Once you've created an onX Hunt account, you'll need to become familiar with the onX Hunt App and Web Map to effectively use onX Hunt from your mobile devices and desktop or laptop computers, whether that's at home or deep in the backcountry.
Offline Maps and Markups (Waypoints, Lines, Tracks, Area Shapes, and Routes) saved from one device will sync to others automatically when you have internet connectivity, provided you're logged into the same account with the same email address and password. If it doesn't occur automatically, close and re-open the App or refresh your web browser as applicable.
Keep reading for an overview of the key features and basic controls available in the onX Hunt App and Web Map.
Table of Contents:
Features and Tools Overview
Use the tutorial below to familiarize yourself with the onX Hunt App by clicking on the text to the right or left of the image.
Mobile viewers: zoom in/out on the image by pinching two fingers together or pushing them apart.
Main Menu
The Main Menu allows you to manage your App settings, update your account information, manage your Membership, log out, and more.
Map Layers
The Map Layers menu allows you to overlay the map with 100+ map layers showing Private Land, Government Land, GMU/Hunting Units, and more.
Offline Maps
Offline Maps allow you to use the Hunt App in areas with no service whatsoever by pre-saving areas before heading to the field.
My Content
The My Content menu allows you to manage, edit, share, export, or delete your Waypoints, Lines, Area Shapes, Routes, and Tracks.
Tools
The Tools menu allows you to drop Waypoints, mark your location, add photo waypoints, measure distances, create Routes, save Shapes, and more.
Trail Cameras
The Trail Cameras tab allows you to manage or add compatible Trail Cameras to the Hunt App.
Full-screen mode
Tap once to enter full-screen mode and remove any on-screen controls or toolbars. Tap again to exit.
Search
Use the Search feature to center the map on points of interest, geographic locations, GPS coordinates, addresses, parcel owners, and more.
Weather
The Weather feature allows you to view current wind and weather conditions (while in service) for a specific area.
Basemaps & 3D
The Basemaps menu allows you to choose between satellite, topographic, or hybrid base maps, 2D or 3D modes, and available imagery options.
Location & compass
Tapping the location button once locks the App to your current location. Tap it again to show a directional indicator or access the rangefinder/compass tool.
Tracker
The Tracker tool allows you to record your route of travel and save it for future reference.
The same features (with the exception of the Compass and Tracker tools) are available via the onX Hunt Web Map as pictured below.
Offline Maps saved from your computer will sync to your mobile device's Offline Map list automatically, but the download must be initiated by the user. Downloads to your mobile device cannot be triggered automatically.
If you save an Offline Map from the Web Map and don't download it to your mobile device(s) from the Offline Maps menu, it won't be useable Offline.
Click here for more information on using Offline Maps effectively.
Basic Controls and Gestures
The Hunt App utilizes a touch-based user interface, meaning you can use almost anything in the App by tapping on it with a single finger.
You can also adjust your viewing area, angle, and zoom level by placing a finger on the map and moving it or using a specific gesture, such as pinching two fingers together or pushing them apart.
To learn more about basic controls specific to the onX Hunt App, scroll down through the steps below, or click on a specific step to view the associated image.
Pan: move a single finger on the screen.
Zoom in: push two fingers apart.
Zoom out: pinch two fingers together.
Rotate: twist two fingers in opposite directions.
Tilt: move two fingers up or down simultaneously.
One-finger zoom: tap twice + hold, slide up/down.
Web Map controls
- Pan: hold Left-Click and drag your mouse cursor.
- Zoom in/out: scroll up or down with your mouse wheel, or use the "+/-" symbols.
- Rotate/Tilt: hold Right-Click and drag, or hold Left-Click + Control and drag.