Magellan <span class="highlight">GPS</span> Training Night - Perth

i take it car dealers give you free driving lessons and supermarkets give you free cooking lessons?

"I run explore oz with natmaps and the gps but natmaps have been on the blink since IE7 upgrade."

Hello - do you mean OziExplorer (there is no such thing as explore oz) - if so you can still use the Natmaps as OziExplorer doest run through IE7. No need to use the actual Natmap program - OziExplorer will open the Natmaps direct from the disc (or your hard drive - wherever you happen to have them) Not sure what mapmerge program Natmap have - OziExplorer has a FREE mapmerge program that will allow you to merge individual Natmaps (and just about any other calibrated map) together if that is your aim. Again this program will run no worries irrespective of IE7 as they dont interact.
Cheers
Greg

Yes I meant oxziexplorer DUH!

Just a slight prob you may be able to help with, when I access the map files I dont know what they are without referring to natmap. I have the program from ozi but I havent checked it out yet.

The latest version looks like they have the entire country merged so no more hunting around. Anyway they will have the latest updated maps.

Meantime the people at geoscience say they are working on it.

Thanks

Owen

Hello - yes map files are a pain as the names are meaningless unless you use then all the time. Two solutions - rename them all so they mean something to you (painful) or when in OziExplorer use the Map Index - this plots the boundaries of maps in a specified directly over another larger map. So in this case you need to get hold of a low resolution map of Australia (some on ozi web site) for use as an index map...then display all the Natmap boundaries on this using the index map function in OziExplorer..you can see which map is currently loaded and by clicking on an area , the relevant map will open. Best think to do is start using OziExplorer and see how you go - it may seem daunting before you have a go but time is all you need. Also difficult to explain things over forum.

Natmap mosaic (all sheets stitched) has been around for a few years - thats what I use for a quick look around.

Cheers
Greg

Thanks for that Greg

I had some frustrating times getting everything to work and then to find out that the datums change over a number of areas when the gps was twenty five miles out of sync. It works ok but it a matter of adjusting this nut on my shoulders. I will have a go at your solution anyway.

Maybe I should take back what I said about "destinations" charging for lessons but a good manual would do the trick. Trouble is techies seem to assume a certain amount of knowledge that few readers actually have. I studied navigation years ago so I was in front of the ball but even so I had trouble getting my head around oziexplorer and the interface with the gps. Patience did it in the end.

Maybe some one like me should write the book.

Thanks again

Owen