Compass Mode
Compass Mode allows you to quickly pinpoint an area on your map with precise accuracy.
Pinpoint Game With Precise Accuracy
When you need to determine direction quickly and accurately, Compass Mode is the tool for the job. This tool gives you a distance reference over your Basemap of choice while rotating with the direction your phone is pointing in real time, allowing you to hone in on the exact direction as well as analyze the terrain. Pinpoint exactly where your next move is, so you can slip in with confidence.
Compass Mode Breakdown
Never Lose Your Bearing
Compass Mode will always give you your direction of heading with your GPS location. You can also use the compass bearings at the top of the screen to ensure your direction of travel, giving you confidence to navigate unfamiliar terrain. Compass Mode uses your phone’s GPS; a typical smartphone has three magnetic field sensors, fixed perpendicular to each other, which are used to work out the direction of Magnetic North.
Navigate With Ease
Having precise directional tools at your fingertips for every hunt will make you more efficient and prepared for the moment in the field. You can find your orientation and distance from features on the map and add Waypoints at specific distances and directions from your location. Navigate with ease using onX Compass Mode.
It’s rare I don’t use Compass Mode during a day in the field. Of course, my favorite use cases are pinpointing bugles and gobbles. When interacting with an animal, understanding their precise location is extremely powerful intel to inform you where and how you should make your setup, it’s been the last feature used before a number of celebrations in my circles.
– Jared Larsen
Navigate With Confidence
Your GPS location, real time direction of heading, bearing, and dynamic distance references make Compass Mode a powerful feature.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can use Compass Mode when you’re offline.
Compass Mode can help you understand what direction you’re facing in relation to objects and terrain features, which can be helpful for basic orienteering, pinpointing bedded animals, navigating to your next glassing point, marking where an animal was downed, and more. Check out additional Compass Mode tips.
Tip: Keep in mind that magnets affect the accuracy of any compass, including Compass Mode. If your bino harness or phone case has magnets in it, you may experience issues with Compass Mode accurately reflecting your orientation.
Compass Mode can serve as a quick way to supplement the information your physical rangefinder provides, and can be used to help you understand the direction and distance of objects you cannot directly see.
For example, before a stalk, you can use your physical rangefinder to range the animal; then, use Compass Mode’s built-in Rangefinder to drop a Waypoint exactly where the animal is. Now, when you begin your stalk (and, likely, lose sight of the animal as you navigate undulating terrain), you have Compass Mode and your dropped Waypoint to confirm you’re taking the optimal path toward where you last saw your target.
