Great App for Planning Training
I’ve been using this app for years to plan training exercises. Very helpful and as long as you have the maps downloaded, you can gps navigate without cell service. I’ve been recommending it to all of my Marines.
I would love to have the ability to draw geometries, such as lines for roads, or rhombus/non-standard for impact boxes or training areas. The ability to auto-draw lines while driving/confirming MSRs would also be a great help.
I would also like the ability to download all layers of maps for a given area. I’ve had to zoom in/out on each position and route in order to save the maps for offline use.
Even without those functionalities currently, this is still a great planning tool.DeMonCholo
Good for military or other uses
This map has a good layout that doesn’t take too long to figure out. It allows you to utilize “overlays” which means you can create permanent overlays that you can always leave on or you can create a new overlay for a training exercise and then turn it off when your done and remove the points. The pay version isn’t expensive a d if you’re going to use it a lot then I would highly recommend paying for it.
Additionally they have multiple shapes and colors you can use to make points unique and you can further specialize them by naming them and adding descriptions.
A cool feature I didn’t realize existed was that you can send overlays you’ve created to people with the map. This means if you’re going into a new training area then someone can send you their overlays or you can help someone out and do the same.
Overall it’s well designed, easy to use and you can get pretty specific with points. There’s also a moveable scale so you can figure out the exact distance and direction between 2 points. Overall I love the app and use it every time I go into the field.
Some features I wouldn’t mind seeing are:
- lines to connect points so that you could construct boundaries. I would use this to form the boundaries of training areas and impact areas.
- the ability to change the direction of the ruler from degrees to Mils.rocketman $BB
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Is there a way to utilize downloaded maps with MilGPS in such a way that we can use them offline? For instance, with Google Maps you can download maps and use them for when you are without mobile internet. I really like this app but the area I typically use it in has sketchy LTE and it severely degrades the usability.Jpeezy11b
Small improvements
This is absolutely a great App, ive been using the app for around 10 years and even after trying different apps that are similar i still end up coming back to this app. I use the app significantly while hiking but also during training in the military because the app is easier to use and more reliable than ATAK.
A few things that i believe would improve it would be offline maps, topographic and google/apple maps. This would just make navigation easy with or without cell service. Being able to download even just sections of a map, topographic and google/apple maps, would be perfect and not take up as much space on the device.
A significant issue that i have seen was when zooming in on the topographic maps the contour lines disappear when you zoom in close to an area. This makes it challenging to choose the best route or see what terrain youre getting into.
Another nice to have feature would be the ability to make routes. Having this would make long distance navigation significantly easier.
Thank you for your time and for making this incredibly reliable app, its been a huge asset both on hikes and also at work.
IanJambroskilero
A solid App!
I downloaded this and got going really fast. The active overlay and visible overlay took a bit to figure out but not a big hurdle. I used this to map location of items during a field test. Worked great. The challenge is using the files upon export. The icons used all translate to the basic point name. For example, I used green crosses for one position and orange triangles for a subsequent position. Google earth makes them all a single color pushpin once kml exported. GPX export rendered boxes. Luckily I named the point distinctly. Giving instructions on how to retain map attributes in the user guide would help tremendously. Otherwise note that all points will visually look the same upon export. This a a great app though. Excellent for on the ground recording and the accuracy is good enough! I’d definitely download and continue to use.Dmoorr61
Flawless
I have been using this app since around March of 2016 (it’s now January 2020) and I have never had a single problem with it. If you’re in the military this is a MUST-HAVE because it will do everything you need a gps to do plus more. And the different active layers is also helpful so you don’t have to much clutter in one area. Definitely worth the couple bucks I spent on it years ago.Nitsujima
Love this app!
This app is indispensable when navigating areas with no cell coverage. Just have to open the app and zoom in on area to be navigated prior to entering dead cell zone, then zoom out and leave the app open. Gives accurate 10 digit grid map coordinates via gps signals.Unit_07
Great app
This app is great. The different types of maps is my favorite part of it. They help when planning routes or just trying to see what type of terrain you’ll really be looking at. The only thing I wish it had was an Apple Watch app. That would be a lot easier to use while using the navigation portion of the app to get placesaangotti
Amazing!!
For the $10 I paid for this app... it does everything I need and more! The accuracy, available imagery, multiple overlay capability, and the sharing overlays via text/email features are all EXCELLENT!!! I have definitely recommended this app multiple times and will continue to recommend in the future.Grinch131225
Best GPS in App Store
This app has so many good features it is hard to summarize.
The location and navigation screens are completely customizable display of the fields, location/size and units. (10 stars).
The map screen allows you to choose the type of map to display (street / hybrid / satellite). (5 stars)
The overlay screen allows you to organize waypoints however the waypoints are difficult to choose to navigate and you must be careful not to accidentally edit/delete the waypoint when selecting to navigate to the point. (3 stars).
The settings screen should allow for a default for waypoint navigation screen (e.g. map or navigate screen). (4.9 stars).
I have used many of the GPS apps in the App Store. This is the best. A few minor enhancements would make the app perfect.
This is a must have app for hikers or navigating in an unfamiliar city.01 - John Q. Public
