I want to buy a cd rom with Australian roads and tracks

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.

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

Thanks for that willie
would be nice to be able to get just one cd/dvd with all the info you need.
I do like hema maps as the are made for challenged people like me. :)
regards ross

Ross ,

If you want to keep it simple , don't get OziExplorer

Just buy Natmap Premium .

You can load the Hema maps onto your hard disc and they will not take up too much room . Then you can keep Natmap Premium on the CD in the machine .

Natmap has everything . Hema maps just cover certain areas , but they are a good addition as they have travel info on them .

Willie .

Willie
Can i still load the natmap premium onto harddrive and run with out discs I have 40gig of space left so they will fit maybe when doug.t comes on line he may be able to tell me whether or not natmap is compatable with city nav v7/2610 street pilot.
thanks again willie
ross

Ross,

In line with what Willie is saying, just be sure what your Laptop has in the way of a CD/DVD drive.

A DVD drive will run either a CD or DVD disk, but a CD drive will not run a DVD disk.

NATMAP Raster 2005 Premium only comes on DVD (set of 2)
The lower level NATMAP Raster 2005 is distributed on CD (set of 4)

OziExplorer is only another $123 and after using it you'll know instantly, exactly where you are lost:-)))

thanks sandman
Laptop will run and burn dvds noproblems
Still doesent help me make my mind up though
thanks again guys
ross

Ross,

Yes mate, you can load the whole lot to your hard drive and when you fire up NATMAP Premium, you will get a display of the whole of Australia.

You then click on the area concerned and then load up the detail map for that area.

The beauty of Ozi, is that as you travel, the program will automatically swap over to the associated detail map. Without Ozi, you will eventually reach the edge of the current map and will need to return to the higher level map to select another.
No big deal though. NAPMAP Premium works well.

Oh, you can't get a very good printout direct from NATMAP. It only uses about a third of page regardless whether its A4, A3, Portrait, or Landscape.
Ozi allows a full page print of what it currently displays.