Locating the Strzelecki Track on the Hema 7

I don't know what program you are using but if you know it well then why not just go to a place on the track and mark or pin that location.

Hello

Are you using OziExplorer or iGO ? I have no idea if iGO has the track on it...but in OziExplorer you can open the Great Desert Tracks (GDT) South East map to view the Strezlecki Track. It is also shown on the Central Australia map and the 250K NatMap.

Cheers
Greg

Not enough info to easily give a meaningful rely.

It's probably using the Whereis database. Outside the cities, that's very dodgey. I once tried to find the distance from Lyndhurst to Innamincka on my HN5. Gave me a route via Broken Hill. Checked online - got the same answer. Tried again Lyndhurst to Birdsville. Sent me via Broken Hill and Bourke (also online). Took them years to believe that it was quicker to go from Renmark to Burra via Morgan rather than via Adelaide, and it still thinks Kulgera is at Imanpa.

There's a track file for the Strzelecki on this site - EO-T38 - but if you're serious about setting up track and routes, it's time to learn how to use OziExplorer.

??!! bot sure what you're after....

Street Navigation applications are not good for off road travel.

I have invested in a new Garmin Nuvi and also purchased OzTopo to run on it.
The idea was to use it for pre-trip planning with distance calculation using the Trip Planner function within Basecamp.
A waste of time and money.
Using Garmin Basecamp on a PC, I can plan a trip as far as Mungerannie on the Birdsville Track, then when I add Birdsville as the next stop, it takes me back along the route I have already travelled, then out via Broken Hill on a road the program better understands.
It refuses to route up the remainder of the Birdsville Track and then spits the dummy and crashes, causing more problems with the PC.
The Basecamp program is designed by Americans for use in America predominantly and doesn't appear practical for the Australian bush.

Young Nomads
Get used to the 4WD OziExplorer application. You can't use it for distance planning like you can with a street navigation app (at least on major highways), but it will show you on the map exactly where you are.

I agree that street navigation should be left for cities (maybe)

I only ever use ExploreOz even to go through cities. While the topo maps don't show all streets etc they do show enough to allow you to follow main routes through a town.

In the bush, I have studied the map and know my intended route. At road junctions I pay close attention to ExploreOz to see that I have taken the intended route. The software shows you where you are and use of the map zoom function quickly puts where you are in context.

You can leave a "trail" on at all times so that if you have taken a wrong turn or suddenly find the road blocked it is easy to back track out to a known road.

Navigating yourself on your own route is half the fun of the trip????

Enjoy yourself out there.

Alan

If in iGo, Have you set the parameters? Try the following (This HN6 - should be the same I would think.

Opening Screen has Show Map, Find, My Route, More

Click on MORE
Click on SETTINGS
Click on ROUTE SETTINGS
Click on NAVIGATION MODE - options are ON ROAD, OFF ROAD

Select OFFROAD

I haven't used this myself for Off Road, but it is this area where you select whether you wish to avoid motorways, shortest, quickest etc.

cheers
Laurie