Thread: Info on GPS Nav System needed by NOVICE

Tank looks like an expert next to me, it's all so confussing
I have to find properties & mines out in the boonies (Pilbara & Kimberley), at present I use Hema's truckies atlas & raster collection. If I miss a turn onto a track it gets a tad difficult chucking a Uey in a triple roadtrain. What device do I need to give me verbal directions, ie turn left 500 metres? It would need to be compatable with my Hema dvds.
Thanks in antisipation.
Ian

Tank, we bought one from Aldi.

The English in it has been translated from the Dutch.

It's pretty bad.

Originally Posted by Ian

Tank looks like an expert next to me, it's all so confussing
I have to find properties & mines out in the boonies (Pilbara & Kimberley), at present I use Hema's truckies atlas & raster collection. If I miss a turn onto a track it gets a tad difficult chucking a Uey in a triple roadtrain. What device do I need to give me verbal directions, ie turn left 500 metres? It would need to be compatable with my Hema dvds.
Thanks in antisipation.
Ian

There are no direction giving GPS units which will accept your Hema maps.
Unless you do it with a PDA and Oziexplorer in which case you will need to programme it to do so each time.

Originally Posted by Utemad

There are no direction giving GPS units which will accept your Hema maps.
Unless you do it with a PDA and Oziexplorer in which case you will need to programme it to do so each time.

the dvd case says they are supplied in oziexplorer & ecw format
I don't even know what this means. Is there a devise to do what I want with different maps? I have a laptop, does that help?

I guess that means they are in OZF2 or 3 and ECW formats(both of which Ozi will recognise).

There are no programmes out there that will give directions using raster maps. They use their own vector maps.

I think that unless you want to get friendly with Oziexplorer then you are out of luck with this one. However if they are pre designed routes which I assume they are since you are driving a road train then it isn't that difficult or time consuming to do. Easier than a U turn with 3 trailers on I would imagine

Originally Posted by Utemad

I guess that means they are in OZF2 or 3 and ECW formats(both of which Ozi will recognise).

There are no programmes out there that will give directions using raster maps. They use their own vector maps.

I think that unless you want to get friendly with Oziexplorer then you are out of luck with this one. However if they are pre designed routes which I assume they are since you are driving a road train then it isn't that difficult or time consuming to do. Easier than a U turn with 3 trailers on I would imagine

That's what it says; is oziexplorer a programme? The raster maps are only some of the maps on the dvd, it also has state maps, desert tracks, 4 wheel drive tracks, Cape York etc including the areas I travel (Kimberly & Pilbara)

Oziexplorer is a programme

The Official OziExplorer Web Site - GPS Mapping Software for Magellan, Garmin, Lowrance, Eagle, MLR Receivers

All the maps will be raster maps. Raster means it is based on a picture or image as opposed to vector maps which are based on lines.

Originally Posted by Tank

Navteq supplies Nokia 6110 phones with the same system on this gizmo so if it works the same I'll be happy.

Nokia is in the process of buying Navteq but other companies/competitors and the EU are kicking up a stink about it.
Navteq are supposed to be the no.1 digital map maker in the world.