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Anyone using Overland Navigator software? (1 Viewer)
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If your in-dash unit is running Windows XP/Vista/7 and you can install software to it then it is compatible. If it is an embedded system, which it most likely is, then it won't work.
With the release of our New England and Florida map-packs today, we now have complete coverage of the entire lower 48 US States.
Additional details at Spatial Minds, LLC
Additional details at Spatial Minds, LLC
The latest version of Overland Navigator has been released. It was supposed to be a minor release but we wound up adding a few features anyway.
Overland Navigator is topographic GPS mapping software designed to be simple to use in the field. It has an interface that makes it easy to control with a touchscreen, keyboard, or mouse. Menus auto-hide to make use of every last pixel when displaying the map. You can learn more about it at Spatial Minds, LLC
Some of the new features include:
There is a more complete description on the webpage, but here is a brief explanation of APRS display support as it is the most significant new feature. NOTE: Overland Navigator remains as simple to use as ever for non-HAM/APRS users. APRS allows a GPS and HAM radio to be combined to broadcast your postion over the airwaves. Others listen for these location beacons and can plot them on a map/GPS such as Overland Navigator. Repeaters repeat the signals so they can travel for a very long distance. Gateways take the locations and add them to a database that is accessible via the Internet by friends/family (E.g. Google Maps APRS). APRS can do much more, but this is the basic description.
The software supports the APRS specific NMEA sentences that the Kenwood D7xx radios, Tiny Tracker 4, Argent Data Systems, etc trackers output. This allows Overland Navigator to display APRS specific symbols on the map. The radio/tnc/tracker is still responsible for handling the beaconing of your location.
You connect $35 USB GPS puck to Overland Navigator for input then connect Overland Navigator to your tracker as it's GPS input. The tracker uses this connection to send any stations it heard back to Overland Navigator. This is, for example, the same way that you'd hook up a Garmin GPS to a tracker. There are some advantages to using Overland Navigator over a regular GPS though.
In contrast to most GPS units, when new stations are heard, Overland Navigator will update the location on the map instead of adding an additional waypoint. This greatly reduces the amount of on-screen clutter and removes the need to manually delete waypoints.
The APRS waypoints automatically fade away and then expire on their own. This lets you visually see how long it's been since you last heard from an APRS station. You can set the interval. If you have it set to 40 minutes, and a symbol is just about ready to disappear then you know it's been about 40 minutes since you last heard from it.
Finally, we tried to redo all the APRS symbols to have a consistent look/feel , offer more contrast with the background maps, and to be distinguishable from regular Overland Navigator waypoints (square).
Primary Symbols
Secondary Symbols
Craig
Overland Navigator is topographic GPS mapping software designed to be simple to use in the field. It has an interface that makes it easy to control with a touchscreen, keyboard, or mouse. Menus auto-hide to make use of every last pixel when displaying the map. You can learn more about it at Spatial Minds, LLC
Some of the new features include:
- APRS specific NMEA support
- Location specific Sunrise / Sunset times
- UTM Coordinate Display
- Continuous GPS Track Storage to Disk
- GPS Output to external devices
- NMEA logging
- Display preferences
- High end GPS support - Track up to 64 satellites
- Bugfixes and performance enhancements
There is a more complete description on the webpage, but here is a brief explanation of APRS display support as it is the most significant new feature. NOTE: Overland Navigator remains as simple to use as ever for non-HAM/APRS users. APRS allows a GPS and HAM radio to be combined to broadcast your postion over the airwaves. Others listen for these location beacons and can plot them on a map/GPS such as Overland Navigator. Repeaters repeat the signals so they can travel for a very long distance. Gateways take the locations and add them to a database that is accessible via the Internet by friends/family (E.g. Google Maps APRS). APRS can do much more, but this is the basic description.
The software supports the APRS specific NMEA sentences that the Kenwood D7xx radios, Tiny Tracker 4, Argent Data Systems, etc trackers output. This allows Overland Navigator to display APRS specific symbols on the map. The radio/tnc/tracker is still responsible for handling the beaconing of your location.
You connect $35 USB GPS puck to Overland Navigator for input then connect Overland Navigator to your tracker as it's GPS input. The tracker uses this connection to send any stations it heard back to Overland Navigator. This is, for example, the same way that you'd hook up a Garmin GPS to a tracker. There are some advantages to using Overland Navigator over a regular GPS though.
In contrast to most GPS units, when new stations are heard, Overland Navigator will update the location on the map instead of adding an additional waypoint. This greatly reduces the amount of on-screen clutter and removes the need to manually delete waypoints.
The APRS waypoints automatically fade away and then expire on their own. This lets you visually see how long it's been since you last heard from an APRS station. You can set the interval. If you have it set to 40 minutes, and a symbol is just about ready to disappear then you know it's been about 40 minutes since you last heard from it.
Finally, we tried to redo all the APRS symbols to have a consistent look/feel , offer more contrast with the background maps, and to be distinguishable from regular Overland Navigator waypoints (square).
Primary Symbols
Secondary Symbols
Craig
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A two page review of Overland Navigator is in the Summer 2010 issue of Overland Journal.
Overland Journal | The Publication for Environmentally Responsible, Worldwide Vehicle-Supported Expedition and Adventure Travel
Overland Journal | The Publication for Environmentally Responsible, Worldwide Vehicle-Supported Expedition and Adventure Travel
Any updates on when and if we can exspect a Canadian Maps? I'm realy not liking my current software
We won't be releasing anything for Canada in the near future.
Not sure what you are using now, but Delorme just updated Topo 9.0 to include Canada.
Topo North America 9.0 - DeLorme
Looks very interesting. May change my cartronics strategy!
Is there any plan to provide iPad support?
Is there any plan to provide iPad support?
Craig, anything in the works for the iPads?
-Eric
-Eric
Hi Craig, good to see you over here. How are the Alaskan maps going?
why not?
rusty_tlc
Dain Bramaged Member
Will this software work with a Pharos GPS logger?
rusty_tlc
Dain Bramaged Member
Also any chance it will work with Android?
Did this company fall off the face of the Earth? Does anyone know what happened to them?
Tried contacting them?
Contact Us
eMail: support@spatialminds.com
Voice: 206.962.7754
Mail: Spatial Minds, LLC
304 E. Highland Ave.
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Tried to go to their website and store but it was no longer there. I was just wondering what happened to them.
Overland Navigator Software | Spatial Minds, LLC
It seems to work ok for me...maybe it was just down for a bit?
It seems to work ok for me...maybe it was just down for a bit?
PabloCruise
SILVER Star
Did they close up shop?
