Overland Navigator

[craig]

California Map-packs are broken into three regions:

North: 39° N (roughly Lake Tahoe) to the Northern Border.

Central: 36° N (roughly Fort Hunter Ligget) to 39° N (roughly Lake Tahoe)

South: Southern Border to 36° N (roughly Fort Hunter Ligget)

 

[Echodawg]

Thanks, just placed an order for the Navigator software and central CA maps. I'll be ordering North and South in a few weeks. Can't wait to try it out!

 

[craig]

It's in the mail.

 

[Echodawg]

I finally had a chance to test out the software ....... love it! I'm hoping to get everything mounted up in the truck some time this weekend. Thanks for a great product and as I mentioned in a earlier post I'll be ordering the rest of CA real soon.

 

[Ray_G]

Figured I should post back a review of the Mid Atlantic Region maps; the software itself is, as one would expect, awesome and I've definitely enjoyed playing with the maps. I'm still learning all the functionalities of it but that's a matter of getting out and playing with it.

Here's an obligatory in motion shot from Shoe Creek a couple weeks ago.

Very happy with the whole setup.
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Ray

 

[milo12]

Hi, I just ordered the software and central and north CA maps. I will be using it on my toshiba tablet. My intention is this is a backup to my Lowrance Baja GPS. I had the antenna die last time I went out.

Any chance you will be offering 1m or better satellite imagery similar to Terrain Navigator Pro?

Can I create routes while sitting at home so I can follow them as I travel? I have numerous travel books with GPS coordinates given along the route.

P/S What version will I receive?

 

[craig]

Hi, I just ordered the software and central and north CA maps. I will be using it on my toshiba tablet. My intention is this is a backup to my Lowrance Baja GPS. I had the antenna die last time I went out.

Any chance you will be offering 1m or better satellite imagery similar to Terrain Navigator Pro?

Can I create routes while sitting at home so I can follow them as I travel? I have numerous travel books with GPS coordinates given along the route.

P/S What version will I receive?

I don't have any immediate plans for 1m or better satellite/aerial imagery. My first priority is to have map-packs put together for all of North America.

Overland Navigator will display any GPX file you store in your "My Tracks" folder or that is on a removable media such as a USB stick. Right now you can't create your own tracks at home with our product, but you can create it with another program. Almost all programs support GPX output, and you can even convert a Google Earth KML file to GPX with yhe free GPS Babel utility.

Right now I'm shipping version 2.0. I'm about 2 weeks from beta testing a patch release 2.0.1 that fixes a few minor bugs and adds a couple of small features. It will be available as a download from the website when it is released. 2.1 is the next "big" release and isn't due until the fall.

Craig

 

[Echodawg]

Killer packaging! :wings:

 

[craig]

Thanks!

 

[milo12]

Can you post an image of any area like city at max zoom for the satellite imagery? It is not clear to me what level of detail is present.

 

[craig]

I just returned from a week in Hells Canyon. I'll try and get a couple of screenshots for you tomorrow.

The satellite imagery isn't suitable for locating roads or other ground features. They are at the "State Map" scale. They are useful for:
- Panning across an entire state
- Viewing the general location of a GPX track that is outside of the area for which you've installed maps
- Viewing long routes
- Determining where the map is centered if you've panned outside the area for which you've installed maps.

Craig

 

[craig]

Here's a screenshot of the satellite imagery (not aerial photography) over the Greater Seattle Area.

Overland Navigator 1:250k topo maps are displayed at the next closest zoom level.

Craig

 

[milo12]

Thanks,

Is there a way to decrease the size of the arrow that represents my position? It is about 3 times too big.

 

[craig]

Thanks,

Is there a way to decrease the size of the arrow that represents my position? It is about 3 times too big.

Not right now, but I'll add it to the next release.

 

[krebsatm02]

are the updates going to be free or will there be a whole new edition?