OnX Maps OCD

[WookieBowcaster]

Does anyone go through the trouble of using folders to separate their deer pins from their turkey pins for one piece of property?

 

[WoodlandCritter]

The one piece of property is ~2million acres of public land, but yeah I do.

 

[dr.mooseknuckles]

No. Aint got time fo dat

 

[wapitibob]

 

[Doghed]

Definitely.
By species (Elk,Deer), and by year.
I also use a different color pin for each year.
I can show or hide folders as I need.
Patterns begin to resolve.
It's to cluttered otherwise.

 

[Dverbeek8]

Another question. Does anyone have to update onX every single time you open it?

 

[Ryan Avery]

Turkey pins ... HAHA

 

[Fowl Play]

I just live with the massive amounts of dropped pins and tracks, that were important 3 years ago, but not relevant now. That almost completely obscure the map to the point that it becomes unusable.

And then… when I get super bored mid day glassing, I’ll break out the phone and begin to clean up and organize the mess…

 

[mtnbound]

Does anyone go through the trouble of using folders to separate their deer pins from their turkey pins for one piece of property?

Yes, organization is one of the things I really like about OnX. I have 19 folders.

 

[insanelupus]

I simply wish I had begun to organize it when I started using it years ago.

The time suck at this point to do so has me considering deleting pins en masse.

Originally i chose an icon and dropped the pin, only date and time captured, usually.

A few years ago i started to try and organize and was quickly frustrated at the difficulty of doing so from the phone.

Perhaps it is time to give it a go. Maybe the process is easier now.

 

[jcaud]

Another question. Does anyone have to update onX every single time you open it?

Yes I’ve been having the same problem, not sure how many updates are possible

 

[jayhawk]

My biggest problem is I drop a pin and then say “I’ll remember what that’s for” and then don’t have a clue what it’s for

 

[Doghed]

Yes I’ve been having the same problem, not sure how many updates are possible

I think the more maps you have saved the more updates are necessary as they update the data/maps on their end.

 

[jcaud]

I think the more maps you have saved the more updates are necessary as they update the data/maps on their end.

Interesting, makes sense. I suppose I should go back and delete some of the old maps I don’t need. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Poser]

I tried to do that for a short while, but it just didn't stick. I am pretty good about editing my dropped pints to the correct icon (camp, elk, turkey, water, glassing etc). I'm surrounded by 2 million+ acres of public lands so, zoomed out, the map is covered with pins, but zoomed in, it all makes sense to me and I generally clean it up some from time to time. I tend to be more intuitive in my navigation anyway, so I'm seldom buried in my phone trying to hit an exact coordinate.

 

[WookieBowcaster]

I simply wish I had begun to organize it when I started using it years ago.

The time suck at this point to do so has me considering deleting pins en masse.

Originally i chose an icon and dropped the pin, only date and time captured, usually.

A few years ago i started to try and organize and was quickly frustrated at the difficulty of doing so from the phone.

Perhaps it is time to give it a go. Maybe the process is easier now.

I usually organize from the desktop.

 

[WookieBowcaster]

My biggest problem is I drop a pin and then say “I’ll remember what that’s for” and then don’t have a clue what it’s for

A lot of times, I don’t even open OnX in the field. Instead, I take a photo of some sign, then later on the desktop, I’ll use the geo data in the photo to add a pin to OnX and customize it per the sign (rub, strut zone, etc.)

 

[Pescetism]

For those that hide folders, are they hidden on every device unless you toggle the hide icon? I use a several computers plus phones and each one of them displays/hides folders based on the device used rather than applying that change across all devices.

 

[wapitibob]

You will not be prompted to update the App software, if only your maps have updates available. The map list will simply show "updates available" for those that are available.

Also, a phone is a poor substitute for a PC or Laptop with a mouse when it comes to Managing data in OnX.

For those that hide folders, are they hidden on every device unless you toggle the hide icon? I use a several computers plus phones and each one of them displays/hides folders based on the device used rather than applying that change across all devices.

They are different and, when OnX does a background update on their end, it will usually toggles all data to "visible" from my experience.