Thread: Tracks4Australia

Anyone else had problems downloading shonky maps? It's alot to download to find out that the file is corrupt!!!

Originally Posted by Larns

Anyone else had problems downloading shonky maps? It's alot to download to find out that the file is corrupt!!!

I've done it twice with no probs. Of course you'd want to have a reliable connection!

Originally Posted by Larns

Anyone else had problems downloading shonky maps? It's alot to download to find out that the file is corrupt!!!

First time I downloaded the file it was corrupt. Second time it worked fine. Over a 128Kbs ISDN line it took all night each attempt as well - one of the disadvantages of living in 'the country' (no broadband).

Jon

Originally Posted by D3Jon

That's my feelings exactly.



I wondered if V2 of oztopo had moved a way from the Tracks4Australia Pro data, and was now much more detailed because it used the roads & tracks data from MapData Sciences (the guys who supply Google Earth with their almost un-surpassed roads & tracks data and possibly also Magellan?).

Jon

I believe you wondered correctly.

I run Oziexplorer on a laptop when going offroad and it is excellent.

Although my laptop is very reliable (vibration, water and dust proof to military specs), I wanted a backup for an upcoming trip and it would be nice to have an auto routing unit for the long road sections.

I asked GPSOZ about Oztopo V2. It is based on road and mapping data provided by MapData Sciences. It contains over 1 mil km of road and street data, over 25,000 km of tracks and fire trails, and thousands of points of interest. The 10m contour lines, on a transparent overlay, are derived from SRTM satellite data.

I ended up buying a Garmin Nuvi with OZtopo. So far I am happy with it but have not had time to test it offroad.

I can transfer waypoints tracks and routes from Oziexplorer to the unit:
- from Oziexplorer Save to File > Export to GPX file
- in Garmin Mapsource (City Navigator Australia came with the Nuvi), Open the saved GPX file
- from Mapsource, transfer the data to the Nuvi

So far it looks promising, but I'm not yet aware of limitations.

(mods: Not sure this is the best place for this! Please feel free to move or copy?!?)

Hi guys.
I posted this some time back on another forum I frequent, and it was also published, tried and tested in 4WDriver Magazine (a publication here in Western Australia).
Just thought I'd share this with anyone who has a TomTom SatNav unit.

It is some 3rd party applications that run on your TomTom unit (works only on Tomtom devices : GOx10, GOx00, Rider, One and OneV2).

Le Web Bazar !!! Offroad Navigator !!!

The main one is "Offroad Navigator" and turns your unit into a GPS unit that you can enter waypoints into just like the Garmin stuff. Note it still keeps the full functionality of the intended use of the unit, this runs as an additional appplication ON the unit.
Can also use your stored favourites as locations.
You can also use map images that have been scanned/clipped for the area you wish to travel in, upload them onto the TomTom card and you have a scrolling background image with your location.

Its all free (also check out the "Tripmaster" application; this can record your trip on the TomTom for later use in Offroad Navigator or conversion to pass around other GPS system users). The page is actually French but there is an option to view in English, so some of the translation is a bit sketchy, but not impossible to understand. Have downloaded and installed on my TomTom GO 300 and my TomTom One and it works a dream.
It needs to be installed using the TomTom Home application, from the TomTom site.

Also check out POIConverter, another small freeware program that allows you to convert between all major SatNav POI's (points of interest) and GPS files.

POIConverter

I also found a free program that can convert between different formats of coords for GPS units.
Its called Geotrans and can be downloaded from

NGA: (U) GEOTRANS Geographic Translator

Allows conversion from UTM to WGS84 and many other formats.

Hope this is of use to others....

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Originally Posted by Bush65

I believe you wondered correctly <snip>

<snip>I asked GPSOZ about Oztopo V2. It is based on road and mapping data provided by MapData Sciences. It contains over 1 mil km of road and street data, over 25,000 km of tracks and fire trails, and thousands of points of interest. The 10m contour lines, on a transparent overlay, are derived from SRTM satellite data. <snip>

I will look into buying that then, I'll see if I can get a quick demo of it first at the map shop or the local GPS sellers place.

Thanks for the info.

Jon