Thread: Looking for a Good GPS with Topo maps for $350?????

G'Day Simon

I'll bring my setup to the vic gathering if you want to have a look.

Cost was slightly over your budget but it works really well for me

Dell laptop ... ~$400 ebay
bluetooth gps ... ~$100 ebay (they're less now)

running Oziexplorer

talk then
Stevo

Originally Posted by sschmez

G'Day Simon

I'll bring my setup to the vic gathering if you want to have a look.

Cost was slightly over your budget but it works really well for me

Dell laptop ... ~$400 ebay
bluetooth gps ... ~$100 ebay (they're less now)

running Oziexplorer

talk then
Stevo

Cheers stevo, would be interesting to have a gander. i've saw alot of the laptop setup's but not in person. see ya there.

cheers simo

Simon look on ebay.

A couple of the guys have bought the 7" screen GPS units that come with a turn by turn street navigator for the city, but you can also run OziExplorer CE for your topo maps when in the bush etc. They look the ducks guts. I have a similar setup but it's only a 5" screen and a bit small.

Talk to Hiline ( Ray) at the gathering - these units are well in your budget range. There's plenty of digital topo and other maps for Ozi around in the group.

BTW hows the bumper I see it's gone from my driveway ?

Originally Posted by waynep

Simon look on ebay.

A couple of the guys have bought the 7" screen GPS units that come with a turn by turn street navigator for the city, but you can also run OziExplorer CE for your topo maps when in the bush etc. They look the ducks guts. I have a similar setup but it's only a 5" screen and a bit small.

Talk to Hiline ( Ray) at the gathering - these units are well in your budget range. There's plenty of digital topo and other maps for Ozi around in the group.

BTW hows the bumper I see it's gone from my driveway ?

G'day Wayne,

They had no prob's putting the bar in the car fit well, cheers for that

I've actualy bought a gps off e-bay for $300 lol but never got it!!!!!!! So i'm trying to stay away from ebay as much as i can. I was looking at some garmin handhelds which have topo maps that can be added. i'm after something that i dont have to hack into, just nice and easy.

cheers simon

Originally Posted by **Joker**

G'day Wayne,

They had no prob's putting the bar in the car fit well, cheers for that

I've actualy bought a gps off e-bay for $300 lol but never got it!!!!!!! So i'm trying to stay away from ebay as much as i can. I was looking at some garmin handhelds which have topo maps that can be added. i'm after something that i dont have to hack into, just nice and easy.

cheers simon

Hi Simon,

Check out Logicgear 4.3" Logic Gear XL488 GPS with Hands-free Bluetooth, Sensis WhereIs Deluxe map, anti-theft Security PIN & AV-in - Logic Gear - GPS. . You can buy with safety as Australian company with pretty good support. I've got the XL488 with reversing camera & it even runs Ozi Explorer from an SD card instead of the normal Igo GPS turn by turn software which is in NovRAM.
The XL488 is currently going cheap as it is a runout model, but will do everything you require.
Let me know if you purchase one with the reversing camera option, as I found I had to make a small mod to installation to prevent electrical noise from the TD5 fuel pump.

Cheers..B

I got one of these http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.23569. Lovely big screen, plenty of features.

Free shipping, about $130 when converted to AU$. With a little bit of tinkering, allows you to run many different apps, including Ozi (extra $40 for the license). If you like, I could probably give you a hand setting it up.

Shonkymaps is freeware topo and will run on a Garmin. I use them on a Garmin eTrex Legend C bought new off Ebay.

Originally Posted by Ranga

I got one of these DealExtreme: $103.76 5.0" LCD 372MHz CPU Windows CE 5.0 Bluetooth + GPS Navigator w/FM Transmitter + 2GB Maps SD. Lovely big screen, plenty of features.

Free shipping, about $130 when converted to AU$. With a little bit of tinkering, allows you to run many different apps, including Ozi (extra $40 for the license). If you like, I could probably give you a hand setting it up.

Mine arrived today. Not allowed to play with it yet as its my birthday present for next month
Are you just running Ozi on it, or have you got Australian street maps from somewhere?

Steve