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Hi not sure if my phone settings are right but Does anyone else find the nztopo50 resolution blurry compared with google maps or wams pocket map?
I want to waypoint slips etc at home before heading out but its too blurry to see small clearings etc.
What do others do?
Cheers
Yup...rubbish resolution
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This one is good...i use bing satalite and you can almost see the deer on the slipshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...78f8a07d43.jpg
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The nz topo50 app sat photos will be deliberately low-res due to being fully offline - needs to be able to store them all on your phone. Google maps and other viewers etc will download as-you-go, allowing much higher res, but wouldn’t be possible to store them all for offline access.
I find topo50 sat images enough to give an idea of terrain etc, good to reference across from the topo, but if I want high quality satellite imagery, I use different sources.
Yeah it's shit, I was thinking the same thing. Must be so the app doesn't have a massive memory usage.
It'd be nice to have the option for higher res given the capacity of sd cards these days.
I've had the same problem so when I found clearings on Google maps that I like I've dropped pin on the clearings then clicked on the pin and got the map coordinates and then enter them into top 50 and marked them like that I always check both pins in topo to make sure they look a similar place on the map & it has been worth the pissing round for me but tjust make sure that two different mapping systems running the same format for the coordinates
I am pretty sure the app that HNTMAD pointed out gives high resolution off line.
Is it called nz maps?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Bit hard to tell in the screenshot.
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Stand down I have found it....nz topo maps [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
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I emailed the NZ Topo 50 team (poss a team of one), and yeah, resolution is due to file size.
I asked if it would be possible to download certain areas in higher res, and he said he'd look into it, but that was a year or so ago, and haven't looked back from NZTopoMaps. Well worth going pro. Ability to overlay aerial with Topo has been a bloody game changer!
Cheers fellas glad to see my technical limitations were not the problem for once. Will give the recommended app a whirl.
I've got it but have a bugger ofa time making it work offline on my phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by HNTMAD
Hence i use the Topo50 lol....but you can cache....hope thats right....and or download to your phone the area you want when in wifi and that helps..... but overall the Topo50 works better.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
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What's the issue you're having Steve? Is it with downloading/caching the maps? Or the tracking? I've worked thru a few gremlins, so happy to help if I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
I looked at the NZ topo on the free app I didn't think resolution was any better than topo50.
From memory i the reason i ditched subscribed nztopomaps a few years back was the the pages wouldnt load off line sometimes or be very slow and blurry to the point i couldnt trust it in the bush.
Hence i went to the other one which works well offline but doesnt have the ability to layer topo over clear satellite images.
Not sure if this was the case then, but you can download/cache imagery and Topo maps at a variety of resolutions. 20 being the highest (full-res LINZ Aerial phot), but obviously this impacts download size. I usually run about 18 which is 20-30MB for an average sized area, and more than enough detail. Haven't had a problem with it loading offline, but do usually check before I go out of service.
NZTopo50 has one resolution, which gets blurry at any useful level of zoom. Same with their topo maps.
Pretty much can't fault NZTopoMaps, but I do also (usually) carry a laminated copy of a "real" map, and compass. Technology has a history of failing just when you need it. Whatever works best for you, really. The basic functionality of NZTopo50 is also def it's strength!
Thanks for the info im going to give nztopo another try with your suggestions. Yeah i carry a garmin etrex as backup and a laminated map and have had to use them. Phones are nice but not bushproof
It's the downloading and caching.the tracking part works well. Offline I'll end up with a nice blue squiggly where I've been line on a blue and white checkered background as the map hasn't appeared
Are you sure you have zoomed in on the area first?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve123
I have the pro version and Linz imagery won't work with it. Erin aerial works good for aerial imagery though.
Never had problems navigating/returning to marks with NZTopo50. Gets a bit blurry on screen when showing less than 500m on screen but if you can’t navigate at that resolution you probably shouldn’t be out in the bush anyway. Mind you, I’m of an age where we learnt to navigate by compass and sometimes dodgy paper maps. As for aerial photos, just study Google or Esri satellite/aerial images and transfer coordinates to phone/gps, simple enough.