Gold records for all seven states. Live tenements. LiDAR that shows the ground under the trees. Plan at home, use it with no signal.
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SatelliteDynamic LiDAR™Wattle Gully, VIC37.12° S · 144.20° E
Satellite, then Dynamic LiDAR. Wattle Gully, Victoria. Satellite imagery © Mapbox, © Maxar. Layer data from the sources named on each card.
Start with the free layers. Pay only if the map earns it.
Inside your free area every layer works except LiDAR.
Open the gold records for your state and tap one to read it. Historic nugget reports link to the old newspaper that printed them.
Gold records. Tap one to read it.
Historic nuggets. With the old newspaper.
Live tenements show who holds the ground and its status. Filter by type and by when a tenement expires. Pro can watch a drawn area or a whole state.
Tenement filters. Expiry, type, managed by.
Queensland. Mining leases and permits.
Watch an area. Pro.
Check the rocks first, then the samples taken around them. Gold Prospectivity gives you a research lead to check against both.
Gold host rocks. One switch.
Soil samples. Grade filter.
Gold Prospectivity. A research lead.
Satellite shows treetops. LiDAR shows the ground under them. Detector Maps draws it on your phone in nine looks, so you can change the look on the spot.
Look card. Nine looks.
3D. Tilt 60° · zoom 15
SatelliteLiDAR · Red reliefWattle Gully, VIC · 37.12° S 144.20° ESatellite imagery © Mapbox, © Maxar. Layer data from the sources named on each card.
| Where Dynamic LiDAR works | Plan needed |
|---|---|
| New South Wales and Queensland | Explorer |
| Tasmania | Any paid plan |
| Victoria | Add-on, A$39.99 a year |
| Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory | Not available yet |
“I found that Detector Maps is an essential tool for the prospector and miner alike, its super easy to use and offers great prospecting and mining mapping and information Australia wide, the LiDAR function layer where applicable is a game changer.”
Active Fires shows satellite fire detections, coloured by how recently they were seen. Go to drives you in on sealed roads with voice, then guides the walk from where the road ends.
Active Fires. Two filter sliders.
Drive, then walk. Voice on the road.
Pick your blocks. Save with your layers.
Open app.detectormaps.com in your browser and sign in with the same account. One plan covers your phone and the web.
Download free and open your state on your phone.
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“I use Detector Maps every time I go out prospecting. Puts me in the right spot every time. Worth every cent.”
We didn’t pay for any of them.
“With regular updates and extra features constantly added it really makes the fee very reasonable.”
Try the map properly.
Everything most prospectors need.
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Industry-grade data.
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Add-on Victorian LiDAR: A$39.99 a year. Sold on its own, not part of the free trial.
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Not sure which plan? Start free. You can cancel in the app, under Settings, then Subscription.
Free is free forever. Paid plans start with a 7-day free trial on yearly plans. A card is taken up front, but nothing is charged until the trial ends. Cancel in the app under Settings, then Subscription. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. Notifications on? We remind you on day 5. Explorer A$99 a year or A$9.99 a month.
The sources are public, and we name them on every layer. You get the work: merging them into one map, keeping them current, tiling them for offline and drawing every place the same way. Geological surveys of all seven states, Geoscience Australia.
Yes, for the areas you save. Download them on Wi-Fi with your layers. GPS works without reception. Saving new areas needs Explorer. Your free area is saved offline on the Free plan. Dynamic LiDAR saves with your areas, every look included.
Private by default. Waypoints, Trails and finds are visible to your account only. Nothing goes to the Community unless you post it. Location sharing runs only in a session you start. Backups go to your own iCloud Drive or Google Drive.
A mapped boundary alone does not tell you whether detecting is permitted. A tenement is not public land. Prospecting Access and Fossicking Areas show what each state publishes (a guide, always verify). Check your state’s rules first.
Check your place in the Library before you download. Seven states: NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA, TAS, NT. LiDAR in NSW, QLD, TAS and VIC, not yet WA, SA or NT.
Start with the free layers. Tap any record to read what it is. Every layer has an (i) that says what it shows and where it falls short. Five short in-app lessons walk you through the map.
“D maps are amazingly simple to understand.”
Offline mode and a battery-saver GPS mode are built for a full day in the field on most modern phones.
Yes, for the areas you save. Download them on Wi-Fi before you go, with your layers. Your phone’s GPS works without reception, so the map, your records and your waypoints keep working. Saving new areas needs Explorer. Your one free area is saved offline on the Free plan.
Yes. Open app.detectormaps.com in your browser and sign in with the same account. Your plan works there too. So do the waypoints and Trails you sync from your phone. The web map needs a connection, so save areas in the phone app for places with no signal.
Free is free forever. Explorer is A$99 a year or A$9.99 a month. Pro is A$249 a year or A$34.99 a month. Yearly plans start with a 7-day free trial. A card is taken up front, but nothing is charged until the trial ends. Cancel before then and you pay nothing. Notifications on? We remind you on day 5.
The sources are public and we name them: the geological surveys of all seven states and Geoscience Australia. What you get is the merging, the weekday refresh of tenements, the offline tiles, and every state drawn the same way.
No map can promise gold. Gold records show where gold has been recorded. LiDAR shows the ground under the trees. Tenements show who holds it. You spend your day on better ground.
A tenement is not public land, and a boundary alone does not tell you whether detecting is allowed. The map shows who holds the ground so you can stay off it. Prospecting Access and Fossicking Areas layers show what each state publishes (a guide, always verify). Check your state’s rules before you dig.
NSW and QLD are included with Explorer. Tasmania needs any paid plan. Victoria is an add-on, A$39.99 a year. WA, SA and NT are not available yet.
Yes. Import KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoJSON, CSV and TCX files, and Trilobite exports. Detector Maps shows you what is in the file first and skips duplicates.
Real data, named sources.
Download free, open your state and read what turned up before.
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