Thread: Garmin Monterra GPS

Originally Posted by SIKAHUNTER

And one more for good measure, this time zoomed out a bit. The actual picture on-screen is clearer than the attached pic, I guess it's compressed somewhere along the way.

As for DOC boundaries I know you can download the DOC boundaries for the entire country on koordinates website but it is a huge ass csv file that'd need converting to kml. Shame you can't just download the area you want as the website gives you the option to download as a.kml file but the entire country is too large apparently. You'd need to cut and convert the areas of interest from the csv file.

Now that's more like it! Definitely look like 1:50,000 now. I wonder what maps they are, as they look different to the LINZ ones that Viewranger uses. What are they called?

Sounds like a hassle to add the DOC boundaries, I guess i'll just stick to my basic method of drawing them in by having Viewranger open and referencing against the DOC ones.

DOC could definitely make life easier in terms of availability of information. Yes, you can find it on their site, but the site is a total shit fight. It took me quite a while to find the maps with approved hunting areas shaded in, and it still does, and i'm reasonably tech savvy. Not to mention some maps cut off and the hunting area goes off the page, and I assume you have to try and find the block next to it and then put those maps side by side to figure it all out. I haven't had to do that yet, thank fuck. It's no wonder that people get caught out in the wrong areas if you ask me!

Originally Posted by MattyP

Now that's more like it! Definitely look like 1:50,000 now. I wonder what maps they are, as they look different to the LINZ ones that Viewranger uses. What are they calef

They are from the NZtopomaps database. Might look different because you can select different view options for the same map, eg shading on/off, normal/low/high contrast on/off, night mode or layers on/off. Here's some examples of the same map but with different options enabled.


Standard contrast, no shading


High contrast with shading


Standard contrast with shading


Low contrast with shading


Night mode no shading ;p

I reckon the shading makes the maps almost look 3D.

Originally Posted by SIKAHUNTER

http://l.bitcasa.com/Ru7E98Wf

Above is the link to a sample satellite overlay that'll hopefully work on compatible Garmins. Let me know if it works as I don't have a unit here yet to try it on. The sample area is just north of Kaweka Flats Biv in Kaweka Ranges.

Simon

Anyone able to confirm if this file worked?

Sent from my LT25i

Sorry forgot to try. Will give it a go tonight

Cool shading options. Viewranger has a night vision mode but no shading options. The maps look better in my opinion though. Here's an example of my drawn in DOC boundaries:





And zoomed in a bit. Can go down to 200m scale along the bottom:

Tried the maps and couldn't get them working, just didn't give me an option to enable the map. Might just be me

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Tried the maps and couldn't get them working, just didn't give me an option to enable the map. Might just be me

Did you put it in the [Device]\Garmin\CustomMaps\ directory on your units microSD card?

Just tried that. Do I unzip the download?

kmz right? Nah it should be able to read it fine.

When I unzip you have a doc.kml and a file with jpgs

yeah that's right contents, but don't unzip the kmz contents just try placing the kmz file in as downloaded.

And then just settings, map, select map and it should br there? I have nothing

fark knows sorry mate. Unless jpgs are wrong size somehow. I've got a 62s coming so will have a play and let you know.

No worries mate

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

No worries mate

Did you enable it from the maps settings? They dont show everything, only what you enable.