This is a GPS navigation, mapping and tracking* app provided by the developers of the ExplorOz website. Developed with outback travellers in mind, it is just as useful for road-trips, commuting or trip planning. The app works where there is no internet connection, or with Wifi or broadband mobile.

The app provides all the maps you'll ever need, over 180 Treks for offline auto-routing, a wealth of facts about destinations, photos, reviews, and an easy-to-use navigator for creating your own driving plans. Custom settings also allow you to modify some of the default settings to your own preferences.

The app let's you add Places (private or public), photos, and comments, and when you update you get all new content shared by others too. Best of all, if you don’t know what’s around you – you can view a list of Places & Treks nearby and get reliable, factual information to help you plan where to go next. Even when you're offline.

The Map Layers tool provides a selection of 3 different online maps (EOTopo™, Streets & Paths, Satellite). If internet drops out, the app will automatically switch to the offline map (EOTopo™). The app comes with a base version of the EOTopo™ map for the whole of Australia for offline use. Additional zoom layers can be added to the offline map by downloading the Premium Map Pack (144K scale).

Places are optional layers of symbols displayed on the map. Click symbols to view photos, read descriptions, traveller-submitted comments, and to activate the "Go To" navigation control. There are over 80,000 Places including free camps and traveller points of interest. There are nearly 200 Treks containing pre-defined routes including all the well-known 4WD tracks, plus many interesting trails suitable for caravans, and camper-trailers. Treks appear as an option in the map overlay and will appear as purple route lines. Treks can be selected for "Go To" navigation, which provides offline auto guidance or they can be modified to suit personal preference and re-saved as Private Treks. Treks also include must-have information for safety, and planning. ExplorOz is constantly updating Places & Treks data. Update are free through the Data Manager.

A Snail Trail feature in the map overlay allows you to let the app show a line for the path travelled. The Snail Trail will continue to record and display until it is cleared. Snail Trail cannot be saved, stored, or shared.

*Tracking is available for activation within the app for ExplorOz Members only. When tracking is enabled, position data is sent to the ExplorOz server through the app when a data connection is available. Tracking is stored in your online account. Your family/friends can open the map on your private profile page on the ExplorOz website to follow your journey. Tracking can be saved, downloaded or shared.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

App download size is small at only 32MB. Before using the app offline, you will need to download an offline map pack to your device internal storage or to an SD card (38MB for the free base map pack; 519MB for the 577K Offline map pack; and a total of 5.1GB for the whole 144K Premium Offline map pack - available as 3 separate downloads for East (1.8GB), Central (1.6GB), West(1.5GB)

To upload photos/comments within the app, you must be logged in with a registered ExplorOz account, which can be set-up in-app

WHAT MAPS ARE AVAILABLE?
Online maps are Streets & Paths, Satellite (© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap), and EOTopo (© ExplorOz © I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd).

Offline map is EOTopo. The base map provided is deliberately limited (Scale 1:2.3 million). It is intended that users download the Premium Map Pack (additional charges may apply). Premium Offline EOTopo can be zoomed to Level 13, which displays at a map scale of 144K. Some people will not need to purchase the Premium Pack if they have previously purchased EOTopo200K raster maps direct from ExplorOz but the files will still need to be downloaded through the inbuilt Data Manager.