Topo Maps for Beginner...

[AidanMcCarthy]

Hey,

 

I've just recently discovered Geocaching and I'm keen to find some good topographic maps that I can use to assist me. Can anyone give me some idea's as to where to get some - either online or offline?

 

Thanks heaps for your help!

 

Aidan

[evilC]

Hi Aidan

 

For online maps you could have a look at:

 

http://www.wherearewe.co.nz

http://www.nztopoonline.linz.govt.nz

 

Cheers

Clive

[+BrentC & Pam]

http://www.geosoft.co.nz/

 

Ciao,

Brent

[+BigNick]

Offline:

TopoMapPro

Tumonz

NZMapped

 

Cheers

Nick.

[+Sallies]

Hi everyone

We use Topomap Pro Lite and have wondered for a while if we should move up or change. It seems a big price hike to the full product. From what I can see Tumonz is much the same price as our Lite. Is it similar, better, different?

I know you have all discussed these things before but I am still not sure of the pros and cons.

Thanks

Iris

 

Sallies

[+BrentC & Pam]

I like Tumonz for quick zoom, 3D, camping grounds and Auto Route.

 

I have started using Oziexplorer with the 1:50,000 TopoPro maps for creating tracks to upload to GPS.

 

The Polymedia GPSMapped is also usefull.

 

Ciao,

Brent

[+BigNick]

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Originally posted by Sallies:

Hi everyone

We use Topomap Pro Lite and have wondered for a while if we should move up or change. It seems a big price hike to the full product. From what I can see Tumonz is much the same price as our Lite. Is it similar, better, different?

I know you have all discussed these things before but I am still not sure of the pros and cons.

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I think the only con with Tumonz is the fact that the only way to get waypoints into it is to enter them manually, or upload to your GPS with something like EasyGPS then download them to Tumonz - neither is very good. Entering them manually takes time, while upload and download only gives you the names used in the GPS (6 chars in the eTrex basic case).

The only other thing is that Tumonz does want a pretty grunty machine to run smoothly (especially if you want the 3d views) - other than that, Tumonz is a fantastic product.

 

Cheers

Nick.

[AidanMcCarthy]

Does anyone know if it is possible to get an evaluation version or demo of TUMONZ?

 

Cheers,

 

Aidan

[+BigNick]

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Originally posted by A i d a n:

Does anyone know if it is possible to get an evaluation version or demo of TUMONZ?

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Look here. There is no trial, but a 30 day money back guarantee is not to be sniffed at.

 

Cheers

Nick.

[+BaldEd]

I use Polymedia's NZMapped (GPS version). I upload and download waypoints, tracks etc to/from the gps. I normally enter up all cache waypoints manually into NZMapped as it is much easier to type with a keyboard than use those fiddly gps buttons, and with the goto button it allows me to see the whereabouts of the cache. I then just clear all waypoints from my gps and then upload a new set of all the waypoints from NZMapped. Very simple. I also transfer to/from Easygps and NZMapped using the gps as the go between. NZMapped also permits printing at any scale though below 1:16000 it gets a bit pixely, as would be expected from a scanned map image.