Thread: Garmin Monterra GPS

Yup, you're onto it. And see the bar at the bottom? You can zoom in so much on the 1:50,000 maps so as to make that a 200m bar.

I also use Google Earth on my phone and take a few screenshots of the areas i'll be going, so you can even see the terrain, etc. Really handy and again all stored on the marvelous phone!

Still means taking the phone and putting a lot of trust in it. I have back country navigator good for playing wouldn't use it in the bush, I'll let you know how it is soon just got one as well have to keep up with the gear whore lol

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True, but it's either trust in a GPS or trust in a phone. GPS are more durable and you can get water proof ones, etc, but it's probably pretty close with some of the phone cases around now. I figure as long as you have a good case, and a paper or laminated backup map, and a PLB for when the shit really hits the fan then you're pretty well covered.

Whenever I go with my wife we are just going to keep 1 of the phones turned off in bombproof protection in the pack as well....so we'll have multiple backups.

That's fair call, Modern day hunter I spose you have to stuff up really bad to get lost an need one, only time I use them is coming off the hill tahr hunting on the coast in the dark to avoid getting bluffed all the time...................................where im lazy an keep going down I have Sam an Blair to say left, straight or ok fuck crank that bad boy out here gets nasty as shit

I wouldn't really mind if I didn't have one but like to keep shit down in the back pack an hunt simple the way it should be without a gadget for this gadget for that end up spending more time on technology in the hills then what you do getting back to the basics......................and they don't find you the animals

Definitely! I just laminated all my permits and printed maps from New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map . Pretty handy, adds bugger all more weight and stops them getting wet/crunched up beyond reading. The downside is you can't wipe anything with them .

What I would like more than anything with a GPS/Phone is 1:50,000 maps with DOC approved hunting areas on them. Something to be able to glance at quickly and see, yup i'm in the hunting area. Or, nope, few hundred meters more yet. Ass covering is always good.

I've manually gone through on Viewranger and added the approved hunting areas to a couple of places i'll be visiting. I used the path or trail setting function (can't remember name) to draw them in. Only takes a few minutes using one of the DOC maps for reference, but it won't be perfect so i've erred on the side of caution.

Wow ok those apps are awesome especially tge locus one. Will test out on my next hunt and see what reception is like compared to the rhino... could be a rhino up for sale soon ha ha

Does the Locus one have 1:50,000 maps? The screenshot looks like 1:250,000 at best, which are free on every app i've seen.

I like the sat overlay though!

Originally Posted by MattyP

Does the Locus one have 1:50,000 maps? The screenshot looks like 1:250,000 at best, which are free on every app i've seen.

I like the sat overlay though!

Yup is 1:50000 for sure, remember you don't get the 20 meter contours on 1:250000 scale maps (same as the old paper maps). Contours are 100m @ 1:250000 I believe. The area in the screen shot is basically 1 square km, with contour lines every 20m. Don't mistake a unclear zoom level for map scale. Overall clarity of the Topo50 maps depends on the zoom level incorporated into the maps, the higher the zoom level the greater the file size as you need more tiles for a given area. Basically in Locus once the max available zoom level is reached in a given map you can choose via settings to either lock the zoom or continue zooming where the image is simply enlarged, thus going unclear.

Try the zoom slider on www.nztopomaps (it has the different map scales bracketed on the zoom slider)


1:250000 scale on same area (from PC)

Originally Posted by SIKAHUNTER

Yup is 1:50000 for sure, remember you don't get the 20 meter contours on 1:250000 scale maps (same as the old paper maps). Contours are 100m @ 1:250000 I believe. The area in the screen shot is basically 1 square km, with contour lines every 20m. Don't mistake a unclear zoom level for map scale. Overall clarity of the Topo50 maps depends on the zoom level incorporated into the maps, the higher the zoom level the greater the file size as you need more tiles for a given area. Basically in Locus once the max available zoom level is reached in a given map you can choose via settings to either lock the zoom or continue zooming where the image is simply enlarged, thus going unclear.

Try the zoom slider on www.nztopomaps (it has the different map scales bracketed on the zoom slider)

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1:250000 scale on same area (from PC)

Which screenshot? The one you posted on the previous page seems to have contour lines every 100m according to the scale at the bottom.

If you can get 1:50,000 for free on Locus then i'd be impressed!

Do you know of a way to add DOC boundaries to it? I have my budget way, but it'd be great to have really accurate overlays for them.

Originally Posted by MattyP

Which screenshot? The one you posted on the previous page seems to have contour lines every 100m according to the scale at the bottom.

If you can get 1:50,000 for free on Locus then i'd be impressed!

Do you know of a way to add DOC boundaries to it? I have my budget way, but it'd be great to have really accurate overlays for them.

Mate you do realize the distance between contour lines as viewed on a map vary with the gradient of the terrain? On flat ground contour lines can be kilometers apart or non-existent, on a near cliff stacked right next to each other. Contour spacing as viewed has nothing to do with map scale.

Mate I'd put my left nut on the line that it's 1:50000... fuck it and my right one too!

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Wow ok those apps are awesome especially tge locus one. Will test out on my next hunt and see what reception is like compared to the rhino... could be a rhino up for sale soon ha ha

I in same boat didn't really need a rino after all . I always assumed you need cell coverage to make it all work . Downloaded that app last night on iPad and iPhone it's pretty cool . Already got otter case for cell and waterproof case for pad . Please no one tell me there is a app that turns cell phone Into UHF

Just had better look and I think they are 250,000 as you can't zoom very far. Overlay is cool.

Anyone no how to get satellite images on a standard gps like rhino?

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Anyone no how to get satellite images on a standard gps like rhino?

You'd need to add them as a layer similar to the Garmin Custom Maps overlay Topo50 maps that you can download off topomap.co.nz. Standby and I'll whip a test Sat overlay for Garmins and post link to it.

Originally Posted by SIKAHUNTER

You'd need to add them as a layer similar to the Garmin Custom Maps overlay Topo50 maps that you can download off topomap.co.nz. Standby and I'll whip a test Sat overlay for Garmins and post link to it.

Or pay for birds eye

Garmin | United Kingdom | Garmin Recreational Maps

Originally Posted by Gibo

Or pay for birds eye

Garmin | United Kingdom | Garmin Recreational Maps

Yeah true, does it cover NZ?