Rural roads on an SD card
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Member - Des Y (QLD)
Does anyone know who may put out a coverage of Australian rural roads and tracks on an SD card eg. similar to Magellan Discover Australia
Reply By: The Explorer - Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 17:38
Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 17:38
Hello - You are slightly vague in your requirements but assume you are looking at maps for a Magellan GPS unit? There are no other commercial products except those sold by Magellan for Australia.
What is your issue with the Magellan product? Price?.
There may or may not be some free maps floating around that might cover you area of interest but they wont have the same detail as DAST Topo or the Discover Aus Outback Tourer. You can also make your own but you will need to get road data anyway. IMHO if you have a mapping gps may as
well get the best maps available from Magellan and get out there an do it.
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Greg
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Follow Up By: Member - Des Y (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 15:17
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 15:17
Thanks Greg for the reply,no I have a Garmin with an unused SD card slot on the side,no problem on price if I can use this unit to read them for tis information without having to run another GPS,already have a Garmin 12xl running as
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 21:22
Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 21:22
If you have a Magellan GPS then listen to Greg, He's the Michilin ...sorry...Magellan Man,
If you have a Garmin then
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 21:25
Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 21:25
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 00:06
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 00:06
Good work Doug - not sure how you know but yes Im beginning to feel a bit like the Michelin Man - the 2.5weeks in Townsville in Jan added 5 kgs and no matter how hard I try to will it away it wont go.
But there is always tomorrow. I have to buy another copy of OzTopoV2 cause I went and bought a new Garmin Colorado, cant help myself..I need therapy.
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 00:16
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 00:16
Greg
Know exactly what you mean, I sit here doing stuff on the puter and just keep on puttin' it on, Dusty is just as bad, he was 4.7kg just before xmas, now he's 5.1kg, So I forked out some dollars and got me a Garmin ForeTrex 201 to measure walking times and distance when we go to
Mission Beach for exercise, will put it to the
test on Sunday.
I had it in the car today to match it with the Nuvi, speed, and distance was was spot on the same , I have yet to match the track record, I need an adaptor for the computer, it is not USB.
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Follow Up By: Member - Des Y (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 15:25
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 15:25
Thanks Doug and Dusty,I have a Garmin with an SD slot not being used which you can download dater to an SD card eg pictures and view, so naturally it would be ideal to run another map for rural areas and tracks.
The link you sent me may have the answer,I do not need topo maps,I want tracks etc.
Where did you get the photo of my rig?
Des
Ps I come from
Innisfail,organising to return soon,my son-in-law has big auto parts operation there, I was marine dealer
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 15:35
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 15:35
Des
With OzTopp you get the contour lines with it but you don't have to install them which will leave just Roads and Tracks, but just hang 5 at the moment until they get the little problem fixed,
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Follow Up By: Member - Des Y (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 17:08
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 17:08
Thanks Doug,is this the only viable option or are there others?
You can get 4 gig cards now so surely getting a map on these is not a big problem.
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Reply By: Motherhen - Monday, Mar 03, 2008 at 17:09
Monday, Mar 03, 2008 at 17:09
Hi Des and all the helpful GPS geniuses
I have a Magellan Meridian with Discover Aus Streets and Maps, and have bought a bigger SD card to try and get it all on. Haven't tried it yet.
Motherhen
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