OziExplorer

The OziExplorer navigation app uses raster maps displayed in a "Moving Map" format on the screen. 

The "Moving Map" can be compared to an atlas but with the advantage of being loaded onto a digital GPS device allowing the current position to be displayed with additional information loaded such as waypoints, tracklogs and geohash information.

The user can fast switch to the iGO navigation with a single button selection (bottom menu right hand corner). 

All OziExplorer "user saved waypoints" will be converted to iGO custom POI (point of interest) when the app is switched from OziExplorer to iGO.

Whilst moving, the OziExplorer app leaves a "track tail" (approx 15km) behind the current location and this "track tail" provides a useful tool for travelling back along the same path.

NOTE:

The OziExplorer app allows the users to import pre-configured waypoints and tracklogs which overlay the map, for visual guidance but does not incorporate any "turn by turn" routing. 

ie. The user can not enter a location (or address) and then route to this location - for this function, use the iGO navigation app.

Two digital map sets have been produced by GPS Integrated Solutions (GPSIS) and preloaded into the ONIS:

• Open Street Maps (OSM) Level 15 with roads and tracks rendered in red for easier viewing 

• Geoscience Australia Topographic 250k.

The customer can also produce and load their own maps. 

Pictures or images (e.g. jpg or png - must be scaled and "north up") can be configured as maps by using the OziExplorer mapping tools (not supplied by GPSIS) and loaded into the ONIS allowing the customer to tailor maps to suit individual business requirements (see below).

The GPSIS implementation of OziExplorer uses five custom pages (see below):

• Page 1 - Home page (as above)

• Page 2 - Odometer, Waypoints & Tracklogs

• Page 3 - Waypoint List

• Page 4 - Waypoint symbols and descriptions

• Page 5 - GPS system information.

GPSIS thanks the following map & data contributors.

Open Street Maps (OSM) (Level 15 Australian state maps) with our custom road colours for improved visibility in the ONIS.

The OSM data is available under the Open Database License. 

© OpenStreetMap contributors

www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Geoscience Australia (250k topographic, Australia) maps.

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2020

 www.ga.gov.au

The vehicle manufacture installed navigation system is ideal for city routing but typically does not cover areas in regional or outback Australia with the same detail (refer to the above picture as an example)