial maps of an area I'm going to hunt - it's not usually a large area, so you don't need that many, and aerial photos detect important features for navigating through heavy bush (like a bluff line, or gorges/canyons on small streams) that aren't shown on our topographical maps - our topos only go down to 1:50000, would love to have 1:24000 like in the article or the British 1:25000 "Explorer" maps.

I've also used Google Earth for similar reasons - taking screenshots of the hillside I'm hunting from different angles, and the sun simulator in it is very helpful as well when planning a hunt on a cold morning. Being able to simulate what areas get the sun first at sunrise helps predict where the animals will be.




I've found OsmAnd (app version of open street maps) to be pretty darn good. Especially when traveling and needing an offline maps.

Don't treat it like Google Maps were you can mistype an address and Google will return what you expected.

What is even more underrated is mapy.cz, and select the "outdoor" layer. The Czechs are crazy for outdoor activities and they have the best maps online IMHO.


Are you in the US? I use OnX maps for hunting. It's got hybrid topo + satellite and a variety of tools for e.g. dropping pins, measuring distances, measuring areas, recording your trail. It also has private land ownership information at a very detailed level (if I zoom in on my house, I see my name marked on the lot).


Afraid not, I'm a New Zealander, but I have just purchased a similar app for here - although it doesn't show land boundaries, but that's generally not a problem as I only really hunt on conservation (government) land well away from private land.




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