Navigator
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 19:01
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Member - Cram (Newcastle NSW)
Hi all, I am looking to buy a navigator for the Disco. I am not someone who goes way off the beaten track but I am after something that will do town but also give me help when I head out of town.
Any suggestions?
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 20:51
Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 20:51
If you are looking for a preconfigured navigation device that does both country and city navigation you should look at either the Hema Navigator or the Garmin Nuvi.
The Hema Navigator uses OziExplorer coupled with Hema Maps for country wide travel giving you a moving map facility indicating where you are at any point in time. Ozi also creates tracks of your travel which you can save and also record waypoints of points of interest.
For voice assisted travel in cities, etc the Navigator uses Route 66 software. OziExplorer is widely used by folk within ExploreOz and many tracks and waypoint data can be downloaded from the site.
The Garmin Nuvi gives a similar range of features but perhaps is a little more "proprietary" in its nature. You can only exchange data with other Garmin devices.
Either device will suit your needs
well.
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Follow Up By: Member - Iceman (VIC) - Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 22:53
Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 at 22:53
I'll back up Sand Man, the Hema Navigator is the way to go. very easy to use and comes with both city maps and country maps. With the Hema Navigator you can also add your own maps as
well. I have Spatial Vision maps as
well which covers all of Victoria from 1:100,000, 1:50,000 & 1:20,000 for the towns.
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Follow Up By: pt_nomad - Friday, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:36
Friday, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:36
If your computer literate and like messing about with technology then the HEMA, if a navigator is a tool that you want 'just to work' with minimal fuss then the Nuvi.
If necessary load the Nuvi with OzTopo for maximum track detail. Note OzTopo is only a track display mapset, the unit won't navigate along the OzTopo tracks. 90-95+% of your driving can be completed using the Nuvi's citiy navigator map set ( its not constrained to cities).
Have used both and find the Nuvi to be a lower fuss option.
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