Starting using the ExploreOz Traveller app. Works pretty good and for $50.00 you get a heap of features and all of Australia maps, and use offline as well. For pre planning trips you can't go past Ozi Explorer.
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Originally posted by Jasonmc73 View Post
Jaffles dumb question time, but this app obviously the maps are stored on phone & its using GPS???
My point being i presume don't require phone reception obviously?
I have found it can't find Goondiwindi for one town or any national parks. It could be user hopelessness, but a search is a search you'd think. I have loaded the 3 sets of Qld maps available and it can't find anything. It also decides which route I will take though I am plotting something different. So maybe back to the drawing board. Maybe a mix of google for possibilities, and this thing for detail.
Ian, I get what you are saying. You do a lot of scrolling and zooming in and out to keep up with what one is trying to do on a phone.
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Originally posted by Pickle View PostStarting using the ExploreOz Traveller app. Works pretty good and for $50.00 you get a heap of features and all of Australia maps, and use offline as well. For pre planning trips you can't go past Ozi Explorer.
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Originally posted by jaffles View Post
Is there anyway it can be on the Iphone and talk to the factory head unit through apply car thingy. I done;t have the Rockman head unit, just the povo.NX Pampas Cat GLS MY16
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Originally posted by Pickle View PostStarting using the ExploreOz Traveller app. Works pretty good and for $50.00 you get a heap of features and all of Australia maps, and use offline as well. For pre planning trips you can't go past Ozi Explorer.
Another way is to plot a track using Google Earth and those files can aslo be imported in to Ozi Explorer and ExplorOz.
OziExplorer is a one off charge, which is an advantage over ExplorOz with an annual subscription.
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Originally posted by Ian H View Post
I have both Ozi Explorer and ExporOz and you are correct Pickle, trying to plot a track on the PC using ExplorOz is a nighmare. On the other hand, doing it on Ozi Explorer is a breeze and you can then change the format of the Ozi Explorer track and upload it to ExplorOz.
Another way is to plot a track using Google Earth and those files can aslo be imported in to Ozi Explorer and ExplorOz.
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You can transfer Google Earth kml tracks to Ozi Explorer by using GPS Babel to get them in to an Ozi Exp format (plt) They can be imported directly to ExplorOz but it's a much clunkier program to use for that purpose.
These videos from our 4WD club series might help:
Plotting tracks on Ozi Explorer
Google Earth tracks to Ozi Explorer
Using Google earth for track evelvation
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Originally posted by jaffles View Post
Yes I think thats how it works.
I have found it can't find Goondiwindi for one town or any national parks. It could be user hopelessness, but a search is a search you'd think. I have loaded the 3 sets of Qld maps available and it can't find anything. It also decides which route I will take though I am plotting something different. So maybe back to the drawing board. Maybe a mix of google for possibilities, and this thing for detail.
Ian, I get what you are saying. You do a lot of scrolling and zooming in and out to keep up with what one is trying to do on a phone.
I jsut plot dots, or use google maps for my main road based driving with offline maps as well. then use pocket earth for all my tracking, and once I get offroad I switch as I can see the contour lines.
You download each are as required. as its always there for when you need it. and when you are done you can send the data file to google earth and view your track on the planet view. pretty cool stuff.07 Mitsubishi Pajero Shorty - Currently rolling around... Parked in Armenia for the moment
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Hi,
Im a bit late to this topic but the last post its not so old. Info may be good for others - got here by searching the site for recommendations on 10” Tablets.
But I’d like to recommend the Garmin Basecamp program, free to download and use for Mac & PC.
Fantastic for creating routes and researching, but it must be paired up with a good map. This site has a really good tutorial for basecamp. https://www.newenglandriders.org/learn-basecamp/ and I learned quite a bit from it. Basecamp is the replacement for the older ‘Mapsource’ program that Garmin had. Also good, and also still use mapsource.
Download basecamp (~62meg) from Garmin here; https://www.garmin.com/en-AU/software/basecamp/
As far as the map goes, I use OpenStreetMaps (OSM). Full Australian (and world-wide) routable ‘offline’ map download free from this site https://alternativaslibres.org/en/downloads.php#Oceania and many other OSM sites. Suggest a donation if you find it useful. Maps are regularly updated with last update yesterday (170122), and DEM version has height data included too. About 3.1GB download. This download is for PC, but OSM can be used in multiple systems (PC/Mac/Linux) – see the site for info under “Using the maps”.
Bascamp will export a selection (track, waypoints etc) in common formats that can then be imported into other programs such as Oziexplorer.
OZIexplorer will probably be used on my new android tablet as there isn't a linux/android Bascamp version (and I already use it), but will also check the links provided in this thread, so thanks all for the info. But as said earlier, there seems to be hundreds of options available.
Learning curve for basecamp can be a bit steep, but searching for “Goondiwindi” was immediate. Can set switches for what type of info the program returns. Using search functions for the first time user can be a real pain but it does get easier.
And as a default a garmin handheld GPSMaps60c (Old...) is always recording on the dash, even thought its small screen is hard to see these days. Importantly, it is setup to show current speed in the corner of the display. Tracks can be downloaded and viewed later.
The Open Street Map data can also be downloaded into the Garmin GPS too, so bonus.
Regards,
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