OziExplorer- Does it have maps in it or is it just for running other maps ?

Depending on the speed of your connection and how many maps you want, free maps at 1:250k are available on the natmap web site. Similarly sat photo maps can be downloaded free.

Bruce

G'day Bruce
I couldn't find an actual natmap web site - just lots of sites mentioning natmap. Can you provide correct name please?
Thanks from the Moose

I believe bgreeni meant Geoscience Australia.....direct link to free downloads here ==> www.ga.gov.au/products/ which will take you to their various products.

Abridged instructions (may missed some steps):

- tick the "topography" checkbox
- define an area of interest
- follow instructions (i usually draw an area on a webmap)
- select the appropriate map (the 1:250000 topos will look like this ==> SG55-01)
- check the download box
- continue to file selection
- select "ER Mapper Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW)," as map type
- continue to registration (free and spam free :-))
- register
- receive email
- download map sets

Remember you can select larger areas and download more files with the one email link instead of going through the process for every map.

Make sure Oziexplorer is set up for ECW file support (download the .dll file from the Oziexplorer optional extra webpage here ===> Site Link )

Hope that helps.

Andrew

G'day Andrew
Thanks for detailed instructions. Now this may be a really dumb question but... can those free maps be downloaded and then just printed off? Or are they just for use with software?
Thanks from the Moose

They are a georeferenced digital image in ECW file format......you can either load them into Oziexplorer or grab a free ECW viewer eg:

Irfanview - free great viewer software.....need a free plugin from the website IIRC

ER viewer - free software....can't remember if it prints (been a while since i have used it).

Hope this helps

Andrew

Once again thanks heaps Andrew. Hopefully I can muddle through from here!
The Moose wishes you a great and safe festive season.

Sorry read that as:

"They are a good basic set and have not let us down yet. "

That last post should have read

Australian TopoView maps produced by the LPI of NSW is what you need,
You also got to download Mrsid to make them work in Ozi

Willie,

To get the Natmap to work youneed to down load the .mpa files from OziExplorer.

The link to these and other useful files and instructions on how to use them is here.

Have fun, Ozi is a great tool when it is up and running.

Cheers

Pete

Can I suggest a couple of ideas.

1. Try and find someone who can sit down with you for half a day and help you set up OziExp and your maps - it is a complex program that contains lots of features but you need to know how to use them. I have been a user for many years and still find new things, or new ways to do old things.

2. Join the Yahoo groups OziExp forum. Lots of very knowledgeable users there who will only be too willing to help.

Bruce

Willie,

I'm at North Rocks and run Ozi on the Desktop, Laptop and PDA and have a few maps. I have been using it for a while and although not an expert can run you through the basics. PM me if you are interested.

Richard