4X4 Explorer – Hema Offline 4WD Maps for Android

Explore offline with confidence with Hema’s award-winning offroad maps

Hema 4X4 Explorer provides access to Australia’s most trusted offline maps. Using your device’s inbuilt GPS, you can plan, navigate and share your adventures with confidence. Whether it’s an offroad adventure, a remote camping or hiking trip or a lap around Australia, 4X4 Explorer is your perfect offroad and outdoor adventure companion.

What’s new

New ‘Offline Mode’ and a centralised map menu helps users to confidently download, access and display their offline maps. With less buttons on the screen there’s now more room for the map so you can explore offline with ease. This release is part of a bigger program to overhaul the user experience of 4X4 Explorer with continued updates throughout the year.

Australia's most trusted offline maps

• Explore Australia offline with Hema’s award-winning Explorer Map.
• Backed by 40 years of exploration from Australia’s most beloved map providers.
• Regular map updates by our Map Patrol, Alpha Teams and community of Explorers.
• Enjoy more than 1.75 million kilometres of 4WD, offroad and remote tracks.
• Upgrade to access even more detail with the Hema Premium Explorer Map.
• Never get lost, whether you are offroading, hiking, road-tripping or motorcycling.

Explore offline

• Download state or regional touring maps in full detail for offline exploration with a dedicated map downloads page, advising updates and download status.
• Access all map-related features and information from a single map menu.
• Customise map styles including scale and icon sizes and tracks and trips to display.
• Use Offline Mode to save battery and reduce roaming charges and blackspots.
• Test your map downloads offline before you travel for peace of mind.
• Know your exact location in case of emergency or to find assistance nearby.

Record every adventure

• Capture short tracks or entire road trips with the Track Recorder.
• Pause and stop recordings with a single tap, and track your progress in real-time with distance, time, current speed and average speed.
• Dive into detailed elevation and speed statistics after recording.
• Edit recordings easily to adjust or remove breadcrumbs.
• Securely sync and save your tracks and share them with the Hema Maps community.
• Use the sunrise and sunset times to capture your best memories.
• View, edit and organise your saved items with Folders or export/import GPX files.

Discover tacks & campsites

• Find your nearest 4WD track, campsite or fuel station with more than 100,000 offline Points of Interest (POI) including 40,000 Hema-verified campsites, caravan parks, free camping spots, fuel stations, dump points, lookouts and national parks.
• View booking information like contact details, facilities, photos and reviews.
• Search for tracks, places and locations by name or town and view nearby POI.
• Filter your search by POI types, facilities and interests.
• Quickly save and toggle POI filters tailored to your unique travel requirements.

Safely plan your next adventure

• Plan your trips online with the Hema Maps Cloud and our interactive map powered by HERE Navigation street data.
• Choose snap-to-path for touring and straight-line for offroad travel, then view and follow your trip’s route offline and on the map.
• Explore our featured trips or create your own travel itineraries.
• Share your favourite tracks, trips and memories with friends and family.
• Sync your data with the Hema Maps Cloud to securely store and view your tracks, trips, waypoints and POI at any time.

Additional purchases

You can activate additional offline map subscriptions through the purchase of a 12-Month Product Subscription (with auto-renewal) to the Premium Hema Explorer Map, Hema Raster Maps, Rooftop Maps, Meridian Maps and more, or upgrade to Camps Australia Wide POI, unlocking more than 60,000 POI.

You can enjoy a complimentary bronze-level membership with each app purchase and upgrade to higher membership tiers as needed, paying only for your required storage.

Support

• Get help from our technical support team via phone (07 3340 0000) or email (hemasupport@hemamaps.com.au) or by submitting a support ticket: https://kb.hemamaps.com/kb-tickets/new
• Access our Knowledge Base for a vast collection of support material: https://kb.hemamaps.com/
• Join our free webinar sessions at Hema Maps University to learn about the app’s basic or advanced features. Register here: https://hemamaps.com/pages/hema-u-online-training-program-schedule

Privacy

Our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy for Hema Maps products:

• http://help.hema-labs.com/cloud/terms.htm
• https://hemamaps.com/policies/privacy-policy

Note

• 4X4 Explorer is not designed for turn-by-turn navigation.
• Keep your device charging, when possible, as running the app will reduce battery life especially while recording tracks.
• For best results, the app requires an inbuilt mobile device GPS and location services turned on. If your device does not have a built-in GPS, you can purchase an external Bluetooth GPS receiver to use with it.

Explore confidently with Hema Maps. From Australia’s best mapping data to reliable offline use and comprehensive track recording, our app empowers every explorer.

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