OnX pissn me off

[Karl Blanchard]

I think a function that allowed you to grind off a big area anthen download it all at once overnight like other software updates would be cool.

[KFhunter]

It's about the money, if onx made it easy to download huge areas all at once it would cost them bandwidth and servers...by making it more of a PIA  (one small chunk at a time) it frees up their internet requirements and save $$ on their bottom line. 

[Antlershed]

I downloaded Basemap back in september, and while I feel like it had better map detail, once I went Offline OnX was better. I had to download 100 maps to get the high resolution of the entire area I was hunting in Idaho this year. I did it over the course of one workday.

[mburrows]

If youll be in a big chunk of public ground and landowner info isnt necessary and are purely just using your phone for nav, waypoint marking, etc. check out GAIA Maps App. Requires an annual subscription $19.99 but its an awesome tool and has a great amount of topography detail, just about the same as having a paper topo map in your hand. You dont get landowner info but its good overall.

[Karl Blanchard]

Like i said, I have zero issues with the download process.  It takes a minute or two tops per map.  I jam them out while i get dinner ready or while I'm reloading.  Just seems like really minimal effort for an extremely useful and important tool

[KFhunter]

Maybe OnX should just put a "ding" when its finished downloading a map 

I guess my high speed isn't, and that does contribute to my angst.  No fault of onx, but if I could just let it go all night......


after this map I'll run a speed test....

[CAMPMEAT]

motionXmaps.com

[grundy53]

My only complaint with ONX is with my tracks. For some reason it only does straight lines. So if I walk from point A to point B it doesn't matter how windy or cut back the path I take is when I check my tracks it's always a straight line from point A to point B. Other than that I love it. Very useful app.

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[Karl Blanchard]

Maybe OnX should just put a "ding" when its finished downloading a map 

I guess my high speed isn't, and that does contribute to my angst.  No fault of onx, but if I could just let it go all night......


after this map I'll run a speed test....

  A dingy would be awesome actually 

[KFhunter]

My only complaint with ONX is with my tracks. For some reason it only does straight lines. So if I walk from point A to point B it doesn't matter how windy or cut back the path I take is when I check my tracks it's always a straight line from point A to point B. Other than that I love it. Very useful app.

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that is something with your cell phone,  I had to mess with mine as I was pinging all over the place,  I'd walk a mile but the app had me walking 10 it was pinging so much. 

I turned off cell tower pinging and set it to lower GPS if that makes any since.  High accuracy did NOT work for me, I had to put it to phone only and turn off everything but the phone GPS

[Stein]

Here are my stats, I grabbed a random spot on the map to download.

I tested my internet with three services, 68 MB/s, 69 and 80.

The map was 207.2 MB and it took 7:44 to download (vs 3 seconds based on download test).  I realize it has to assemble, store, whatever, but the actual download part was what took the longest.

I have 14 squares stored for my last hunt, which means it took over two hours to download including constantly having to check back 14 times to set the next download and probably had to repeat 3 or 4 that had an error.

I'm not trading it for anything, it just reminds me of when you had to take a floppy out, put another one in and repeat.  I wish you could just select a GMU and download the entire thing.

[Mtnwalker]

If you could draw a line around the area you wanted to download then see how big it would be on each resolution and choose one that would be legit. But until then I also vote for the select-a-grid

[KFhunter]

Here are my stats, I grabbed a random spot on the map to download.

I tested my internet with three services, 68 MB/s, 69 and 80.

The map was 207.2 MB and it took 7:44 to download (vs 3 seconds based on download test).  I realize it has to assemble, store, whatever, but the actual download part was what took the longest.

I have 14 squares stored for my last hunt, which means it took over two hours to download including constantly having to check back 14 times to set the next download and probably had to repeat 3 or 4 that had an error.

I'm not trading it for anything, it just reminds me of when you had to take a floppy out, put another one in and repeat.  I wish you could just select a GMU and download the entire thing.

I added my speed tests above,  averaging around 8mb/s

I'm seeing similar download times as you.  galaxy S9+ with high performance settings on. 

[KFhunter]

I do think it's purposefully "punitive" to save money on their end, it keeps downloads to a minimum.

It encourages people just download the minimum of squares for an area instead of downloading everything around it for good measure. 

[Antlershed]

Like i said, I have zero issues with the download process.  It takes a minute or two tops per map.  I jam them out while i get dinner ready or while I'm reloading.  Just seems like really minimal effort for an extremely useful and important tool

Would be cool if you could do one massive download, but not a deal breaker.