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I'm new to all this GPS stuff and was just if my partner's Garmin GPS is at all able to have ozi explorer or Hema maps programmed into it.

It has a memory card slot, so my guess was to just get the software put on that and go from there.... is this how it's done??? Or do you have to plug it into the PC and download the program via the USB cable connection???

Any help or links on "how to install software onto a GPS" would be fantastic.

Cheers

I have a garmin. it's great.

You can't put ozi maps on because they are whatls called a raster format map. (basically a scanned image) Not too sure about hema.

you should check out www.gpsaustralia.net for free maps and tonnes of info, tracks etc.

What you probably are looking for are

contours australia (version 2) which are topograpical contour lines for garmin
Shonky maps, which has australia wide main roads, some minor roads and that as well as some 4wd tracks.

These are both free. Of course there are paid alternatives, but they are hard lining up against the free stuff.

As for putting it on to the unit itself, most garmin's come with 'mapsource trip and waypoint manager which is the easiest way to view and upload maps, tracks and waypoints, routes etc.

There is a free program called sendmap which will upload maps only if you don't have mapsource. It's all mentioned on gpsaustralia.net anyway.

hope this helps.

It might help to know what model Garmin you have. There are GPS's and there are GPS's. I have 3 Garmins, (2 handheld and 1 vehicle Satnav) some do more things than others.

BundyRumandCoke wrote:It might help to know what model Garmin you have. There are GPS's and there are GPS's. I have 3 Garmins, (2 handheld and 1 vehicle Satnav) some do more things than others.

Sorry, didn't have it at hand when I originally posted... it's a Garmin nuvi... I think it's like the very basic model.

You will have to elaborate even further, as there are probably 12 different Garmin Nuvis. In fact, that what I just bought, a Nuvi 500. Waterproof, for on the bike, does the navigating bit, and can be used for Geocaching.