OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
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OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
There is a new layer I just saw on Onx that shows "mixed oaks" and specifically white oaks. I tested it out this weekend and it doesnt seem to be super accurate, it somehow mistakes maples and labels them as white oaks. Has anyone else noticed this? I cringed when I saw they had such a layer, as some of the super secret honey holes are no longer a secret.
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
There’s no way that is accurate. I will test it out this weekend but I don’t believe it.
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
It’s definitely not accurate on a fine scale, not around me anyway, which is where you find those hidden spots.
On a bigger scale it shows white oak at lower elevations and on south and east slopes which is typically correct.
So it could help someone find a general area but I don’t think it’s going to take much away from boots on the ground. But we have oaks everywhere and that’s basically what it shows. Somewhere with spotty oaks it may be more helpful if it’s correct
On a bigger scale it shows white oak at lower elevations and on south and east slopes which is typically correct.
So it could help someone find a general area but I don’t think it’s going to take much away from boots on the ground. But we have oaks everywhere and that’s basically what it shows. Somewhere with spotty oaks it may be more helpful if it’s correct
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
Interesting. It looks generally correct for my area.
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Here is a clear cut and it’s showing oaks….
I wonder what it’s using for its an algorithm?
I wonder what it’s using for its an algorithm?
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
Nice. One more step towards taking the "hunt" out of hunting. Wouldn't want to have to actually work hard at something.
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
Probably using a soils map to predict the locations - hence your clearcut.
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Doesn’t anyone want to get out and actually scout anymore???? Heck, that’s half the fun if you ask me i love scouting in the off season. That and shooting my bow is the only way i can “sorta” scratch that need to hunt itch.
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
Large acreage of oaks does nothing for me. I want to find secluded single oaks especially white oaks near prime bedding. Only way to find them is doing all the work with boots on the ground.
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
In my areas of the woods it's obvious anyway.
If it's not pines or clearcut it's oaks.
If it's not pines or clearcut it's oaks.
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Bio1 wrote:Probably using a soils map to predict the locations - hence your clearcut.
According to them the information is given to them from a 3rd party and it’s based off of satellite imagery. How in the world they can tell the difference between a white oak and an oak producing tree from satellite imagery is beyond me.
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
When are you just gonna be able to push a button on your smart phone and kill a deer? Has to be heading that direction with cell cams now this
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I have Ocean Front Property in Arizona too...
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Re: OnX maps new layer showing white oaks/
I hunt a marshy area that's surrounded by buckthorn, aspens, and cottonwoods, and as far as I know there's not an oak on the property. I was looking at that piece recently on OnX, and I saw a small spot that was supposedly white oaks. I wasn't buying it, but I had to check it out. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be nothing more than overgrown vegetation with some aspens. On the plus side, I poked around a few hundred yards from this spot and stumbled into a small shed. Anyways, the layer seems to be more accurate in areas that actually have oaks, like hill country. But that also might just be dumb luck since the hill country around me is full of oaks anyway.
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