No longer usable
This used to be fantastic - now constantly crashes and struggles to find location - very disappointed. This has been our go to app for years.
HEMA maps
I am a tour driver/guide operating long distance tours right across Queensland - taking up to 30 passengers into the most remote corners of the State, Cape York and the Gulf Country.
The HEMA maps app is an invaluable addition to my touring kit. At all times, no matter how remote, I know where I am. That’s incredibly important and offers another layer of safety in the event of a breakdown or other emergency.
Absolutely highly recommended
The HEMA maps app is an invaluable addition to my touring kit. At all times, no matter how remote, I know where I am. That’s incredibly important and offers another layer of safety in the event of a breakdown or other emergency.
Absolutely highly recommended
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Disgraceful
Ant
That app is a night mare. Never
used is so difficult . I don’t want money back just don’t want people to fall for this app. Wasting your money better donated somewhere else .
That app is a night mare. Never
used is so difficult . I don’t want money back just don’t want people to fall for this app. Wasting your money better donated somewhere else .
Great guide
Hema is a great guide for 4wd tracks and highway driving especially when you have no phone service, however recommend not relying on it completely. Can confirm some petrol stations and accommodation noted on the maps no longer exist.
Make it easier to navigate
Need to make it more user friendly and easier to navigate throughout the app and to make it more accessible to plan trips and to create way point
Excellent app
Amazing app well worth the money. Stable and very intuitive complements paper Hema maps very well.
4wd Maps
Absolutely awful compared to the old Hema Explorer. Just about unusable, so disappointed. One star because it wouldn’t accept no stars.
Paper maps with gps
I find the Hema maps app great. I’ve used it from the VIC High Country to Cape York. I can sit at home and look at areas I want to visit, zoom in and out and follow tracks without having to find the next page the map joins up to. I plan routes and save as gpx files and when I’m out and about I can see exactly where I am on the map with GPS accuracy. I can save my favourite camps or points of interest and send them to friends. Yes the app is a bit clunky and takes awhile to learn, but so are paper maps.
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Review
HEMA Maps offer solid and reliable mapping, especially for regional and outback travel. The detail is generally good, though coverage could be expanded in some areas. A handy resource overall, but still worth cross-checking with other sources at times.
CarPlay?
The app would be excellent with CarPlay. Especially now that there is wireless CarPlay your navigator/partner could be programming while you are driving
NOT MY PICK
This was my original app that I used as a 4x4 I found if difficult clunky impossible to understand unintuitive and frustrating I have tried a lot since.
THEY GET A ONE STAR FOR THE ONLY DECENT THING IT DOES AND THAT IS A ONE OFF PRICE ENJOY
THEY GET A ONE STAR FOR THE ONLY DECENT THING IT DOES AND THAT IS A ONE OFF PRICE ENJOY
Blessed are the map makers
Hema have always strived to make their maps excellent for both 4WD and road trips. Let us hope they stay in business and google don’t devour them
Great
It’s a great app we use it all the time for our trips. It would be great to see it available for apple/android car play.
Zero stars for this app.
This used to be a very good 4wd mapping app before their mapping system was corrupted and taken over by memory maps!
Now the Hemma mapping app is rubbish - just electronic copies of paper topo maps that don’t show any detail at zoom and no clear signage. You pay top dollar for the “new” version of Hemma mapping app and the maps that they supply and the ones you can download are useless, particularly if you plan on any four wheel driving or adventuring.
Not even sure you can use an external gps connected to your iPad to show your exact location.
Memory maps that are supplied are also useless.
A complete waste of money
Now the Hemma mapping app is rubbish - just electronic copies of paper topo maps that don’t show any detail at zoom and no clear signage. You pay top dollar for the “new” version of Hemma mapping app and the maps that they supply and the ones you can download are useless, particularly if you plan on any four wheel driving or adventuring.
Not even sure you can use an external gps connected to your iPad to show your exact location.
Memory maps that are supplied are also useless.
A complete waste of money
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Getting lost
It was once a great app then they start putting in aboriginal names that not only you can’t pronounce but you end up getting totally lost, this is Australia so let’s stick to Australian names would be good.
If Hema feels the need create a mapping system for Aboriginal people,
If Hema feels the need create a mapping system for Aboriginal people,
Map update
It looks like the maps on this app have not been updated since 2022. When will Hema be providing an update?
4x4
Great app! Beats paper maps
Terrible, just terrible
Route planning is the most frustrating experience. If it was still 1999 it would be great, then maybe 3 stars
Good analogue style map!
Great map for the outback. It would be great to remove the warning that I can’t get data when navigating by satellite. I can’t click on my phone while riding a motorbike and have to stop to get rid of that unnecessary warning…
Gives confidence to go beyond the black stump
This app allowed us to confidently travel to locations far and remote. It provides clear (as clear can be) directions on remote roads and tracks. I wouldn’t want to go anywhere beyond mobile phone coverage without it.
