hema navigator
Submitted: Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 14:19
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goodday
anybody seen or had a look at the new hema navigator bit pricy but could be the goods as it has both street and desert maps on board
steve
Reply By: troopyman - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 14:32
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 14:32
there are some vids on youtube if you type in hema navigator .
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Reply By: David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Alongs - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 14:41
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 14:41
The mount is a bit weak. Seen a few break. Make sure
well supported.
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Reply By: Member - Dick (Int) - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 15:55
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 15:55
I own one but would probably not buy another one if I wanted to use it for street mapping. It is not good value.
The street mapping is Route 66 and there are too many area's that are not covered. I have found streets in the
Newcastle area that have been there for many years and are not covered. By contrast the Garmin mapping includes all streets I have ever driven.
The Hema maps on OziExplorer work
well (as expected) however my old eyes have some problems with the display. Generally it is a good unit for outback navigation, but I still prefer the Garmin with Shonky Maps (and a Hema paper map) and if I want a large display I run the laptop with OziExplorer.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (SA) - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 22:08
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 22:08
Hi Dick
There are some real bargains at the moment for the 8.9" mini notebooks. Get one of these, a new GPS and all the Software (Ozi and Natmaps) and you have a screen twice the size and a lot of spare cash on hand.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 22:49
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 22:49
Dick, the Hema site is actually talking about Memory Map rather than Oziexplorer. I am disappointed at that.
In
the Pyrenees we found several main tracks that were omitted from Shonky maps. I was surprised at that as I have had several people rave at them. I was going to download them for Ozi but decided against. They are available.
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Follow Up By: Member - Dick (Int) - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:14
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:14
Stephen
Yes I agree about the mini notebooks they are very good. In S.E. Asia where I live, there are a hugh variety of them on the market the last 6 months and when I have time I will probably buy one and see how it goes.
I purchased the Hema Navigator without thinking too much about the possible shortcomings and sure enough I quickly found them.
I have numerous Garmins (why is another story) but my favourite is the Street Pilot 7200 which has a large 175mm touch screen display. I run City Navigator, Natmaps and Shonky maps on it and am very satisfied with it.
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Follow Up By: Member - Dick (Int) - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:31
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:31
John
The Hema Navigator definitely has Ozi Explorer on it and it works
well. I have not bothered to try Memory Map as I could not see I had any need for it.
We have Shonky Maps as the Base Map on our Garmins and considering it is free it does a great job. Not as good as a Hema Map on OziExplorer though. I agree that there are some main tracks not shown on Shonky but that does not worry me as I do not drive by the map on the GPS, it is just an added reference to me.
I plot the route I am going to drive on my Laptop with OziExplorer and Hema Maps then I transfer the waypoints to the Garmin and they show up on the Shonky map. I use those waypoints and a paper map to drive on as I like to keep my position orientated on the paper map at all times in case of an emergency.
I consider it could be fatal to go into any remote area relying only on a GPS, even though I have multiple units with me. The Paper Map is my fallback position. If I am somewhere very remote I probably run the Laptop with OziExplorer and let it plot the route.
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 08:41
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 08:41
Dick, yours may have Ozi, but the newer ones have Memory Map according to their
Index Page . I find that disappointing too, but the guys at VMS tell me they are expecting a lot of non-computer literate types to use the systems.
I found it easy to load Ozi again anyway as I bought a 16gig SD card for software and maps. My in-dash VMS radio,Nav,Mapping,MP3,DVD,TV, Bluetooth is now more powerful than the first laptop I had.
Oh, we carry paper maps too
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 08:48
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 08:48
Dick, correction, they have both Memory Map AND Ozi. Sorry
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 20:05
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 20:05
Do a a search on here for Hema Navigator There are heaps of threads about them.
Also look on GPS AUSTRALIA forums and you will see what they actually are.
Virtually a rebadged MIO 520 at about $350
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 22:45
Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 22:45
Steve, they are done by VMS these days and seem to have changed their mapping software to Memory Map. If you go to
Hema site you will see the VMS logo too.
I have a straight VMS system in dash now which you can see in the profile pics.
If you look around the Hema Navigator site you can find good videos on using OziExplorerCE actually. When you actually have Memory Map as their system software. Memory Map is good for people that are learning mapping software. It doesn't have anywhere near the capability of OziexplorerCE. Yes, it will deliver your position, but not a lot more. I have loaded OziCE as I wasn't satisfied.
The Nav software looks Route 66 which isn't the greatest.
Mine has iGO 8 which is excellent. I have used Toyota's own Sensis, Destinator, Tom Tom, and Route 66 and iGo is fast and finds the right, sensible roads, even if Sensis isn't always accurately placing the roads in the right place.
Steve, we may call in for a cuppa next week coming back from an anniversary in G'land
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Follow Up By: Member - Dick (Int) - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:41
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:41
John
They have always been done by VMS and carry's the VMS Logo.
If you go back and look at the Hema site you will see it has OziExplorer installed. Look in the top of the page where the text is changing and you will see it come up.
The Street Mapping is Route 66. Is can't be compared with City Navigator.
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Reply By: psproule - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 06:14
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 06:14
You can of course make your own. I run the MioPocket package (hack) on a Navman S50. It essentially turns your Navman or Mio into a full blown PDA running all sorts of software, complete with a Windows Vista look and feel. On top of that I have installed a copy of Oziexplorer CE (properly licensed of course) and I purchased the maps through the Exploroz
shop + obtained the free NSW + VIC topo maps. You can happpily swap between the Navman Smart ST, Phone Bluetooth and Ozi CE software, and if you want to restore it to a standard Navman all you do it take out the SD card and reeboot.
All up cost including Navman, Ozi + Maps was $430, although the Navman range is now a lot cheaper. You can run this package on any number of Chinese EBay sourced GPS's as
well.
The following
forum will give you screen shots of MioPocket + access to the software. the package contains info on how to install it on a Mio, but there is a slightly different (undocumented) procedure to installing it on a Navman - I can type it up if anyone is interested.
MioPocket Software
Pat.
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Follow Up By: psproule - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 06:17
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 06:17
It looks like that site I just gave the link for does not like to be linked to from another
forum as it redirects you to the home page.
this is the actual link I have bookmarked - try a cut and past into a fresh browser page:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=109690
Failing that - google "miopocket"
Pat
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Reply By: Member - Alan H (QLD) - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 07:58
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 07:58
Dick (INT)
I would like to know how you get natmaps to work on SP7200.
I have understood that you need mapsource format maps?
I would love to use natmaps on my SP7200
Alan
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:57
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:57
Hello - data is here for download
Natmaps in Garmin format
You will also need a program such as Mapsource to compile and upload the maps to your unit or SD card
Cheers
Greg
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Reply By: Paul Grabonski. Vic - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 14:45
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 14:45
Hema navigator is mega ripoff. rebaged Mio C520
Natmaps are old free download version
rebadged MIO
New Mio new Natmap maps 8Gb SD card cost $460
Mio mapping is later version to mapping supplied on Hema navigator
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Follow Up By: Member - Matthew C - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 15:57
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 15:57
MIO Product reviews
HAve a read of some of these also
MAtt
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