For Australia

Digital Maps Available for Australia Below are several map sets which are available for Australia.

New Zealand Maps DVD - LINZ Topo50 and Topo250 maps on DVD. Click here

NSW Maritime Boating Maps on DVD  Click here

Australian Purchase Page (Click here) - As well as purchasing maps, Australian residents can purchase OziExplorer, OziExplorerCE and OziExplorer3D.

  Turn your Laptop or Netbook into a navigator !!!

OziExplorer GPS Mapping Software running on your laptop with a USB Mouse GPS Receiver connected showing your current position on a Hema Map from the latest Australian 4WD Raster Map Collection Maps - all you need to get real time tracking operational in your 4WD. (That's OziExplorer + Hema 4WD Map Collection + additional Australia Map + GPS Mouse Receiver (USB) BU-353).

All this for $355 (Australian dollars) which includes GST and postage. 

More information about this package ( Click here)

See our Australian Purchase Page for availability  (Click here)

Hema Australia 4WD Raster Map Collection Maps on DVD

The Hema Australia 4WD Raster Map Collection ** NEW 2011 Edition **

HEMA - Australia 4WD Raster Map Collection (DVD)

The DVD includes more than 60 Hema Regional Maps PLUS the entire Geoscience 1:250K Raster Mosaic Series.

All the regular Hema maps are included plus new maps: Cape York, East Gippsland, Flinders Ranges, Fraser Island, Girraween & Bald Rock National Parks, Goldfields Esperance and Southern Coast, Great Desert Tracks, High Country Victoria, Kimberly, Lakefield National Park, Lamington National Park, Margaret River and Southern Forests, Mid West WA, North East NSW, Pilbara & Coral Coast, Purnululu National Park, Red Centre, Simpson Desert, South East NSW, Sundown National Park, Tasmania State, Top End and Gulf, and Tropical North Qld.  Some new maps are Capricorn Way, Central East NSW, Country Way, Flinders Island, Great Inland Way, King Island, Leichhardt Way, Tasmania. The Geoscience Raster Series is all of Australia in a single map mosaic.

The Hema maps are supplied in OziExplorer OZF2 format and ECW format.

These maps can be used with the full version of OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE. The DVD comes with the OziExplorerLite map viewer.

This page here describes the process to use the Australia 4WD Raster Map Collection maps with OziExplorer.

See Map Coverage - Map of Australia showing the coverage of the maps.

Note: The (.map) files for all versions of the maps can also be downloaded from the page.

You may also be interested in the optional additional maps which can be purchased. These maps are converted versions of the Natmap Raster 250K mosaic map for easy use with PC OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE. Click here  for details. Additional Maps

 We always try to keep these maps in stock. Check the purchase page for availability.

Example map sections - General Map - Regional Map - Regional Map

Hema Australia 4WD Raster Map Collection DVD - Price $179 (Australian dollars) which includes GST and postage. Hema Australia 4WD Raster Map Collection DVD + Additional maps  -  $199 (Australian dollars) which includes GST and postage.

	Check the purchase page for availability of these maps

• View a small section of one of the maps - View a map section

  Australia Topo 250K Digital Maps DVD

We have developed an Explorer 250K Digital Maps DVD incorporating data which is © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2008. The maps on the DVD can be used standalone with the viewer included on the DVD or used with OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE mapping software.

The primary map on the DVD is a 1:250K topographic map of Australia.  It is supplied in both ECW format (this format can be used with most mapping software) and OZFx3 (see Additional Map information below).  Also included is a Landsat 7 Satellite map of Australia and 3 topographic maps of Australia at other scales, all in ECW format. The maps are mosaic maps covering all of Australia.

Most mapping software supports ECW format. The map viewer supplied on the DVD can load and view all the maps on the DVD.

Additional Map on the DVD

All maps on the DVD can be used in OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE.  An additional 1:250K map in OZFx3 format is supplied on the DVD.  OZFx3 is a tiled format optimized for use in OziExplorer, OziExplorerCE GPS mapping software and the map viewer included on the DVD. The size of the 1:250K map in OZFx3 format is 1GB, it will fit on a 1GB SD Card.

Installing the Maps

The DVD has 2 install options for easy installation;

• Option 1 - installs the viewer and maps for standalone map viewing. The viewer has additional features including a names search database, area calculation and the ability to add map features and comments to a map.
• Option 2 - installs only the maps to the OziExplorer maps folder (OziExplorer must be installed).  The maps can be immediately used with OziExplorer or copied to a PDA / navigator for use in OziExplorerCE.

View a section of the 250K map

View a section of the Landsat 7 Satellite map

Australia Topo 250K Digital Maps on DVD  -  $54 (Australian dollars) which includes GST and postage.

NATMAP Digital Maps

(A) Using the NATMAP maps in PC OziExplorer

To use these maps OziExplorer requires an additional set of files (called map files) these files contain the calibration for each map image and are used by OziExplorer to link to the map images supplied on the Natmap DVD's. (See the table below to download the .map files)

These links are to pages which describe the process to use the Natmap 250K maps with OziExplorer.

• Using the maps with OziExplorer
• Copying and using the NATMAP images from your Hard Disk

(B) Using the NATMAP maps in OziExplorerCE

OziExplorerCE - can load the NATMAP's without conversion to the special OziExplorerCE format. The (.map) file and the (.ecw) file for the map are copied to the storage card.

Below is a table where you can download the .map files to allow OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE to use these maps.

Please NOTE these are only the calibration files for OziExplorer (.map files), you need to have PURCHASED the Natmap Digital Maps DVD which has the map images. OziExplorer does not come with any maps other than demo ones.

Geoscience Australia Website

View here the online version of the maps

Example section of the Digital Map 2008

Once you have downloaded the files from the table for the maps you own, see the links above to pages which describe the process to use the Natmap 250K maps with OziExplorer.
Note: To open a map in OziExplorer press the Load button on the Toolbar, Select the Load Map From File option on the menu. Use the dialog to go to the folder containing the map files under the "OziExplorer / Maps" folder.

The UBD maps listed below will work with OziExplorer, other UBD products cannot be used with OziExplorer.

Australian City Streets Version 6.0

* New Release * Universal Press have released the Australian City Streets (Version 6.0) on DVD. OziExplorer versions 3.95.4q and later versions can load the maps from the DVD.

NOTE: The interface to OziExplorer does not work on systems running Windows 95 / 98 / ME Operating Systems.

This is the link to the UBD web page Australian City Streets

Contains the street directory maps of the following cities - Adelaide, Brisbane (incl. Gold and Sunshine Coasts), Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney, Wollongong, Central Coast, Hobart, Darwin

Download and install the UBD (.map) files for OziExplorer from the link below.  These are only the calibration files for OziExplorer (.map files), you need to PURCHASE the Australian City Streets v6 DVD from Universal Press or a supplier.

Note : The UBD maps on DVD cannot be used with OziExplorerCE.

To use the maps with OziExplorer :

• Install the UBD Maps from the Australian City Streets DVD
• Install the map files below for the version of the maps that you have.
• Run OziExplorer and check for the correct version of OziExplorer using the "About" option on the OziExplorer Help Menu.  If required, download a new version from the OziExplorer web page.

• Note: To open a map in OziExplorer press the Load button on the Toolbar, Select the Load Map From File option on the menu. Use the dialog to go to the folder containing the UBD map files under the "OziExplorer / Maps" folder.

"Australian City Streets Version 6.0" requires OziExplorer version 3.95.4q or later.  Note: Before installing these map files, close OziExplorer so it is not running.

Australian City Streets Version 6.0 Map Files

================ The map files for previous versions of these maps are below.

"Australian City Streets Version 5" requires OziExplorer version 3.95.4q or later.  Note: Before installing these map files, close OziExplorer so it is not running.

Australian City Streets Version 5 Map Files

Australian City Streets Version 4 requires OziExplorer version 3.95.4n or later.

Australian City Streets Version 4 Map Files

Australian City Streets Version 3 maps on DVD can also be used with OziExplorer versions 3.95.4j and later.

Australian City Streets Version 3 Map Files - These (.map) files are for the Version 3 release and will not work with the Version 4 maps.

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 4

* New Release * Universal Press have released the Australian Regional Cities and Towns (Version 3) on DVD. OziExplorer versions 3.95.4q and later versions can load the maps from the DVD.

NOTE: The interface to OziExplorer does not work on systems running Windows 95 / 98 / ME Operating Systems.

This is the link to the UBD web page Australian Regional Cities & Towns

Contains the street directory maps for over 600 regional city and towns.

Download and install the UBD (.map) files for OziExplorer from the link below.  These are only the calibration files for OziExplorer (.map files), you need to PURCHASE the Australian Regional Cities and Towns v3 DVD from Universal Press or a supplier.

Note : The UBD maps on DVD cannot be used with OziExplorerCE.

To use the maps with OziExplorer :

• Install the UBD Maps from the Australian Regional Cities and Towns DVD
• Install the map files below for the version of the maps that you have.
• Run OziExplorer and check for the correct version of OziExplorer using the "About" option on the OziExplorer Help Menu.  If required, download a new version from the OziExplorer web page.

• Note: To open a map in OziExplorer press the Load button on the Toolbar, Select the Load Map From File option on the menu. Use the dialog to go to the folder containing the UBD map files under the "OziExplorer / Maps" folder.

Version 4 - One of the following downloads is required (Note: the first option is a large 86MB download).

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 4 Map Files and Mapview images  (86MB download - includes the Mapview images)

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 4 Map Files  (1.5MB download - without the Mapview images, the Mapview images will be created the first time a map a loaded.)

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 4 requires OziExplorer version 3.95.4q or later.

Note : There are 4 regional maps that I am aware of which OziExplorer cannot read.

SA - Bute and Port Pirie, NSW - Tathra and Newcastle, WA - Fremantle

There is nothing we can do to fix these maps, it is an error in the UBD engine.

===============    The map files for previous versions of these maps are below.

Version 3 - One of the following downloads is required (Note: the first option is a large 74MB download).

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 3 Map Files and Mapview images  (74MB download - includes the Mapview images)

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 3 Map Files  (1.3MB download - without the Mapview images, the Mapview images will be created the first time a map a loaded.)

Australian Regional Cities and Towns Version 3 requires OziExplorer version 3.95.4q or later.

Note : There are 4 regional maps that I am aware of which OziExplorer cannot read.

SA - Bute and Port Pirie and NSW - Tathra and Newcastle. There is nothing we can do to fix this map, it is an error in the UBD engine.

NASA Satellite Images on DVD
(Please note - NASA has released year 2000 Landsat-7 images at 14.25 meter per pixel. These can be downloaded from the NASA website.  At this stage we will not be releasing these on DVD, the images are very large.)

About the maps These are images which have been taken by the Landsat 5 satellite from space. We have created a DVD which contains 33 images covering the whole of Australia. The images are in MrSid format. The USA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science Applications Directorate (ESAD) provides a website where you can freely download these Landsat satellite images for Australia and for most of the world. Note: All the images on this DVD can be downloaded from the NASA website at - https://zulu.ssc.nasa.gov/mrsid/   (Instructions on how to Import)

Coverage of Maps

The images range in size from 7MB to 57MB, with an average size of 40MB. (Total size of the 33 maps covering Australia is 1.3GB) We have made all the maps available on this DVD set for those who have slow internet connections, or who just want to save the time involved in doing the downloads and OziExplorer map calibrations.

• The Landsat-5 images on this DVD were captured between 1987 and 1993.
• The maps can be used with the OziExplorer GPS Mapping Software and the OziExplorer calibration files for the images are included on the DVD.
• The images are at 28.5 meter per pixel resolution (approximately equivalent to 1:250,000 scale).
• LizardTech Software's free MrSID GeoViewer can also be used to view the images. The viewer is included on the DVD.

I have these maps in stock for $33 (Australian dollars) which includes GST and postage.

Click here to view example map sections

Cairns, Queensland
Alice Springs, Northern Territory

NSW Maritime Boating Maps

NSW Maritime have released their boating maps in PDF format for download from their website.  On this DVD, these maps have been converted to our OZF format for easy use with OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE.  The calibrated OZF maps on this DVD can only be used with OziExplorer and OziExplorerCE.  Also on the DVD are the original PDF maps and the maps converted to the standard image format PNG.

Click here for more information about these maps.

NSW Maritime Boating Maps on DVD - $33 (Australian dollars) which includes GST and postage.

Australian TopoView Raster 2006 maps produced by the LPI of NSW (We do not sell these maps)

• TopoView Raster 2006 maps on DVD are exact digital copies of the NSW Lands Department's topographic maps. They cover the whole of NSW and vary in scales from 1:100,000 (Western Region), 1:50,000 (Central NSW) and 1:25,000 (Eastern NSW).
• Please NOTE These are only the OziExplorer map files, they are not the maps which must be purchased on DVD from a map supplier.

Download the OziExplorer (.map) files for the TopoView Raster 2006 maps on DVD from here.

or Download this set of map files which have the corner markers set at the edge of the map (neat line) from here.

Using the TopoView 2006 maps with OziExplorerCE

OziExplorerCE - Version 1.12.3 or later - can load the TopoView maps without conversion to the special OziExplorerCE format. The (.map) file and the (.ecw) file for the map are copied to the storage card.

Australian Topoview maps for the 7 CD Set (now superseded)

• These maps are in MrSID format and require the MrSid support file (the dll) which is available for download here. MrSID dll
• Please NOTE these are only the calibration files for OziExplorer, you need to PURCHASE the map images from Land and Property Information, NSW or another supplier. (We do not sell these maps).
• Download the .map files for OziExplorer.

cd1  cd2  cd3  cd4  cd5  cd6  cd7

These .map files were produced by importing the TopoView CD's using OziExplorer (File / Import Map / All DRG maps on CD). The .sdw file with each image is used to derive the map calibration. A purpose written program was then used to convert the file numbers to the real map name and the .map files renamed.

Note:

• The .map files do not contain the location of the map "neat line" (corner markers) as this information is not provided with the image in the .sdw file.
• There are 2 maps which cannot be loaded by OziExplorer - CD4 Map 8632N (Wellington) and CD5 Map 88261S (Araluen)

Links

See our Maps Link on the left hand menu for maps on the WWW - (Also some free maps - continental scale)

Commercial Sites for Maps

MapTrax - Maptrax has closed down in October 2011.

GPSOZ

• For premier brands of GPS units, including Garmin, Magellan and Co-Pilot
• Extensive range of GPS accessories including electronic maps, aerials, communication cables, RAM mounts
• Training, service and advice

Johnny Appleseed GPS

• Australia's original GPS shop, and one of Australia's premier GPS suppliers.

SUNMAP

• Sunmap Raster CD contains all the available 1:25,000 scale topographic maps as georeferenced ECW images. Covers South East Queensland and some other major towns. These maps can be imported into OziExplorer.

Landgate - Western Australia Land Administration (DOLA)

• StreetExpress are gif or ecw (depending on the version) images that can be imported into OziExplorer.

DPI - WA

• Western Australian Digital Nautical Chart Images. This CD contains raster (ECW and TIFF) and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats of the Department's Nautical Charts, covering Perth local waters from Lancelin to Dawesville.

Australian Hydrographic Service

The Australian Hydrographic Service has recently added Seafarer GeoTIFF to its digital product range. Seafarer Geotiff are geo-referenced raster images of the Australian Navigational Series in GeoTIFF Format. These maps can be imported into OziExplorer.

WESTPRINT

Outback Australia Maps - covering a large area of central Australia in four digital maps that work with OziExplorer. The four maps cover an area from Latitude 18 deg South to 33 deg South and Longitude 119 deg East to 142 deg East.

Adventurer Maps

23 Adventurer Maps on CD, already configured for OziExplorer. Covers Victorian High Country from Walhalla up to Kevington and surrounding areas.

The Fullers Street Directory of Adelaide

Fullers Street Directory (for Adelaide) - comes with .map files for OziExplorer. You also get the bike SA maps and the 75 country towns on the same CD.

Tasmania Maps

Tasmanian Government, Department of Primary Industries - TASMAPS

ExplorOz

Supplier of digital maps and other products for camping, four wheel driving and caravanning in Australia.

Meridian Maps

Supplier of maps.  Maps on CD for some regions of Victoria.

Other Australian Links

  "GPS Vehicle Navigation in Australia"

This site provides updates and information about the book. There is also content of interest to anyone who is generally interested in GPS, technology and navigation.

Hervey Bay Marine Training Centre

ExplorOz PlotSwap - ExplorOz PlotSwap gives you the ability to share plot files and the ability to produce dynamic real time maps of your plot files.

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