REVIEW: TOPO Australia & New Zealand FULL v5 [4Gig]

[Zone-5]

REVIEW: TOPO Australia & New Zealand FULL v5 [4Gig]

OK, just about to get this before my rainforest trip in North QLD next week. Should have by the 27th and then I can give a report on functionality in both Nuvi and Etrex 20...

TOPO Australia & New Zealand v5 Locked [ 3.2 Gig]




Part Number: 010-D0209-00


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https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/maps/on-the-trail-maps/topo/topo-australia-new-zealand/prod83071.html

Get enhanced topographic detail on your compatible device whether you're in the outback or on a main boulevard in the city. This map provides a wide array of topographic information from terrain contours, elevations and summits to coverage of perennial and intermittent lakes, rivers and streams in Australia and New Zealand.


* Provides terrain contours and summit points at 10 m intervals for a more detailed view of the terrain
* Contains more than 105,000 km of tracks, roads and outback trails; also displays 4WD destinations and hydrographic features: lake/river shorelines and perennial and seasonal streams
* Includes built-in DEM data with 3-D shading and route elevation profiles on compatible devices so you can estimate terrain difficulty
* Offers updated and new searchable points of interest in urban, rural and outback areas, including lodging, restaurants, homesteads, parks, shopping and more than 4,000 camping locations
* Displays updated routable road content, by HERE, to give you turn-by-turn directions to your destination
* (DVD only) Includes BaseCamp™ software, allowing you to view, manage and transfer waypoints, routes and tracks on your computer and GPS

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File:        gmapsupp.img, length 3568173056
Header:       29.08.2014 15:55:18, DSKIMG, XOR 00, V 5.00, Ms 0, 006-D1325-03
Mapset:       TOPO Australia & New Zealand v5
fat:        1000h - 1200h - 100000h, block 65536
maps:        974, sub-files 1945

Sub-file         fat     length
 00003550 MD2   1200h    551950
    date 29.08.2014 15:44:23
    000-00000-00
 00003550 MDR   1400h  10623213
 00003550 SRT   1600h       981
 I0000DDE TYP   1800h      5241
    date 29.08.2014 15:19:24, CP 1252, PID 1, FID 3550
 I11BE900 GMP   1A00h    980204
    GMP:  TRE RGN LBL NET NOD DEM
    map 11be900 (18606336)
    PID 1, FID 3550, region 0,0
    date 29.08.2014 11:42:59
    priority 20, parameters 1 4 9 33, locked
    N: -36.598206, S: -36.928482, W: 175.549078, E: 175.829058
    Topo Australia & New Zealand v5
    Copyright 1995-2014 by GARMIN Corporation.

[Zone-5]

Read this on another forum...

Took me 2 F'ing hours (USB 1.0) to load it onto my eTrex 20 because my lappy card reader won't read a 64G card!

Map is so huge that screen redraws are now measured in minutes not seconds

Garmin eTrex 20/30 are just SH1T really!

This map goes to the Nuvi while the Lite version goes back onto the eTwreck, sheesh!

If you don't need routing by road and only only use cross country (like walking) then perhaps the LITE version will not hobble your Etrex!

I tried it, damn near froze my Etrex solid! Map redraws take ages, screen is crowded with guff and yes it does work better on the Car based GPS's.

Conclusion: Garmin finally get off your fat and lazy arrrses and finally put out a handheld GPS that can handle the leviathanic map sizes you are producing...!

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Garmin Topo AUS&NZ Lite version 5 here... viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18409

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[icefest]

Hmm, v5 works fine on my etrex 30.

I just change some of the detail to a bit lower.

The only thing that's painful is using raster topo maps on it.

[Zone-5]

Hmm, v5 works fine on my etrex 30.

REVIEW: TOPO Australia & New Zealand FULL v5 [4Gig]

Are you talking about the v5 LITE version because yes it does work well on the Etrex...

...but the new v5 FULL 4Gig version grinds my Etrex to a slow crawl...

[keithy]

Hmmm... how slow does the full version slow down the Etrex? I have my Etrex 30 and an Oregon 600. I am assuming that the Oregon 600 with faster processor should be able to handle it, but I really wanted to get the V5 to share with the two devices - one is currently using V3 and one with V4.

Also, where did you get it from? I rang Johnny Appleseed GPS in Melbourne, and they said they won't get it until later in December.

Have you found significant improvement in maps from the V4 to the V5? Is it worth the upgrade?

[Zone-5]

I like the V5 LITE version because I don't use road routing on the Etrex.

But V5 FULL goes onto the car Nuvi and works well.

The only difference I can see is that it is as updated as the current City Navigator but the topo remains basically unchanged unless Australia has some new geological features only just discovered!.