Moving map

cheers i will give it a crack

If it was the one in the city i would have nearly bumped into you - I grapped the DVD version

Yep the one on Hay street

thanks I do have a scanner. Looks like I have a bit to learn

yea i got a Hema map once and it was hopeless

Yes - my reason is that Hema, although good for most roads and tracks, are pretty well useless for topography. I didn't know that you got the Natmaps with the Hema pack though.

The hema maps aren't that bad, they're tourist maps so they include a lot of good information and cover a whole region but are usually at a lower resolution like 1:1M. In relation to what is available in digital mapping they are very good. They provide the geoscience topos anyway so you choose the map you want. I just loaded the maps that come with the hema 4wd pack and they look to be based of the same data as natmap premium (i looked at a couple of areas on the east and west coast). You don't get the mosaic and are poorer quality but it's inconsequential for the purpose of getting somewhere or working out where to go.
I think for the extra $40 you are getting a pretty good deal.

Also, i realised the difference after i'd bought the natmap premium and the guy was happy to exchange it for me (after i'd copied it) so i have both versions. I've only been using the hema maps and topos on the PDA.