Maps for Oziexplorer

Member - Ivan (ACT) posted:

Phil,

Try Brian Somerville at GPSOz ( www.gpsoz.com.au - his website is informative with examples of gps, maps, pda etc etc - cost is also shown.

A good guy, knows his stuff

XS Challenger posted:

Phil,

Marine S Industries (cant remember what the s is) seem to know what they are talking about but are always trying to up sell to a dearer system.

They are in Newspaper Place Maroochydore right down the end on the right.

They knew alot about GPS, but you have to sort out the up sell from the what you actually need.
I had my father in law looking at a laptop with a GPS Mouse or GPS hand held with Oziexplorer running, (he is not computer literate) and before I knew it they had him looking at a system for $4500.

Hope it helps.

David Au posted:

Well if you live in Queensland and the SE you have the best GPS shop in Australia in Brisbane Johnny Appleseed GPS and speak to Kimball or one of his great staff.
Best prices and knowledge in Australia.

Bonz (Vic) posted:

David, Are you in Melb? Have you been the the Melb Johnny Appleseed shop? Whatre youre impressions of you have?

David Au posted:

Bonz I have not been to the Melbourne JA GPS shop. However, I have phoned them three times - I now happily pay the STD charges to phone the Brisbane shop. I know personally people that have been into the Melbourne shop and the comments have not been flattering or favourable. I have always had fabulous service and attention from the Brisbane store and deal there all the time, and happy to refer people there.

Bonz (Vic) posted:

yer Dave I thought as much, I have been there after higher than expected service from Brisbane, was early days but still walked away non-plussed, I hoped it had improved.

XS Challenger posted:

Thanks
How detailed is the 250k Topo, I mean does it have all the 4wd tracks on it or is it more only the major roads? I assume that it doesn't go to street level for the cities, is this correct?

Thanks again Richard

Willem posted:

Richard,
The 250K Topo maps are not always that accurate as government mapping is done at varying times. Real outback tracks in remoter areas are sometimes shown as being there and when you look for them they are gone or haven't been in use for years. The majority of maps though are up to date showing bush tracks on stations and in National Parks etc. If you get the Mosiac version of the map then you do not have to load individual maps as the map frame on your screen is continuous. Whilst Natmap Raster has cities in its database it is not that detailed. I also have UBD Maps Australian Country and Cities which gives you a lot more detail. I am sure that you could also buy 100K, 50K and 25K maps which would give far more detail. For my purposes I am contetnt with the 250K. Remember to configure your maps with Oziexplorer when you load them. Refer to installation notes in Ozi.

XS Challenger posted:

Willem,
Thankyou for the insight

XS Challenger posted:

Bonz, What brand are th 1:100000 maps for Australia, and how much detail do they have. eg 4wd tracks streets etc.

Thanks

Richard

Bonz (Vic) posted:

Theyre the Auslig maps and they show good details on offroad and bush tracks, useles in the city but I have VicRoads maps for that.

David Au posted:

I think Bonz means the 1:250,000

Bonz (Vic) posted:

OOps Daves right theyre 1:250000

David Au posted:

The sad thing is Geoscience have a great set of 1:100,000 that due to some tie up with some commercial company they will not release. It is like the backward tired state of Queensland trying to get decent mapping. One day Queensland may come into the modern age and supply some quality mapping at a reasonable price. I suppose we are so spoilt with high quality detailed mapping in Victoria.

XS Challenger posted:

Thanks David C

I may just do that. I will email you when I have the time to come down.

Could you perhaps send a screen print or two of some of the detail of the maps to my email address at richardrose@itconnect.net.au

Thanks in advance

Richard