queensland Green zone , how not to enter.

[Bri The Pom]

Fishing moreton bay next week and the week after for the tuna social. How do you make sure your not in a green zone, i have a gps and maps card, do i enter the coordinates, which i have in a booklet, what do most of you guys do.

Cheers

Bri.

[aussie123]

You can input the marks as a route and save them to form the boundaries

[davopac]

i wonder about this to ,i do not have a gps .

[zan0_15]

gday bri

eddie has the navionics application i think its called? it shows all the green zones in the bay and it tracks ur position so u know weather ur are in or out of them. by far the easiest way i reckon, just gotta pay 40 bucks for the program. cheap investment as u dun wanna get caught fishing in one.

[aussie123]

What GPS do you have Bri

I may have the .usr file here still to upload straight into a Lowrance otherwise you may be able to run it through a gps program to create the file type needed..

[Bri The Pom]

I have a navionics map card but no zones, Lance like your idea, time consuming but worth it

Cheers all.

[haines490slc]

got an iphone? If you do just get the navionics app, tells you exactly if you are in a green zone

[Bri The Pom]

What GPS do you have Bri

I may have the .usr file here still to upload straight into a Lowrance otherwise you may be able to run it through a gps program to create the file type needed..

I have a lowrance hds 5m, if you have great.

Cheers.

[aussie123]

No worries Bri,I will see if I can find it for you.

It should be some where between 3 hard drives or 10,000 emails so may take a bit to find it,lol

[tugger]

I just take a few land bearings and work it out from there

[pancakes_and_haggis]

If you're not getting bites your not in it !!

[sehrguht]

Just print off the pictures and look at them thoroughyl and compare to gps. i have most of it by memory now anyway. i ignore the whole north west side of peel just in case im in it.

[aussie123]

I found the files Bri,gotta love the search function in Hotmail

There is 2 types of files in this lot.

One group are .USR which is what you will load onto your SD card I think and then upload and install into the GPS

The second set of files are listed as RTE files which you should be able to use on your pc with the Navionics Planner software.

Each file has a separate green zone so you can just upload the zone that you want to use on the day.

Send me your email address so I can send you the zip file.

[Bri The Pom]

Thanks for the effort lance, didnt understand alot of what you just said, but heres my email.

brianianholden@hotmail.com

Cheers

[aussie123]

The map card you have cannot be edited to add any marks to it.

If you try to edit it you will wreck the card.

The files I just sent you have to be uploaded onto a SD card and that is then put into your GPS.

Then you upload the files and they are over layed onto your chart.

Only upload the files that end with .usr onto your GPS.

The RTE files are for using on your computer with nav planning software if you have it.

[regulated]

I know the current garmin maps have the zones on them. There is some waypoint lists around that will give you an idea of where they are but I have noticed that at certain zoom levels the waypoint files are to the west a bit. When zoomed in they are about on the mark.

South side has that many weird green zones it isn't funny. Very very hard for anyone with maps to work it out.

[Bri The Pom]

The map card you have cannot be edited to add any marks to it.

If you try to edit it you will wreck the card.

The files I just sent you have to be uploaded onto a SD card and that is then put into your GPS.

Then you upload the files and they are over layed onto your chart.

Only upload the files that end with .usr onto your GPS.

The RTE files are for using on your computer with nav planning software if you have it.

Thanks Lance i appreciate your time,

If i come across your years of gps mark i promise i won't load them, honest.

[haines490slc]

just get the navionics app Bri, it is pinpoint accurate, you can virtually be sitting on the edge of the green zone, and see the boat position real time, you can also overlay onto google maps so you can see the terrain. It is a very good app, and one of the only ones I have ever paid for.

[aussie123]

The map card you have cannot be edited to add any marks to it.

If you try to edit it you will wreck the card.

The files I just sent you have to be uploaded onto a SD card and that is then put into your GPS.

Then you upload the files and they are over layed onto your chart.

Only upload the files that end with .usr onto your GPS.

The RTE files are for using on your computer with nav planning software if you have it.

Thanks Lance i appreciate your time,

If i come across your years of gps mark i promise i won't load them, honest.

I don't think your machine would have enough memory for all my marks

[Lost it]

Just had a look at that navionics app and looks pretty decent for the very small price, cheers haines490slc

I went to buy it but it is CC payment, and I have never had a credit card in my life...Might have to arrange myself one of them visa debit card thingies from the bank. That app would be $16 well spent

[haines490slc]

it is a bloody decent app that is for sure.

[cboy69]

Just had a look at that navionics app and looks pretty decent for the very small price, cheers haines490slc

I went to buy it but it is CC payment, and I have never had a credit card in my life...Might have to arrange myself one of them visa debit card thingies from the bank. That app would be $16 well spent

To get get around credit cards. You can just buy iTunes cards from the Major retailers with cash then add the credit to your iTunes account for purchasing apps through the 'app store'

[Bluevien]

You can input the marks as a route and save them to form the boundaries

ditto and I use different symbols so they stand out

[davopac]

Just had a look at that navionics app and looks pretty decent for the very small price, cheers haines490slc

I went to buy it but it is CC payment, and I have never had a credit card in my life...Might have to arrange myself one of them visa debit card thingies from the bank. That app would be $16 well spent

u can buy a visa debit card from Woolworth's ,like u buy a gift card but its visa .cost $2.50 and u put what amount u want on it .its a one use type .

[rosstralia46]

No need lost it just buy a iTunes card and will have to look into once I get the boat up and going

[HeyHey]

@aussie123 can you please email me the files too. Would be much appreciated. Have same issue but we have a Garmin gps map 2008 which has green zones marked with pink diagonal lines through them. Thanks for your quick ansewer.

[kmcrosby78]

@aussie123 see above.