Thread: New at this GPS thing !!

$249 is a good price for the geko 201, [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] best i've seen it for is $290 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

Originally posted by VladTepes
Well I bought the Geko201 - also from Johnny Appleseed - also for $249 - which was $60 ( :!: ) cheaper than the 4wd shops etc were selling it. The others were selling only the 101 for the same price.
They also had excellent customer service - I'd happily recommend them.

Dad loved the gift - now if only I could convince SWMBO that we need one...

Onya Vlad! (and no, I don't get a commission for recommending them!) I know how you feel about giving it away, though. I have bought "Leathermen" (Leathermans?? 8O ) for other people over the years. I wish someone would buy me one!

I have a Mio 168 PDA with GPS reciever. I have tried the ozexplorer 3d software and the PDA software but just can't seem to get the knack of it.

Any Ideas?

Are you using Oziexplorer 3D with Oziexplorer?

Yeah I think so.

OK First, is your copy of Oziexplorer a trial version or a registered version?

Whilst 3D will work with the trial version I'm not sure of the limitations as mine is registered.

You have said "Ithink so", They are 2 different programs, first the Oziexplorer has to be installed, then the Oziexplorer 3D.

Then you will need a set of maps of Australia, I use the Natmap Raster set which covers all of Australia, that needs to be installed and programmed to interface with Oziexplorer.

If you have all that on your system then to enable 3D to work you will need to download elevation data for Australia, use the suggested sites on Oziexplorer website, I downloaded GTOPO30 for Australia, see the Oziex website for details of where to put it

Details from the website are as follows:

Downloading

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From the Gtopo30 web site download the files you require by clicking on the map of the world, a page showing the area you clicked on will be displayed, you can download the file from this page. It is suggested you download the files to the Elevation DataGtopo30 folder located under the folder where OziExplorer is installed.


Using the Data

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The files have a .tar.gz extension indicating they are a Gzip compressed tar file. A program called oziUnGzip.exe is supplied with OziExplorer3D which can uncompress these files. If you want to use Winzip to uncompress these files please read the warning on the Gtopo30 web site.
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Run the oziUnGzip program and select the .gz file (or files) you want to extract, they will be extracted to the same folder as the .gz file.
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The Gtopo30 data contains a large .src file, this file is not required by OziExplorer (and probably not by any other software) so it is automatically deleted. The files required by OziExplorer are the .DEM and .HDR files, any other files can be deleted if you wish.
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If you no longer want the original .gz file then you can delete it manually using windows explorer.
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The uncompressed Gtopo30 data files must be placed in the Gtopo30 path that you have configured OziExplorer to point to in Elevation Configuration (see the Help file for details). If you have not configured the Gtopo30 path then you must do that before the height data will be used.
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After adding new height data files to OziExplorer you must restart OziExplorer or go into Elevation Configuration and press the Save button to force the new files to be scanned.

I had to play with it for a while as I am slow to pick up these new fangled magic windows.

Hope this helps [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]