tedsmart Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hi, I'm after a GPS unit that is going to be good on the roads but also good for getting away into the hills, forests and beaches, and is easy to operate. Is there anyone on here thats got any experience of these units? Any advise from someone using one would be great. Good and bad points. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hi, I'm after a GPS unit that is going to be good on the roads but also good for getting away into the hills, forests and beaches, and is easy to operate.Is there anyone on here thats got any experience of these units? Any advise from someone using one would be great. Good and bad points. Thanks. I got a Garmin Legend for about $180 of ebay Great for use on fraser and straddie and the like Just have to get the right maps. Can be used to fine places The other is OZ explorer which you put on laptop and then go and download or get the Full aussie maps on cd or the hema maps on cd and then the laptop (with a GPS mouse) will then plot you on the map as you drive. So easy for tracks and beaches Ali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedsmart Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 I got a Garmin Legend for about $180 of ebayGreat for use on fraser and straddie and the like Just have to get the right maps. Can be used to fine places The other is OZ explorer which you put on laptop and then go and download or get the Full aussie maps on cd or the hema maps on cd and then the laptop (with a GPS mouse) will then plot you on the map as you drive. So easy for tracks and beaches Ali Thanks Ali, I haven't got a laptop and wouldn't like leaving one in the car! Whats the garmin one like? Does it show the tracks on Fraser or just give you a compass direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Thanks Ali, I haven't got a laptop and wouldn't like leaving one in the car! Whats the garmin one like? Does it show the tracks on Fraser or just give you a compass direction? you only live in Redclfie area its not that bad But there again it is the north side of the river As you my tell i live in Cleveland ,On the south side of the river If you get a detail enough map then the Garmin one does And shows you compass and other stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedsmart Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 you only live in Redclfie area its not that bad But there again it is the north side of the river As you my tell i live in Cleveland ,On the south side of the river If you get a detail enough map then the Garmin one does And shows you compass and other stuff No it isn't that bad nothing like Liverpool, where they would and often did steal the milk from your cup of tea! I take it you use a Garmin they do seem good but how good under the cover of a rain forest or at the base of the glass hse mt's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 No it isn't that bad nothing like Liverpool, where they would and often did steal the milk from your cup of tea!I take it you use a Garmin they do seem good but how good under the cover of a rain forest or at the base of the glass hse mt's? mmmm have not tried it, but you can put an external ariel on it Can borrow mine if you want to have a play with a really basic one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_a Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Similar to Ali's suggestion, OziExplorer on a PDA, I've used an Acer n35 and Compaq 3630, gives a really good solution. I run two systems, which are very similar. Acer: built in GPS, and good too, don't need external aerial much, mmcx connector. Has SD slot so a 2GB card holds all the maps I need at the moment. Also have tom tom on there, there are australia maps around, so you could use that on a day to day basis and for off road days. Compaq: Compact Flash GPS, s**ty built in aerial, nearly always needs the external, again mmcx on mine, Problem is that as standard this one only had 1 compact flash slot, I got a jacket that gives it two, but these are like hens teeth now. I'd get one with built in GPS unit, the Acer seems good and was a good price when I got one, but compaq build quality is v good. Dead easy to slip these into your pocket or wifes handbag which is difficult with a laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedsmart Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 mmmm have not tried it, but you can put an external ariel on it Can borrow mine if you want to have a play with a really basic one Thanks for that! I'm going to make time and go to Anaconda at everton park and see what they have got. If you are heading out on a drive in the hills or beach's any time let me know and if possible we would tag along! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedsmart Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 Similar to Ali's suggestion, OziExplorer on a PDA, I've used an Acer n35 and Compaq 3630, gives a really good solution. I run two systems, which are very similar.Acer: built in GPS, and good too, don't need external aerial much, mmcx connector. Has SD slot so a 2GB card holds all the maps I need at the moment. Also have tom tom on there, there are australia maps around, so you could use that on a day to day basis and for off road days. Compaq: Compact Flash GPS, s**ty built in aerial, nearly always needs the external, again mmcx on mine, Problem is that as standard this one only had 1 compact flash slot, I got a jacket that gives it two, but these are like hens teeth now. I'd get one with built in GPS unit, the Acer seems good and was a good price when I got one, but compaq build quality is v good. Dead easy to slip these into your pocket or wifes handbag which is difficult with a laptop I take it that you run the software on a PC /laptop, but don't understand about the Tomtom bit! Can you get the software that runs TomTom and load it on your laptop???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_a Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I take it that you run the software on a PC /laptop, but don't understand about the Tomtom bit! Can you get the software that runs TomTom and load it on your laptop???????? Nope, TomTom on the PDA and OziExplorerCE on the PDA as well. I run Ozi on the laptop to generate maps etc but out on the road I have one of these Acer n35 and the version of Ozi OziExplorer under the CE bit. Strangely I don't think you can get tomtom for PC, you can get it for linux in a roundabout fashion it seems.... And I guess I should say, I have 2 PDAs, I upgraded from my compaq as vista doesn't support it, but they are independant. In fact I will probably be selling the compaq soon, reading back on the post it seemed maybe that I needed two to operate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4.6-90 Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 two weeks ago got a road angle 7000 navigator from gigglepin it dose on road nav and runs memory map on sd card for off road very good value for money good bit of kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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