Thread: Mapping software recommendations

Around town? The bush? Just moving maps or turn by turn instructions? Dedicated GPS or PDA?

The issue with the maps is the underlying source, the relevant govt department. I noticed huge errors on my Magellan in QLD. As soon as we crossed the border into the NT, the map realigned itself - we were travelling on a highway again and not driving along a raliway line!

Regards
Max P

what he said x 2

esp qld stuff

i have the sunmap and natmap offerings and tho dated they are pretty accurate. i use oziexplorer on an old hp laptop and a mio168 pda

Here is what I have.

Oziexplorer with mouse GPS.
Natmap Raster 250k DVD Premium
UBD Australian City Streets Version 4
UBD Australian Regional Cities & Towns Version 3.

All installed and works as one map. I can travel from coast to coast and do not have to change one thing. Oziexplorer will search for the best available map so it is great around town just like having the UBD street directory on your lap and when you move into the country it picks up the Natmaps.

The great thing with the Regional Cities is that if you need to stop for the kids or lunch you know the layout of the town and shows the important things in life.

It's saved a heap of time and effort of "where are we now?"

Of course, you can get individual digital maps of specific areas like Cape York, Gippsland, Vic High Country and are based on the Hema Maps.

It just depends on the detail of the maps you want and how many dollars you would like to spend.

Originally Posted by Tusker

Around town? The bush? Just moving maps or turn by turn instructions? Dedicated GPS or PDA?

The issue with the maps is the underlying source, the relevant govt department. I noticed huge errors on my Magellan in QLD. As soon as we crossed the border into the NT, the map realigned itself - we were travelling on a highway again and not driving along a raliway line!

Regards
Max P

Thanks Max.

Bush only as I can read a street directory (call me old fashioned). I want to use it to plan routes, then upload said maps to my Garmin GPS.

Cheers.

Ozie Explorer!
Best of it is you can purchase digital maps and they will all work with it. It provides moving map display and also has a neat 3D feature.
Planning a route is simple and best of all...... IT'S ALL AUSSIE!

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

I want to use it to plan routes, then upload said maps to my Garmin GPS.

Cheers.

If you want to upload it to a Garmin GPS I think you'd have to get the Garmin software. I think I read about aftermarket software on .:GPS Australia:. but not sure on what it does.

Originally Posted by Utemad

If you want to upload it to a Garmin GPS I think you'd have to get the Garmin software. I think I read about aftermarket software on .:GPS Australia:. but not sure on what it does.

Not at all

With Oziexplorer you can create tracks, routes and waypoints and upload them to a Garmin with ease. And you can do it the other way too.
It's a doddle to use and I find it's a breeze compared to the Mapsource products from Garmin which aren't that hard to use anyway.
You can load any graphics image into Ozi and if you know some waypoint data you can calibrate that and use it as a map. This includes downloaded satellite images

I like and recommend it.

Originally Posted by foz.in.oz

Not at all

With Oziexplorer you can create tracks, routes and waypoints and upload them to a Garmin with ease. And you can do it the other way too.
It's a doddle to use and I find it's a breeze compared to the Mapsource products from Garmin which aren't that hard to use anyway.
You can load any graphics image into Ozi and if you know some waypoint data you can calibrate that and use it as a map. This includes downloaded satellite images

I like and recommend it.

Yeah but he said he wants to upload maps. Can't do that with Ozi. Just waypoints, tracks and routes as you said.