Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 at 20:43
Comparing the 3 options, Garmin Topo is the worst with the Ann Beadell Hwy not showing until you zoom into the 3km range. It means you have no overview of where you are. I also find that many tracks are missing.
Shonky Maps shows the Ann Beadell at 50km so you can see a lot more, but you have to be in the 50km zoom. Anything larger than that, and you see next to nothing. Also, Shonky Maps is many years old now so the maps wont be up to date as OzTopo.
OzTopo is the most up to date of vector maps for outback Oz.
For general overview of Oz, OzTopo can zoom out to 100km with most main roads showing.
The Ann Beadell doesnt show until the 20km zoom but it does have more detail and 10M contours.
ShonkyMaps contours dont appear until the 2km zoom, so they arent much help.
If I was travelling the Ann Beadell, I would be running Hema maps using OziExplorer on a PDA or Android tablet. The detail of these maps of outback Oz beats vector maps any day.
Laurie
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