Anecdotes on ExplorOz Traveller

Leaving Wave Rock our ExplorOz indicated a left turn, which we did, and got on to the road we wanted.
Our friend in another car had Hema , which directed her to turn right , which she did.
Twenty minutes later she showed up where we were waiting.
She had completed a complete circle of streets and several kilometres to get about 200 metres, totally unnecessarily.
Her navigation system did this often.
ExplorOz Traveller has never once let us down.

Cheers
Jim

Hi VIC

Can you please supply more accurate details as the HEMA and ExplorOz systems are very different and not possible to use both systems on the same mapping system.

Hema is a software/firmware trainwreck.. so many people have dumped their devices/applications.. With good reason.

I'm glad I don't have to sit through the next Victorian Land Rover Club meeting. If anyone is going, don't forget your No Doz.

"The creek won't go down until it's finished rising"

"All you can do is the best you can do."

I opened this thread expecting to read some amusing anecdotes about things that went "pear-shaped" while traveling around Oz. When I see "ExplorOz" I still don't automatically think of the mapping software, lol.

Hi everyone. Thanks for your contributions and humorous remarks. Didn't get exactly what I was after, but good to see that we are happy with our ExplorOz experience. Not a single negative anecdote about ExplorOz. Perhaps that in itself if the anecdote I needed.

Cheers

Phillip Simpson
VK3LRO

I have story from my current motorcycle trip.

I was staying in a motel room in Daly Waters. It had been in the the high 30’s for a couple of days . I got up ( still pitch black outside) and decided to have a look outside to feel the temperature ! The door had a closer on it, and of course I heard it shut , sure enough it was locked!
So 5.30am outside my room ! I am so lucky I had put jocks and a T shirt on!
OMG so glad I wasn’t naked!!!
I had to wait around until a bit after 6 when I saw some staff start to arrive at the pub to get another key.

Probably not the sort of story you want either, but I do use ExplorOz traveller

Here’s a recent story I received via the Help Desk:

"I've had Topo for a few years, and the more I use it, the more I appreciate the information it provides. I haven't used it for turn-by-turn directions or treks, but the more I explore, the more I learn. I recently took a 5-hour scenic tourist flight from near Wilpena Pound to the top of Lake Eyre, flying at heights varying from 1,000 to 5,000 ft. You’d look out the window, wonder what you were seeing, zoom in on unexplored areas, and there was a wealth of information about the land features. The pilot I was sitting next to was very impressed — he had his own pilot app running, but it told him very little about what was below us."

This reminds me of a phone call I once had with a commercial Qantas pilot. He told me that the ground data in his inflight map was also quite limited. He used ExplorOz Traveller on his iPad in the cockpit to identify lakes, dams, and other features he was flying over, which he would then relay to passengers over the public address system. He was really excited about it and even had a business plan to promote the app across the entire Qantas fleet. He tried to connect me with a scheme for that, but we never heard back and I didn’t follow up.

It’s a great example of how people find their own ways to use the app. There are so many possibilities beyond what we initially designed for — and it’s definitely not just for CarPlay headunits, as some people seem to think!