GPS in car nav systems

oops!!

the GPS60 won't do navigation but the GPSMap60 will.

another factor is how much you want to spend...

Pixie
OziExplorer will NOT and cannot be run with a Garmin map60 unless you have OziExplorer on a laptop . Besides as far as I'm concerned OziExplorer has run it's course , you would be better of getting a unit that run OZtopo V2 , not released just yet but will be far superior , have a browse in my webpage, I'm sure you will learn a lot there .

GPS webpage

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Doug,

Bit of a narrow perception matey.

OziExplorer is always being updated with additional functionality and has certainly not run it's course.

There is also TrackRanger which is apparently very good, although I have not tried it and probably wont.

Now, as far as Garmin is concerned I have little doubt that it is probably the best GPS system to buy for a total City/Countrywide package as a one unit solution.

Having said that though, is it a practical device where you can run both applications at the same time and swap between them?

If not, two separate devices are the more practical (and more expensive) solution.

I have tried running multiple applications on a PDA and could not access OziExplorer until I shut TomTom Navigator 6, or CoPilot 6 down. Both these applications take over the full PDA screen and you cannot get at the switcher bar.

I now successfully run OziExplorer on the PDA (or laptop) for countrywide travel and have a separate TomTom device for voice guided City navigation.


Pixie

OxiExplorer does not come with its own maps. You need to add something like NATMAP Premium Raster to have moving map capability.

To my knowledge, OziExplorer is still the pseudo standard for the ExplorOz site if you wish to create and submit Treks.

DougT - thank you. I was of the understanding that Mapsource Trip and Waypoint Manager managed maps for the GPSMap60. But that appears to be incorrect. I have been reading that OzTopo V2 has been due for some time and is now imminent. If it comes out in the very limited time left for me then i will have a closer look at it. I understand that OziExplorer has been around for a while but I am happy to use that if it is what's available to me before i leave. I have had a look at your site and will have another look.

Sandman - thank you. i am also aware that you need something like raster maps. I understood that the Hema raster map packs could be exported to provide a similar map base to the NatMap. i will look into it further.

Cheers

Pix

"Besides as far as I'm concerned OziExplorer has run it's course"

LOL

Gidday DougT

Good to see you are still at your OziExplorer bashing best!

Weather in Townsvilles a bit sad at moment, but enjoying change in scenery, got fried on first day and now soaking wet! All good fun.

Cheers
Greg

PS new version of OziExplorerCE just release 2 days ago - amazing NEW features - have you tried it?

Greg
G'Day, No I hav'nt tried it and I won't be , just can't wait to get the good gear ....when it's released, mate I'm a zoomer , like to be able to zoom in the map , I see the OziExplorer is a Download Software 5.0 MBytes, OzToppo is 1700 MBytes, gotta be something bloody good in that,


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OK Doug, I'm gunna bite again.

You are comparing a navigation engine (OziExplorer) of 5.0MBytes with a Topographical map source. (1700 MBytes)

That's why there is a large difference in size.

With OziExplorer you still need the map source component and the accuracy is as good as the digital maps used.

Personally, I have found NATMAP Raster Premium (supplied on two DVD's, so it's bloody big in size) to be very good wherever I have travelled, be it through the centre, or up in FNQ.

Now I'm not going to state there isn't something as good or maybe even better around the traps, but for $120 for a PC based tracking software application and a version that also runs on Windows Mobile and a product that is made and supported in Australia. And runs on any hardware that supports Windows, or Windows Mobile. It is also "open" in that it will accept any digital map you load and in that way is non proprietary.

Pretty bloody good I think.

Sand Man
You or any one else hasn't seen OzToppo yet , but I have my belief it is better, even the old T4A , no laptop needed, it's all there on the GPS , you can argue/debate, I can argue/debate, and nothing will come of it , The main thing is if your happy with what you have then that's fine with me, the other thing is that while all our posts are flying back and forth everyone else in the thread is getting pestered with our comments if they have email notification , so lets make your reply the end ,

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Hello Doug –“
“so lets make your reply the end”

If you continue to make baseless comments on how bad/useless OziExplorer is, expect to be challenged continually. Don’t expect people not to correct your misinformation just because you tell them to stop.

As Sandman correctly points out (and as I have told you before) OziExplorer is a GPS Mapping PROGRAM. OztopoV2 is a Garmin specific MAP DATASET. They cannot be directly compared. If you were to make a comparison you would probably best to compare OziExplorer with Garmins Mapsource which has some similar functionality.

The current Garmin Mapsource update is a 47MB download, which makes a mockery of your statement “OziExplorer is a Download Software 5.0 MBytes, OzToppo is 1700 MBytes, gotta be something bloody good in that”

Anyway, don’t think file sizes of any consequence in this discussion anyway so not sure why you have chosen to mention it, maybe because you have no other valid argument to justify your comment that “OziExplorer has run its course” or some of your previous bagging such as “OziExplorer is “cr*p”.

As has been mentioned before – get the setup that best suits our needs. All the various GPS navigation setups have their good and bad points. Hard part is obviously getting good, unbiased advice.

Cheers
Greg

I have a Garmin GPSMap60CS with City Navigator and it will do all that.

I also have Ozi for very remote travel well off the beaten track, thats on a PDA. The Garmin is a purler