Hema 4x4 iPad app

At $180 compared to $10 for a hema US map, they can keep it.

It uses Memory Map as the navigation software. The maps are proprietary, so cannot be used anywhere else. If you have already forked out $$$ for Hema Maps to use on a PC, why should you have pay for the same maps again to use on the Ipad? In my personal opinion, Memory Map isn't all that good either.
regards

If you have an ipad and don't already have the maps then I reckon it would be a good option.
I'm keen to know how it works "in the real world". I've tried memory map on the ipad with some hema maps converted from ozi and it worked pretty well. If I was going to upgrade to more recent maps I reckon this would be the way to go.

Rich,

I am using the Memory Map app and Hema maps. Works a treat.

Skull

Gidday

I have been following this thread (and a few similar ones) because it is the time if the year to treat myself and computer mapping was on the shortllist.

But decisions decisions: Ozi or Trackranger, laptop or tablet and if I go tablet, Apple or Android.

My phone is old school and used for phone calls which it does well so I am not interested in replacing it with a GPS/music player/video camera that can sometimes be used to make phone calls.

And then there is the amount of use. It could end of costing a lot for a couple of weeks a couple of times a year.

So after reading some of the pitfalls outlined above and taking into account that I don't really want to be technologically challenged too much, I reckon I might stick with paper for a while longer. It has served me well up to now. You don't need a computer to travel the Gunbarrel Highway or the Canning Stock Route, just a good map.

That's not a comment on anyone who chooses to go this way, I just don't think it is for me at this stage.

Cheers

Rocco

Hey Everybody,

I thought now seemed like an appropriate time to throw our 2 cents into the mix before everyone goes running off with ideas all over the place.

The HEMA Australia 4WD app is based off the Memory map app, however where they differ greatly is the amount of data that is supplied as standard. The HEMA app comes preloaded with over 70 HEMA maps that cover every part in Aus in one form or another hence the initial 1.5GB download.

Due to the Memory map connection it does mean that if you have the HEMA Memory Map Raster DVD then you are able to load the mapping into the Memory Map free app or the HEMA USA road Atlas app as well. However if you don’t already have the Memory Map DVD then it does work out better priced to simply purchase the HEMA Australia 4WD app. With the HEMA app you still have the opportunity to invest in any of the other Memory map products through the digital map shop.

In regards to people with the HEMA 4WD Raster DVDs, due to the different formats they are not able to be copied into a Memory Map based product, including the Australia 4WD app. However as the disk is in Ozi format it is possible to load this disk into the Ozi Android app.

The maps that are supplied on the DVDs are slightly different to the ones in the App itself. The biggest difference is rather than having an individual map that has been designed by HEMA for all of Australia, the DVD has the standard 7 part Geoscience map for Australia. There will also be a number of small changes to some of the maps, most of which won’t be overly noticeable. The reason for this is that the disks and their content are from our map range in late 2010 and the maps on the Australia 4WD app are more recent.
I hope that answers all the questions but if you have any more feel free to post them up and I will answer them to the best of my ability for you.

Regards

HEMA Product Evangelist