I want to buy a cd rom with Australian roads and tracks
Submitted: Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 16:44
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Member - Ross H (QLD)
Hi guys and gals
With leigh and I attending our national EO gathering in south oz in july we are wondering what is the best cd rom to run on laptop in relation to coverage. We have the garmin 2610 gps with city navigator v7 but still prefer the more detailed maps of hema etc..as they show more dirt tracks.
Don't really care to much about setting gps up with laptop. Just nice to sit down and work out trip on laptop will also carry paper maps as
well.
So what are peoples preferred reference maps/cd roms.
For eg. when we went to the cape last year we used hema map of
cape york but what we are after is a good map for all of Australia.
Hope that all make sense.
regards
ross
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 16:51
Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 16:51
Ross,
Many people use OziExplorer in association with NATMAP Raster series of maps.
You can by NATMAP Raster (on CD) or NATMAP Raster Premium (on DVD) and load these maps to the Laptop to be referenced by OziExplorer.
Other digital maps such as the Hema Series may give more specific detail for certain areas but NATMAP Premium pretty
well covers it all.
OziExplorer will also give you the ability for moving maps, which shows your current location on the map as you drive.
All these applications and maps are available from the ExplorOz
Shop.
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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 16:56
Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 16:56
Just an afterthought.
NATMAP Raster can also be run on the Laptop as a stand-alone map display, but you won't have the moving map capability OziExplorer gives.
In Ozi, you can also pre-plan your route and call it up on the map display as you progress, or save your completed track, (or sections thereof) for future reference.
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Follow Up By: Member - Ross H (QLD) - Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 17:04
Thursday, Feb 15, 2007 at 17:04
Hi sand man
Have thought about setting up with moving maps but really just want to keep it simple for simple people like me hahaha. We really only do one big trip a year so cant justify an awful lot of money on flash software. But in saying that I realise you only get what you pay for so may still go down this road yet.
thanks for your help
regards
ross
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Reply By: Alan H (Narangba QLD) - Friday, Feb 16, 2007 at 17:53
Friday, Feb 16, 2007 at 17:53
Ross
I agree with the others re OziExplorer
However, there is always a however, if you must only have your Natmap and your GPS you will be able to find where you are.
You can read the a lat and long from the GPS and put that into Natmap to show a map showing your position.
In reverse, if there is a place on the map you know, you can read its coordinates and use them as a goto in the GPS.
I used this as a backup to paper map reading before going moving map. Be sure to still take paper maps as technology can let you down.
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