DiscoverAus Topo

Hi Matt
is this the one in the news letter your on about, I don't know mate but i'm a mad map person, love maps and more detail the better, at $109 and on this web site then i reackon it will be a good one, I'm ready to part with some dollars right now,did you read my post about the maps set up might be to hard for some , but if they just play around a bit it works.

Doug

Are there alternatives for Magellan, or just the Discover Aus series?

Matt
I have been to the web and checked it out and wow it looks like a bit of real good stuff ,i will leave the url here if the link don't work, gonna order mine now.

raster

www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/maps/raster250k/#components

that's why I'm after an alternative.

It looks like there is some confusion here between the Magellan Discover Australia Streets and Tracks (DAST) and the GA Raster 250 maps. DAST is a Magellan Mapsend product that will work only on Magellans, and Magellans will only accept Mapsend products for their internal maps. If you want a detailed Australian map to load into your Magellan you have no choice but DAST or DAST Topo. At the moment DAST Topo is only available on an SD card while DAST is available on a CD, which means that you can plan everything on your PC before uploading it to the GPS. I was told last October that DAST Topo would be available on CD "early next year". I'm not holding my breath. Anyway, as others have said it's an expensive upgrade and I'll stick with my old DAST.

I've had a Magellan Meridian for three years and, while it's been a reliable and accurate device, the support in the way of upgrades and bug fixes from Magellan has been hopeless. It's a long time between firmware upgrades and each "upgrade" seems to add more bugs than it fixes. The expense of the upgrade to DAST Topo and the long wait for the CD version is typical of Magellan's "customer support".

My next GPS will be a Garmin.

Stephen.

I to got sick of waiting for the New toppo from Magellan and have just gone to OziExplorer.
Also to expensive for my liking at about $400.

Love the Oziexplorer didn't really appreciate the difference until running Ozi.

This thread indicates that DiscoverAus Topo is never going to be produced on a CD.