New Garmin Maps and Software - TOPO Australia & BaseCamp

Submitted: Friday, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:01
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Product Announcement

TOPO Australia
Topographical mapping for all of Australia

Garmin Australasia is pleased to announce topographical coverage for all of Australia, now available on preprogrammed microSD™/SD™card and DVD.

TOPO Australia provides the best scale multipurpose recreational coverage for Australia. The DVD and preprogrammed card include up-to-date 100K coverage, with coast to coast 3-D DEM (digital elevation model) shading accompanied by 20 metre contour coverage and route elevation profiles in compatible units. With routable roads, getting to your destination is made simple with turn-by-turn directions on compatible units. Plus, you can search for points of interest by name or proximity to your location. Whether you are navigating in town or cross-country, TOPO Australia will ensure you’re ready for your next bushwalking, camping or 4WD adventure
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The TOPO Australia DVD features Garmin’s new computer application known as BaseCamp™. This new software allows you to view and manage waypoints, routes and tracks on your computer and GPS, as well as organise trip data into folders. This application also includes geotagging of photos, enhanced printing with full page and higher resolution images and more.
Special features include:

Coverage for all of Australia

Terrain contours at 20 metres approximating 1:100K maps

Routable road content provided by NAVTEQ and HEMA; includes everything from urban streets to national highways including famous outback routes such as Birdsville, Strezelecki, Oodnadatta, Canning Stock and more

Railways, tracks, paths and trails; includes 4WD destinations

Water coverage of perennial and seasonal lakes, rivers and streams

Searchable points of interest in urban and outback areas including lodging, entertainment, food, airports, parks, campsites, caravan parks and more, provided by NAVTEQ and HEMA

Searchable landmarks, place names and cities such as mountains, water bodies, regions and more

National, regional and local park coverage

Elevation profiling and 3-D view, DEM shading on compatible units allows you to estimate terrain difficulty

BaseCamp software, included on the DVD

The TOPO Australia DVD allows the user to install the product in full to their computer from a single disk. The preprogrammed microSD™/SD™ card allows the user to access the data by inserting the card in the unit. Both contain the same topographic features.

Use with Garmin’s Colorado™ or Oregon™ series navigators to unleash the full feature set of TOPO Australia, including full 3-D view and terrain shading. Also compatible with the following units: eTrex Legend® Cx and HCx series, eTrex Vista® Cx and HCx series, GPSMAP® 60Cx series, GPSMAP 76Cx series, Edge® 705, nüvi® 500 series and zumo®.

BaseCamp software, on the DVD, includes 2-D and 3-D map views, rotated map orientation, elevation profiles and animated playback of routes and tracks. The software also allows the user to transfer trip data and photos to and from compatible devices.

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Looks the goods - same price as OzTopoV2 but better overall product by sounds of things.

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Greg
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