Smartphone Nav on Red Hill

Join us for an outdoor Smartphone Navigation Tutorial, on Red Hill, on Sunday the 12 April 2026. Expect to be out and about for about four hours. Dress warmly for bushwalking and bring your lunch. We will gather near the Lunetta Cafe at about 10.30AM. Bring your smartphone, your bushwalking nav app, and any other nav gadgets you would like to cross compare. We will start our smartphone apps, then toddle towards Davidson Trig 750m. Expect slow going, much finger poking, many stops, and much chatter. We can load apps and maps to your phone on the run. Tutorials will continue until Winter.

For Android smartphone apps I recommend - Backcountry Navigator GPS PRO . See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nmk9oqnotQ9R2alcjR1N4LL6T51UoW0YO_IKsWzjeEc/edit?pli=1#heading=h.nd96wbwhphgh, also Cartograph Maps V3 at https://www.cartograph.eu/v3/help/, and Handy GPS at https://www.binaryearth.net/HandyGPS/.

For iPhone smartphone apps I recommend- Cartograph Maps V3 at https://www.cartograph.eu/v3/help/, and Handy GPS at https://www.binaryearth.net/HandyGPS/.

We will use apps that run out of reach of phone towers.
Learn to create a new trip database for each trip and add at least two waypoints.
I suggest you do not use All Trails or Strava apps for bushwalking, these are for use within reach of phone towers.
When bushwalking your phone should be in Airplane Mode, this greatly extends battery life.
Learn to use Screen Pinning for Android or Guided Access for iPhone, Google search this. I will demonstrate this.
For local maps I recommend - SIX-NSW, LIST, Maps VIC, Q Topo, LINZ, Open Android, and Worldwide Imagery through Arc GIS.
Bring any other devices, apps or maps you would like to compare.