If you’re planning on taking an off road holiday over the summer break, you might want to consider getting a navigation app to help you find and share your adventures. You know, just in case you get bogged and need winching out. Mud Map looks like a prtty good option.
Powered by Navteq maps, the app features on and off road maps, hiking trails, camp sites and other outdoorsy points of interest. It has a full topographical map of Australia, with map data stored on the device to work when you’re not in mobile reception areas. It tracks your position so you’ll never get lost again, while also offering the ability to share your location with other users, giving simple directions to friends and family to help them find your campsite.
At $60 it isn’t the cheapest app available and reviews on the app store are mixed… Has anyone tried this out? What are your thoughts…
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Troy
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 4:10 PMSo either no-one is interested in going outdoors or no-one has tried it, Shame, I have looked at it and almost bought it but my iPad doesn’t have GPS, so I’m not sure how much use it would be to me. That and the fact it doesn’t have an iPad version yet, so it would run in that stupid x2 size screen
Macca
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 1:41 PMTheres a heap of free Aussie topo maps available from the government so $60+ doesn’t grab me
Tammi Faithfull
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 5:33 PMI really thought this app would be great! Then I went to check it out and wow, cant afford that! That would did to much into my parts account. Id love to try it though and would use the heck out of it if I had it.
Mike'n'Mel4x4
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 5:41 PMHey there fellow 4wdrivers. I have an Ipad 2 with VMS and MUD MAp. This is an excellent application. It works anywhere offroad and as well as adding waypoints and tracking you as you go , you can add comments on all points you think you want to remember. You can do fuel calculations by tracking your kms. I think its an awsome ap. I have tried Hema, memory map, oziexplorer. This is the best so far as i can write so many things as i go and do my mapping at the same time. Worth the money!
Paul Cotter
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 5:43 PMI have it on my iPad, the 3G/wireless version, and find it very easy to use. It has all the functions for my offloading trips.
Paul Cotter
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 5:45 PMThat should read offroading in the previous post. Also, if you have a suitable iPad/phone, the cost is minimal compared to a GPS that does the same
Mark James
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 6:40 PMWorks great on the iPhone and iPad. Has a track log feature you can call up later to help navigate to that spot you wanted to show someone else. Anyone who thinks the price is too high hasn’t looked at top end 4WD nav packages too closely it’s great value for money. I loaded the Melway maps on and now can navigate in the city too :)
Navnut
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:25 AMThis App comes with all the map data for Australia and works extremely well giving coverage no matter where you are. For me the biggest advantage is that I can go to the Mud Maps web site and buy a huge range of extra maps that I can dowlad and use on this App as moving map navigation in addition to the NAVTEQ stuff. It is cool being able to see where you are on a real map all the time.
Bruce
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 10:15 AMI use mud map off-road on a regular basis and find it extremely easy to use. It has replaced my Hema Navigator as main GPS for remote travel. I still use Tom Tom for on-road auto mapping.
Bruce
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 10:17 AMI use mud map off-road on a regular basis and find it extremely easy to use. It has replaced my Hema Navigator as main GPS for remote travel.
Nathan
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:00 PMI’ve used OziExplorer, TwoNav and Mud Map and Mud Map is the easiest and most convenient to use. Given the cost of some other off road gps units, Mud Map wins hands down for value for money (if you have an iPhone and/or iPad).
We use it both in car and on foot and it has been great.
Dan
Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 8:16 AMI use it for hunting in NZ and downloaded all the topo maps and it works brilliant, nice and clear imagery on my iphone, saved me buying a new Garmin GPS’s.