Garmin Mapping

SteelRat · Post by **SteelRat** » 01 July 04 2:31 pm

Quick question: is anyone aware of any Australian topo mapping products that can be loaded onto Garmin units? So far the only Australian product Garmin has is the City Navigator, which doesn't give any bush bashing detail.

Team Piggy · Post by **Team Piggy** » 01 July 04 7:45 pm

How "topo" map are we talking?

The Metroguide from garmin has a fair bit of info on it.

I have been out on some fairly "back" roads (Eg: Dirt Tracks) and had them showing on the garmin maps.
Good enough by my views.

hardunits · Post by **hardunits** » 01 July 04 8:15 pm

The metroguide is a good product. It's detail for roads and tracks is excellent. In many country areas it even includes driveways. When going across the Nullarbor (Off road not the highway) it included almost every dodgy little track we came across.

SteelRat · Post by **SteelRat** » 01 July 04 9:39 pm

I didn't even think of Metroguide! Does it allow the auto-route function?

Skippy · Post by **Skippy** » 01 July 04 10:16 pm

I wish I had your version of metroguide , mine doesn't give any driveways and also I found the further you go off the road the less road you get, I mainly use raster maps when i'm bush. My metrogude is version 4 . But just last weekend when i was in perth I found City navigator Version 5 was auto routing me into the scrub, I mean it navigated me on 4wd tracks. But it won't do that in SA

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 01 July 04 11:47 pm

see spindoc bob's web page for some details on loading your own maps into garmin units

SteelRat · Post by **SteelRat** » 04 July 04 9:00 pm

Thanks all. I wasn't necessarily looking for something with contour lines, just bushtracks at least. Looks like ACN might have that level of detail along with autoroute.

alex · Post by **alex** » 05 July 04 12:18 am

Don't expect bush tracks on City Navigator....unless they are in Sydney!
City Navigator only has capital cities and significant country towns plus main connecting roads. By significant I mean cities like Bathurst, Toowoomba, Kalgoorlie, Port Augusta etc.