Canada Prospector vs CrownAccess

Canada Prospector is a native mapping app built specifically for gold prospecting and mineral exploration — covering Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia. Mining claims, mineral occurrences, drill holes, bedrock geology, faults and geochemistry — all on one fast, easy-to-use map. FREE FEATURES: Claim boundaries for all three provinces, refreshed nightly and colour-coded by expiry (active, expiring within a year, expiring within 90 days) More than 40 data layers across the three provinces, spanning geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and historic mining Save up to 3 favourites and 3 field notes (unlimited with Pro) Satellite imagery and detailed records one tap away DATA LAYERS: Every province — Claims, Staking Grid, Property Parcels, Mineral Occurrences, Mines, Drill Holes, Bedrock Formations, Surficial Geology, Faults, Water & Streams Nova Scotia — Available Staking Ground, Abandoned Mines, Ice Flow, Gold Geochemistry, Historic Mining Areas, Mine Tailings, Coal Seams & Workings, Anticlines, Restricted & Protected Areas, Crown Land, Oak Island Treasure Licence, Aeromagnetics, Radiometrics, Gravity, VLF-EM Ontario — Available Staking Ground, Abandoned Mines, Geochemistry, Iron Formations, Dikes, Gold Mines & Deposits, Mine Workings, Exploration Permits, Patents & Leases, Withdrawn Lands, Crown Land Use, Protected Areas British Columbia — MINFILE Producing & Past-Producing Mines, Regional Geochemistry, Assessment Reports, Work Permits, Mineral Reserves, Crown Granted Claims, Protected Areas PRO UNLOCKS: Pro Map Layers — Expired Claims, LiDAR Hillshade with coverage outlines, the prospecting heatmap, and terrain hillshade, contours and 3D Claim Assessment — multi-layer prospectivity scoring for any claim in one tap Assessment Work Tracker — Nova Scotia Form 10/11 PDFs, Ontario cost summaries with receipt photos, BC Statement of Work summaries Prospecting Targets — ranked locations where multiple data sources agree, with commodity filtering and an open-ground check (Nova Scotia and Ontario) Staking Calculator — select cells for a live fee and area total, with registry-ready output like NovaROC Tract Descriptions Faribault 1898–1919 Survey (Nova Scotia) — exclusive digitised shafts, veins, faults, and anticlines Claim Watch & Notifications — expiry reminders at 90, 30, 7, and 1 day, plus an alert if a watched claim leaves the registry early Open Ground Alerts — watch an area and get notified when claims there lapse, with a ledger of exactly which parcels opened Expiring Claims — province-wide expiry list, recently released ground, and your watchlist in one view Staking History — the chain of title for a cell, where the province publishes it What Is Here — tap anywhere for nearby occurrences, geochemistry, drill holes, and mines Near Me Search — occurrences, mines, drill holes, and more within a chosen radius of your GPS GPS Tracks — record your route, even with the screen off, with an elevation profile, waypoints and GPX export Export to KML, GeoJSON, or CSV for Google Earth and GIS tools Offline Field Mode — search and downloadable province data packs work with no connection, plus downloadable LiDAR areas (geophysics streams live tiles) Unlimited saves and field notes with photos Built by a Nova Scotian prospector, for staking your first claim or researching your next field trip, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Data is drawn from each province's public registry and open geoscience data. Canada Prospector is independent — not affiliated with or endorsed by any government, and nothing in it is legal advice. Canada Prospector Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $8.99/month or $79.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Understand Crown land fully in Ontario CrownAccess maps Ontario's Crown land using the province's own data. Open the app and camping is already on: green where land use policy allows camping, with private land, parks and reserves cut out and the area around posted no-camping signs cleared. Camping is free and you don't need an account. Subscribe to turn on everything else: • Camper Pull-offs: about 7,000 old gravel pits off forest roads, flat enough for a van or trailer • Hunting: Crown land open to hunting, and the seasons for your Wildlife Management Unit • Fishing: Crown land for fishing, fishing zone rules and 2,300 boat launches • Roads: open, ungated forest roads you can drive • Private land: see exactly where Crown land ends • ATV and snowmobile: where you can ride, on trail and off • Forestry: this year's harvest plans, past cuts and herbicide spraying • Fire danger, municipal boundaries and more • Offline maps for when you lose signal, and saved spots that sync with crownaccess.ca The map shows what provincial policy allows. It isn't a permit. Posted signs, fire bans and township by-laws still apply. CrownAccess Plus renews monthly or yearly at the price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.crownaccess.ca/privacy.html