Thread: Australian (Melbourne area) map/software for GPS

Originally Posted by Freeman

cool, thanks guys. it works sweetly now with MAPSOURCE, though i had to stick it on the roof temporarially cause it wouldnt work through me tinted windows and i can lock oto onlay about 6 sats, ahh well. Still happy though.

Do garmin have city map over Australia ? How are they ? Any good ?

Originally Posted by Freeman

very good, the quality is as good as i need, now all i need is a VGA monitor to be able to read the names of streets and suburbs.

Freeman, Do you think its worthwhile to setup a group buy of the Liliput 7" VGA Touchscreen for Aussies? Just like the ones being setup over in the US and Canada?

I actually contacted John Wu at Lilliput about the 618 screens back in December, and back then I could have ordered some cheap LCDs directly from him for a low price. But I need volumes to get the price, and have to order as a company.

Tell me what you think.

damon

Originally Posted by Freeman

yeah deffinetly got any ideas on the prices? i would be very interested if the price was right, i may even get a couple for myself, for home use, and then i could relocate my screen to my rear head rests.

ahh the possibilities.

anyway yes im interested, i think Aphesis may alos be interested in the 7" touch as well, what size of order were u looking at?

Wholesale price for 618GL-70NP(XGA) i remember was US$230-240. Minimum 10 pcs. Shipped direct from China. As a company, I can order just 1 sample for US$10 extra per LCD plus shipping which was US$40 via EMS I think. I thought it was a good deal. But I went overseas for a couple of months and didnt bother to follow up.

Again, all these were quoted back in Decemeber last year, so if you guys are really interested, I can ask again and try to make a deal. Lets see what's interest we get in aust first.

Do you know the shipping cost to and from interstate cities, say if the shipment comes in from China, I will have to mail the LCDs out to you for example. I hope it doesnt cost alot though. Otherwise it wont be worthwhile.

Let me know on your thoughts.

Damon

Emmm.. The Germin MapSource is okay and detailed enough as long as dont have your GPS on. As soon as you start the GPS the map becomes usless and only display the main roads ? Whats up with that ?

Is WGS 84 the correct Datum ?

Sorry for all my stupid questions

Nokia6600 - i have no idea why that happens, but it does the same for me too another decent peice of software is Magellan Mapsend S&D, its pretty detailed, and stays detailed after you turn the GPS on

Originally Posted by perkz

Nokia6600 - i have no idea why that happens, but it does the same for me too another decent peice of software is Magellan Mapsend S&D, its pretty detailed, and stays detailed after you turn the GPS on

Thanks, i'll give it a shot.. Not many sources for that software on Emule ..