Offroad navigation with Hema maps

[TonyF]

Has anyone downloaded Hema .gpx map files onto the Pathfinder system or interfaced it with the Aerpro AMHXD3 module that has Hema maps loaded? I'm looking for an offroad navigation system which uses the Grenadier screen and requires little or no additional hardware.

 

[anand]

Does Hema maps not have a CarPlay/Android Auto app? Unfortunately Hema is essentially useless for us in North America so I haven't spent any time with it at all

 

[Rok_Dr]

Has anyone downloaded Hema .gpx map files onto the Pathfinder system or interfaced it with the Aerpro AMHXD3 module that has Hema maps loaded? I'm looking for an offroad navigation system which uses the Grenadier screen and requires little or no additional hardware.

Provided the gpx file has waypoints, Pathfinder mode will read the file with no issues. It doesn’t recognise tracks or routes though. Breadcrumb trails of waypoints are fine.

As for the aerpro adaptor I suspect it won’t work, but happy to be proven wrong. Reading the user manual it appears to need a usb connection with the head unit and also a Bluetooth connection to your iPhone. The grenadier is wireless CarPlay only. No mention of Android auto in the manual.

Unfortunately Hema doesn’t support CarPlay or android auto. Maybe some day…. but it would undermine their hardware based mapping products. They just killed their Explorer app and the 4wd app hasn’t been updated in 2 years on the apple App Store.

The only CarPlay compatible navigation app I’ve found which allows me to load my own maps and imagery is OSMAnd maps, but it’s not a simple process to get them into a suitable format that OSMMaps can read.

Cheers
Steve

 

[parb]

I'm a fan of osmand. It displays well in the Grenadier display using Android Auto. Not the fastest when getting into the off-road screen and then back to Android Auto and osmand (it has taken up to a minute for the screen to re-render) but otherwise it's worked great.

 

[TonyF]

Provided the gpx file has waypoints, Pathfinder mode will read the file with no issues. It doesn’t recognise tracks or routes though. Breadcrumb trails of waypoints are fine.

As for the aerpro adaptor I suspect it won’t work, but happy to be proven wrong. Reading the user manual it appears to need a usb connection with the head unit and also a Bluetooth connection to your iPhone. The grenadier is wireless CarPlay only. No mention of Android auto in the manual.

Unfortunately Hema doesn’t support CarPlay or android auto. Maybe some day…. but it would undermine their hardware based mapping products. They just killed their Explorer app and the 4wd app hasn’t been updated in 2 years on the apple App Store.

The only CarPlay compatible navigation app I’ve found which allows me to load my own maps and imagery is OSMAnd maps, but it’s not a simple process to get them into a suitable format that OSMMaps can read.

Cheers
Steve

Thanks Steve, I thought this might be the case. What a pity. Cheers, Tony

 

[globalgregors]

Has anyone downloaded Hema .gpx map files onto the Pathfinder system or interfaced it with the Aerpro AMHXD3 module that has Hema maps loaded? I'm looking for an offroad navigation system which uses the Grenadier screen and requires little or no additional hardware.

We use Organic Maps, which is a free offline turn-by-turn app using OSM maps (this can import .gpx files); and Gaia GPS, which offers downloadable topographic maps.

As you note, neither Hema or Garmin mapping apps offer CarPlay integration so we run a Garmin Overlander alongside and have the Hema library on a tablet tucked away in the luggage.

 

[Rok_Dr]

We use Organic Maps, which is a free offline turn-by-turn app using OSM maps (this can import .gpx files); and Gaia GPS, which offers downloadable topographic maps.

As you note, neither Hema or Garmin mapping apps offer CarPlay integration so we run a Garmin Overlander alongside and have the Hema library on a tablet tucked away in the luggage.

Thanks. I’ll give organic maps a try. Until recently I used maps.me but when it started imposing limits and subscriptions I left it, so nice to see there is an open source version.

Cheers
Steve

 

[globalgregors]

Thanks. I’ll give organic maps a try. Until recently I used maps.me but when it started imposing limits and subscriptions I left it, so nice to see there is an open source version.

Cheers
Steve

Yes, I understand the maps.me developers differed on the commercialisation of that app and Organic Maps is the result.