OziExplorer and/or Exploroz?

Hi Brian,

I previously used OzieExplorer when I made use of a lot of Topo's. It was a bit 'clunkier', only worked with PC or Android, and I used it on a laptop both for planning and then as we travelled. I haven't had the need to use it for some years now.

ExplorOz has more than enough detail for touring Aus and I do like the way tracks are saved 'in the cloud' and also easily shared with others both in live time or via files and there is a huge database of tracks available also.

Ozie didn't do that (when I was using it at least) but I had a lot of data saved onto it, with images and track notes, that cross-referenced to paper Topo maps and was then 'relatively' easily sent to others to make use of that data (yes, this was a work situation).

My use of ExplorOz is still developing but there is a great community and backup service for questions that was impossible to get with OzieExplorer.

Hope that helps, others will have more experience with both systems.

Thanks for the info. I sat up and checked out some video reviews etc and I agree with you. I think I'll just use the Exploroz on an iPad mini and go from there. Will take a little while to get my head around it but like you said, there's a good community that will assist :)

I've used both products for years and for me there are 2 very important points to realise. If you have an Apple iPad then ExplorOz is your only choice along with the greater expense that brings. The other (most important point is) map selection. With ExplorOz you can choose one map and it's for Australia only. With OziExplorer you can use pretty much any map you like. Marine charts, satellite images, calibrated scanned images plus all the other commercial maps from around the world. On every trip I compare my map collection with ExplorOz and there is always a difference between them i.e. tracks on my maps but not on ExplorOz. A big advantage with ExplorOz is ongoing development and support.

Exploroz traveller will tick all the boxes for you. If you can remember (or find via dates on photos) the date you went down that little track back in 2021 you can search it... and traveller will come up with the snail trail which you can make into a personal trek - everything gets stored. Once you actually read the manual it is very easy to use. I used to make maps for my OziExplorer from my collections of 1:25000 topographic maps - it was time consuming but possible to calibrate them quite accurately but lots of out of date/closed or unused/overgrown tracks around now with so much closed off. I still refer to paper maps on occasion - if looking for something historical (and best kept secret - like old Bora rings etc). - ExplorOz traveller is much simpler and as we use it we are improving its accuracy - it is the future of mapping in my opinion.

Here is a question for those that use the traveller app…….

I am true Ozi convert, having been using it faultlessly for over 20 years.

Can you connect a handheld GPS to your device and download the data from it? As I think the answer would be no?

Am I correct in my answer?

I just love the fact that I can use my topo maps with Ozi, with many of my very high scale details not seen on the ExplorOz maps.

As for updated maps. Google Get Lost Maps. These are constantly being updated. There is great detail, for all of Australia. They are able to be used on a variety of mapping platforms.