gps unit
Submitted: Monday, Aug 16, 2010 at 20:38
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Member - michael (BOXHD) r (VI
hi lookin at buying a new gps unit want to find out if any members could steer me the write way, will be doing a fair bit in the out back and up in the high country. i have a tomtom go720 now but lookin for 1 that will do the out back and high country as
well.
cheers mick
Reply By: Member - DickyBeach - Monday, Aug 16, 2010 at 21:49
Monday, Aug 16, 2010 at 21:49
I bought myself a Garmin Nuevi 1450T loaded with Wheris and OZtopo mapping and was very disappointed when using it on my very recent 18,000km trip from
Sydney to
Cape York to
Brisbane to Uluru,
Simpson Desert etc.
A mix of plainly wrong instructions, non-recognition of requested locations, and so on. Many times we'd be driving on a gazetted road and the display would either show nothing, or would intermittently show a road "parallel" to where it showed our car - and this was NOT because of overhanging trees etc.
If you're thinking of loading OziExplorer, which seems to be
well regarded amongst EO members, double check with your supplier that you can load it into whatever GPS you buy. In my case the supplier from whom I purchased my Garmin has advised that I cannot do so.
I regret my purchase.
DB
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Follow Up By: gbc - Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:34
Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:34
Google 'shonkymaps' and download a copy for your garmin. It's all above board according to the gpsoz website.
I have both oztopo and shonky (and bluechart).
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Follow Up By: gpsoz - Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010 at 16:47
Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010 at 16:47
Dear DB
I'm sorry to hear your mapping experience was not as you expected. This is contrary to the reports that we have back from our OZtopo customers who have travelled in this area. There are two things you must remember about OZtopo.
Firstly, it must be the only map turned on. You cannot have any other map selected (ticked) at the same time as you have OZtopo selected. This may explain the lack of detail and accuracy you have seen.
Secondly, it does not do auto-routing (turn by turn voice instructions) so asking it to go somewhere will not work. We did this deliberately as 95%+ of the customer we asked selected more detailed mapping rather than been told "turn left in 300 kms'"
If you have further questions please contact us via support@oztopo.com
regards
brian
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Reply By: Member - res.q.guy (Vic.) - Monday, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:15
Monday, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:15
Hi Mick
You could look at a gps unit that runs OziExplorerCE like the Hema unit.
A cheaper option could be to buy a Chinese gps unit and load OziExp CE and the maps you want.
Chinese GPS Units
You could even alter the menu system and run Tom Tom, Garmin and iGO if you wanted.
Menu System
Cheers
Neil
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