4WD Maps - Offline Topo Maps app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Hema Maps
First release : 22 Nov 2011
App size: 1.7 Gb
Best value Hema App. The one-time cost includes all Hema 4WD maps, without any recurring subscriptions.
Use offline mapping and your device’s in-built GPS receiver to see where you are on detailed Hema maps, which feature roads, 4WD tracks, topographic information and POIs to guide your travels off the beaten track.
NAVIGATE OFFLINE
Find your location
Real-time GPS tracking*
Australia-wide map coverage
Simple zooming
PLOT YOUR TRIP
Drop waypoints
Plan routes
Placename search
SAVE & RECORD YOUR TRACKS
Record your trips
Create tracklogs
Save tracks with information
Share tracklogs & waypoints
ACCESS HEMAS PREMIUM MAP COLLECTION
The app comes preloaded with a massive library of Hema touring and 4WD maps that covers all of Australia:
Base Maps:
Australia 1:250K TOPO
Hema Explorer Map at 1:150,000 - 1:10M
Goldfields-Esperance - Cape Arid NP
Goldfields-Esperance - Cape Le Grand NP
Cape York - The CREB Track
Cape York - Lakefield NP
Cape York - The Tip
Goldfields-Esperance - Fitzgerald River NP
Flinders - Flinders Ranges Mainmap
Flinders - Mount Remarkable NP
Flinders - Flinders Ranges NP
Flinders - Vulkathunha Gammon Ranges NP
Fraser Island - Central Station
Fraser Island - Mid Fraser
Fraser Island - Rainbow Beach
Great Desert Tracks - North Central
Great Desert Tracks - North East
Great Desert Tracks - North West
Great Desert Tracks - South Central
Great Desert Tracks - South East
Great Desert Tracks - South West
Goldfields-Esperance and Southern Coast of WA
Goldfields-Esperance Region
High Country Victoria East
High Country Victoria West
Top End - Kakadu National Park
Outback NSW - Kinchega NP
Sth West Corner - Margaret River Wine Region
Mid West Western Australia
Mid West WA - Francois Peron NP
Mid West WA - Kalbarri NP
Mid West WA - Kennedy Range NP
Mid West WA - Mount Augustus NP
Outback NSW - Mungo NP
Outback NSW - Mutawintji NP
Outback New South Wales
Outback Queensland
Outback QLD - Bladensburg NP
Outback QLD - Carnarvon Gorge
Outback QLD - Currawinya NP
Outback QLD - Diamantina NP
Outback QLD - Idalia NP
Outback QLD - Mt Moffat
Outback QLD - Salvator Rosa and Ka Ka Mundi
Pilbara
Pilbara - Cape Range NP
Pilbara - Karijini NP
Pilbara - Millstream Chichester NP
Pilbara - Rudall River Karlamilyi NP
Simpson Desert 1:1,100,000
Simpson Desert 1:500,00
South West Corner - 200k
South West Western Australia
Goldfields-Esperance - Stirling Ranges NP
Goldfields-Esperance - Stokes NP
Outback NSW - Sturt NP
The Kimberley
The Kimberley - Dampier Peninsula
The Kimberley - Purnululu NP
The Kimberley - Wyndham-Kununurra
The Red Centre
Top End and Gulf - Boodjamulla NP
Top End and Gulf - Darwin Region
Top End and Gulf - Gregory NP
Top End and Gulf - Keep River NP
Top End and Gulf - Nhulunbuy
DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL MAP SOURCES
Access a wide range of additional map sources which are available for purchase via the Memory-Map Digital Map Shop.
USE ON WINDOWS PC or MAC
Use the same maps and overlays on your desktop/laptop to plan your route and review tracklogs. (Maps sold separately).
*You do not need a SIM Card installed or cellular coverage to utilise the GPS tracking functions on iPad for the app, though a WiFi+Cellular iPad is necessary to discover and track your location. A WiFi-only iPad does not contain the in-built GPS that a WiFi+Cellular iPad does, however external Bluetooth GPS receivers can be purchased for use with a WiFi-only iPad.
Latest reviews of 4WD Maps - Offline Topo Maps app for iPhone and iPad
So far I have found that the app is not very intuitive. You WILL need to read the support page to figure it out. 1. I love the fact that there is now an iPhone/iPad application that contains all the maps at a reasonable price 2. If you have been using mud map or memory map, dont bother. Its the same app with the maps. 3. I will continue to use my normal offroad GPS for some time while using this, but I do already find my self eagerly awaiting OziExplorer app that they are in the process of developing for the additional features I would expect from it. Maybe the future updates on this will include some of them. Hopefully overtime and updates I will grow to enjoy this much more. Makes me want to go ahead and buy an iPad with GPS instead of just Wifi just to see how much better it would be with the larger screen usage.
If you are planning on touring in a four wheel drive around Australia this is the app for you. 5 star if it was cheaper.