The Settings menu lets you quickly adjust how the onX Hunt App and Web Map look and function to match your preferences.
Mobile device
- Tap the Main Menu button [
] in the top-left corner.
- Tap Settings.
Web Map
- Click My Account & Settings from the left toolbar.
- Choose Settings.
Settings You Can Adjust
NOTIFICATIONS
- Allow Push Notifications: Allows onX to alert you about feature releases, promotions, and more.
UNITS AND COORDINATES
- Units: Select Imperial (feet, yards, miles) or Metric (meters, kilometers) units of measurement.
- Coordinates: Choose between Decimal, UTM, DMS, and DDM coordinate systems.
- Hide Coordinates: Displays GPS coordinates on info cards as 0.0, -0.0.
MAP SETTINGS
- Show Crosshairs: Displays a crosshair in the center of your map.
- Enable 2D Map tilt: Allows you to slide two fingers up or down to adjust your viewing angle in 2D Mode.
- Enable Two Finger Distance Measure: Measures the distance between two fingers held on the map.
- Lock North Up in 2D: Locks your view into a north-up orientation in 2D Mode.
- Hide Scalebar When Inactive: Hides the scale bar in the upper left-corner after a few seconds of inactivity.
- Keep Screen Always On: Prevents your screen from turning off automatically.
- Show Terrain Exaggeration Control in 3D: Displays a slider button to adjust the level of exaggeration for 3D Maps.
WAYPOINT SETTINGS
- Show Custom Waypoint Names: Displays custom Waypoint names on the map.
- Enable Clustering of Waypoints: Groups nearby Waypoints into visual clusters at lower zoom levels—zoom in to see all related Waypoints.
OFFLINE MAP SETTINGS
- Show Offline Map Outlines: Displays the borders of Offline Maps to show exactly where they're saved.
A green border means the map is ready for use. A red/white "candy cane" border means it's not.
PHOTO SETTINGS [iOS only]
- Use Cellular for Photos: Allows the onX Hunt App to use your device's mobile data connection to sync photos between devices instead of waiting for a Wi-Fi connection. Be aware that if you enable this setting, you may incur data charges from your service provider.
APP TOOLS [iOS only]
- Clear Map Cache: Clears the map cache to reduce disk usage or clear invalid data—this doesn't affect downloaded Offline Maps.
- Log Viewer: Displays a log of the Hunt App's background activity.
Next Article: Transferring Markups from Other Mapping Programs.