What's gone wrong at HEMA Maps?
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 15, 2019 at 14:16
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Member - Wildmax
Has anyone made the mistake of "upgrading" to Edition 12 of the HEMA hard copy map book Australia Road and 4WD Atlas?
We are long time users of HEMA hard copy maps to supplement on-line options, and up until now have been very satisfied, but the change from from Edition 11 has been a major disappointment.
The maps are more difficult to read, the page breaks are confusing, but most importantly a number of sites are missing. Just a few examples from our recent travels: why are
Lark Quarry, Porcupine
Gorge,
Leichhardt Falls, Clem Walton reserve no longer shown - surely they are relevant inclusions in any decent map resource for travellers.
It seems to do better in coastal areas.....maybe this edition has been edited by someone who doesn't actually travel inland.
In short, a very disappointing purchase after many years of successfully using previous editions - and now we have to keep Edition 11 on hand for comparison!!
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Reply By: Baz - The Landy - Friday, Aug 16, 2019 at 07:16
Friday, Aug 16, 2019 at 07:16
Out of interest, I was doing a stint as a Volunteer at
Milparinka last year when somebody came in to the
Visitor Centre with the latest (at the time) version of the Hema Maps book.
Milparinka had disappeared from the map in this latest version.
It would appear this occurred when the pub advised Hema that it no longer had fuel available so when Hema removed the fuel
sign from
Milparinka it appeared to have removed the township as
well.
Perhaps this is what has happened (again).
Cheers, Baz – The Landy
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Follow Up By: Peter M111 - Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019 at 06:58
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019 at 06:58
This confused me two weeks ago and I had to look on an old sheet map.
Milparinka is an important place, I don’t understand how it was left off.
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