Bubbalouie wrote:As far as maps go I very highly recommend the AU+NZ topo & street maps sold by Garmin. The "official" pricing is a bit steep given that you've just bough a unit but all of the topographical data is there with streets and a huge number if tracks etc.
photohiker wrote:Depends where you are walking. I'd suggest trying OpenStreetMap with Contours Australia first. Lots of relevant info on this forum if you search.
lisajbates wrote:Thanks heaps for the tips guys. Anybother advise on 'best practice' for gps use?
Will check out that book on amazon too.
Thanks for your work, Andrew, I’ll take a look when I get NBN (ordered – yippee! 25Mb/sec)andrewp wrote:I have uploaded OSM maps of Victoria
bernieq wrote:I’ll take a look when I get NBN (ordered – yippee! 25Mb/sec)
bernieq wrote:With regard to maps on the GPS - this is the least useful capability for bushwalking (IMO). Nice to have but not a pre-requisite.
bernieq wrote:Secondary navigation usage : following a track on the GPS
bernieq wrote:particularly useful where navigation is problematic ; eg in a river valley, in limited visibility
Icefest, be envious :)) 40x to 50x faster than what I have at present and for the same cost - should be great.icefest wrote:So much envy...
bernieq wrote:GPSGuided, the opinion I expressed was that maps on a GPS aren’t all that useful. Tracks (which are not maps), I agree, ARE useful :
bernieq wrote:GPSGuided, the opinion I expressed was that maps on a GPS aren’t all that useful. Tracks (which are not maps), I agree, ARE useful
andrewp wrote:If you are interested in OSM, I have uploaded OSM maps of Victoria to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/riyiux3ldpqma0w/8v_4Ao4k3U.
They have been built with (thanks to Ent) style sheets more suited to bushwalking.
OSM-AU-Vic-20m.img has 20m contours and is ~90Mb.
OSM-AU-Vic-10m.img has 10m contours and is ~150Mb.
To install on most newish Garmins, just copy the img file to the Garmin directory on your GPS.
You can view the maps in Basecamp when the GPS is connected to your computer.
dplanet wrote:andrewp wrote:If you are interested in OSM, I have uploaded OSM maps of Victoria to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/riyiux3ldpqma0w/8v_4Ao4k3U.
They have been built with (thanks to Ent) style sheets more suited to bushwalking.
OSM-AU-Vic-20m.img has 20m contours and is ~90Mb.
OSM-AU-Vic-10m.img has 10m contours and is ~150Mb.
To install on most newish Garmins, just copy the img file to the Garmin directory on your GPS.
You can view the maps in Basecamp when the GPS is connected to your computer.
Andrew,
We walked in Mt Worth on Sunday and found that OSM Moonlight Circuit Tracks are useful. The tracks were shown on my friend’s Oregon 450. I had the same device and used Garmin Topo 3 and there were no tracks on it.
I am also not sure why the track, which runs along Larkin Creek untill reaching Gardiners Mill Track, was not shown while we were out there.
Yes, OSM tracks in Mt Worth can be viewed via Basecamp with the 10m contours.
Still try to have both topo 3 and OSM Tracks working on the 450 (one of the newish Garmins?). The file topo 3 was crashed after uploading OSM Tracks in Victoria and it is likely that two chips may be needed. Cheers DN
I am also not sure why the track, which runs along Larkin Creek untill reaching Gardiners Mill Track, was not shown while we were out there.
Two issues: The creeks do not show and the font is tiny (difficult to read). Hope that these can be improved.
It is much better if i just turn on one topo only (Base world map + Garmin Topo) or (Base world map + OSM Vic 10m). I havent had a chance to test out the OSM Vic 10m map in the bush yet but it looks good on the PC.
andrewp wrote:Hi dplanet,Two issues: The creeks do not show and the font is tiny (difficult to read). Hope that these can be improved.
There are very few creeks and watercourses in OSM data. No-one has had the time to put them in. This is unlikely to improve much in the short term.
Is your screenshot from Basecamp? Are you saying that the fontsize is small in Basecamp, or it is small on the GPS? Either way I don't think the fontsize is specified in the img file, but in Basecamp or the GPS. I maybe wrong and you can have some control over fontsize in the styles.
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